49” Odyssey G9 Gaming Monitor, 1000R Curved Screen, QLED, Dual QHD Display, 240Hz, NVIDIA G-SYNC and FreeSync Premium Pro, LC49G95TSSNXZA, Black

02/01/21 Edit: Wanted to add that I've experienced plenty of technical difficulties. Playing a 60fps game in non-fullscreen when the monitor is set to 240hz or 120hz causes flickering in everything outside of the game and stuttering in-game. Also, Valorant doesn't support ultrawides, so there are issues there too. There's a workaround for all of these, so the purpose of this edit is to say that you should be moderately tech savvy and flexible with handling this beast. It has a lot of potential to be an incredible monitor, but only if the user is capable of harnessing its power. Please don't just buy this because it's "cool" because you'll be disappointed by the issues it has that you'll have to do extra work to fix. 11/23/20 Edit (purchased 10/09/20): 240hz + G-Sync Compatible + Windows HDR works all of a sudden. I had the monitor software (not firmware) installed on my PC, monitor firmware updated on 10/09, and I'm running version 457.30 for my Nvidia drivers. Up until the 23rd, I was using 120hz + G-Sync Compatible + HDR disabled on desktop (but enabled in compatible games via settings). If you couldn't get 240hz running before, it works now. I'm running a 2080ti, in case you didn't read below. Hope this helps. Enjoy! When I first got the TV-sized box, I was blown away by how big it actually was. 49 inches is obviously big, but for someone like me who's only used standard aspect ratio gaming monitors at around 25"... Wow. Assembly is definitely easier with two people, but... It's sort of doable with 1. Just make sure you keep the monitor in the protective foam until the stand is installed. The monitor visibly flexes if you lay it on its front without support. It probably won't break, but do you REALLY want to take the chance with your $1400 + tax? I don't. Speaking of assembly, don't close the rear panel until you update the firmware using a USB stick. Refer to the included manual for instructions on how to do that, where to plug the USB, etc. The newest firmware seems to fix a lot of issues, so it's definitely worth the slight inconvenience. Once I got the firmware loaded and the monitor set up on my desk, I immediately booted up Shadow of the Tomb Raider to try out the HDR. This is my first time with an HDR monitor, and... Blacks are really black. This doesn't come with full array local dimming, but has a comparatively lame 10-zone backlit system, but otherwise, this is the jack of all trades ultrawide you should definitely consider. On my particular unit, I got it with a blue dot on the box, which I think is indicative of a faulty unit from the first few batches that was recalled and repaired. I was able to run 120hz, G-Sync compatible, HDR with 10-bit RGB color. I was NOT able to run 240hz, G-Sync compatible, HDR in any color config. The monitor just wouldn't turn on with that, so I had to turn the refresh rate down from the OSD to allow it to work again. This may be remedied in a future firmware update, or with the 3080 or 3090, but this did not work with my 2080ti. But PLEASE don't let this turn you away. Eye candy games generally can't run over 100 fps anyway, and G-Sync does enough to make 60 fps look smooth. I did not notice any visible flickers or otherwise weird, unpleasant, or distracting visual quirks during gameplay. Your mileage may vary depending on the particular batch you get, but QC has significantly improved. That being said, it still might be worth waiting a little for the older batches to go out. The only defect on my unit is a little line (about an inch and a half) where light leaks out on the top left section in the bezel. It's an issue others have mentioned, but it has zero effect on actual gameplay or immersion, and it's not very bright or noticeable (especially on 1000nit peak brightness HDR gameplay haha). Doesn't bother me at all and I'm thrilled to be using such an incredible piece of tech. In short, if you're running a beefy PC with at least a 2080 or any 30-series card, give this monitor a try if you can afford it. Those running anything less probably won't get acceptable performance with this half-5K monitor without reducing resolution and wasting your hard-earned money. If you get a good roll with the QC, which has significantly improved since launch, I don't think you'll regret the purchase! Enjoy.

