Samsung’s much-anticipated Odyssey OLED 49 lastly has a worth — every week after reservations opened with no worth in sight. The monitor is offered to preorder now for $2,200. That’s dear, even for what may very well be one of many finest gaming displays available on the market, however it’s cheaper than the monitor it’s changing.
The Odyssey Neo G9 launched with an inventory worth of $2,300, so the Odyssey OLED 49 is definitely $100 cheaper. It’s powerful to say if Samsung will keep that record worth for lengthy, although — in spite of everything, the Neo G9 now sells for nearer to $1,700, and the Odyssey OLED 49 remains to be costly irrespective of the way you slice it.
To ease the fee a bit, Samsung is providing a $250 low cost to anybody who preorders the monitor between June 12 and 25. Samsung hasn’t stated when the monitor will truly launch, however it ought to come shortly after that preorder window.
The Odyssey OLED G9 isn’t Samsung’s first OLED monitor, however it’s the first 49-inch OLED show we’ve seen. It comes with a 32:9 side ratio and a decision of 5,120 x 1,440. Basically, it’s two 27-inch 1440p monitor aspect by aspect, simply with out a bezel within the center.
Just like the Neo G9, this one will include a 240Hz refresh charge, together with assist for VESA’s Adaptive Sync. Which means you’ll have the ability to use variable refresh charge with each AMD and Nvidia graphics playing cards.
It has a number of benefits as nicely. The Odyssey OLED G9 helps Samsung Recreation Hub, permitting you to stream video games from GeForce Now, Xbox Recreation Cross, and different providers straight from the monitor. It additionally comes with a slew of sensible TV apps within the vein of Samsung’s M8 Good Monitor, so you may stream content material from YouTube, Netflix, and different apps with out connecting something to the monitor.
The large enhance for the show, although, is OLED. As we’ve see with shows just like the Asus ROG PG27AQDM, OLED not solely supplies glorious coloration and HDR, but additionally very low response occasions. Mixed with the quick refresh charge, that ought to make it a strong alternative for even aggressive video games. To that finish, Samsung has licensed the HDR on the monitor with VESA’s DisplayHDR TrueBlack 400.
Though the Odyssey OLED 49 is available in cheaper than anticipated, it is perhaps finest to carry off on it. Samsung’s latest Odyssey OLED 34 has already been discounted by $400, and the Odyssey OLED 49 will possible see related reductions shortly after it launches.
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