This is hands down the best monitor I have ever owned. When gaming on it, it feels like you have a VR headset without a VR headset. That is how wide the screen is. You actually have to turn your head around to look to the left or right. Superior image quality and HDR on top of it made it even better. This is a treat to have if you are thinking about getting into Super Ultrawides but you have to keep in mind that not everything support this resolution of 5160x1440p. Even some games are not supported, although, if the game is moddable, you might be able to do it. Also, a software called Flawless Widescreen supposedly makes almost any game support this resolution. You might want to do some research about that one. Also, the monitor sometimes has a problem switching from PBP to non PBP. (Picture by Picture). This monitor is capable of splitting the screen in half and turning each side to a regular 1440p resolution. What I mean is, it'll be like having two monitors both sides with 2560x1440p at 120hz. It will not go over 120hz on that mode. But turning it back to it's full resolution will. 5160x1440p at 240hz and boy do you feel the 240hz. It's even more smoother! However if you're wanting to get it just by the hz, you're not really missing a lot. I game on 144hz all the time and going from that to 240hz is nice but that's all it was. It wasn't like jumping from 60 to 144hz amazing. It was like "Oh, that's cool!" And that's it. The real Gem, is the resolution. This monitor will pull you in the game with it's wide screen and you'll never want to leave your game. I said earlier that the monitor sometimes has a hard time switching from PBP to Fullscreen. What I mean by that is that sometimes when you switch from PBP to Fullscreen, the monitor just stays black. So don't freak out when it does that to you, it just needs a small restart. Turning it off and back on again and it'll go back to normal. I don't know why it happens and it seems like not many people do. All you need to know is that it works fine. Now some people reported that sometimes it never turns on again and they had to return it. It could be an overheating issue, but it's kinda rare for that to happen but you might want to know that this monitor gets HOT. I'm talkin' about real hot at the back. I myself get worried if it'll overheat one day and shut down. My setup is right next to the window and and AC unit so I turn it on if I'm not liking how hot it gets. Keep in mind I had mines for a week now and it's doin' fine. Other people had it for YEARS without problems so don't just read one review like mines, keep on reading and find those who had it for a long time and go by their words. Especially if they owned it for more than at least a year. All in all, getting passed the price, this Monitor is a treat and once you have it, especially comin' from a regular monitor, you will not want to go back. Similar to jumping from 1080p to 1440p to 4k etc, from 60fps to 144fps, you simply just don't want to go back there after experiencing such a higher quality experience. That's how good it is.

Got this monitor in 07/03/2023 worked great had no issues that people said about it not going into 240 hz and that it’s always goes back to 60hz or 100hz went through the manual went through the settings got it up and had no problems for a good time, the monitor is nice and you will love watching movies and playing games especially if you got a powerful pc, looked great and worked good even with my ps5 but today got home turned on my pc and the monitor will not turn on, had the black screen, went through the manual, Reddit and YouTube to figure out what’s going on tried my other 2 monitors everything worked had no issues, tried to duplicate the g9 and it started to mess around with my other monitors turning on and off when switched to extend display the jumping got worse and my other monitors went black tried to duplicate the monitor through my note book and my iPad to at least see the settings on the g9 did not work it will connect and disconnect every 10 to 40 seconds the g9 gives out signes of live of the blue light on the bottom right corner, the LED and the lights inside on the bottom if looking through the vents, lost 2.5 hours trying to figure it out and got no where, will try to contact the support again and see if there could be any other ways to fix it but based on other people experience with the rec support I don’t have much hope. Will post an update if will be able to fix it with all the steps. For future users just a heads up on the fact when buying a over spect monitor do more research on the monitor don’t make my mistake.

Amazing monitor (G9). I was able to snag one shipped and sold by Amazon last December (keep an eye, they come in stock from time to time). It was a November 2020 manufacture date with ZERO defects. I am glad I did wait to buy this monitor after reading the countless issues it had when first launched. It seems they have worked out the kinks and mine came without any light leakage, no unglued seams, no dead pixels ZERO! No Gsync or 240hz or HDR flickering at all (I updated right away the firmware to the latest 1008, so I don't know if it had flickering before the update). Install was a breeze. Putting the included mount was easy and its very good, however it does make the monitor kind of wobble when you are operating the menu "nipple". However, I only had the included mount for about a week, since then, I upgraded to an Ergotron HX monitor arm (you do have to buy their additional HD pivot, as this monitor's center of gravity, due the extreme curvature. If you just use the included pivot with the arm, it will tilt downwards, so if you buy this arm, be prepared to spend a little bit more to buy their extra Heavy duty pivot exclusively designed for this monitor only). Other that that, it has been amazing, the HDR is great, extremely bright and colorful (using it with an Nvidia 3080) at 240 hz and Gsync. I do hate Windows 10 HDR implementation though, that you have to enable HDR in the desktop for some games to have as an option (other games are independent of this, like Doom eternal, maybe because they use Vulkan and not Direct 3D? dunno). The only 2 cons is that "nipple" to navigate the monitor's menus, I hate it, its responsive, but I feel it clumsy. Maybe I'm spoiled, after owning an AOC Agon 49' monitor, that is cheaper and comes with A REMOTE CONTROL! I feel for this price, Samsung should have added a remote control and receiver to the monitor... But that's just me... Second, the low amount of dimming zones (edge lit and I think it only has like 10 dimming zones). You will notice some blooming in dark scenes when one side of the monitor is illuminated and the other isn't, depending of the game's scene. But I can live with it, if it had FALD, it would probably would have costed double (there are two monitors out there that are FALD, however they're only 34' and max 200 hz without HDR, because they don't have DSC -display stream compression-, without this, on those monitors you have to lower down the refresh rate to half to fully use HDR 10 bit, not with this monitor, since it has DSC, you can enable HDR 10 BIT at fully 240 hz and full RGB, by the way, only supported by NVidia's 2xxx and 3xxx and up and AMD's 57xx and up video cards). And finally, the 1000r curvature, at first you will notice it and will be blown and feel kind of awkward, but after using the monitor for a while, you don't even notice it at all, its so immersive and wouldn't change it for anything. This is simply, the best gaming monitor out there!

It took longer to unbox it than it did to set the stand and monitor up on my desk lol. It's very well packaged so that was good to see. It is very very very wide. Not so wide that I have to turn my head because it's positioned far enough back on my desk. It is pretty heavy though so be careful setting it up and do not grab it by the edges because it will flex and you risk breaking the screen. When you adjust it up or down or left or right always grab it by the bottom center and the top center area and rotate your wrists accordingly to adjust it. Do not pull it by the edges like you would a smaller monitor because it will flex it and possibly damage the screen. I launched the division 2 and played it at maximum resolution of 5120x1440 at 240 hz with everything set to ultimate except a few texturing settings that were on high and it looked absolutely amazing and I only have an RTX 2070 TI. So if you have a better graphics card than that it will only look even better but I can play Starfield, the division 2, battlefield 2042, call of duty latest version etc etc on the maximum settings in this monitor looks absolutely stunning. You could save money by not getting the 240 hz model and going with 120 instead but for the extra $160 bucks or so it's worth spending the $8.99 plus tax on because you get quite a better picture for only about 150 or so more. That's up to you. If you're not a gamer and want this strictly for productivity you could get away with $120 Hertz version of this and save a little bit. All in all I'm amazed at this. You'll want to adjust the display to your settings and preferences as far as contrast brightness and all that stuff so it takes 10 minutes or so to really dial it in but once it is it looks amazing. It replaced a 32-in and a 27-in next to that and I can have two browser windows open full screen and have some social media stuff or some temperature gauge stuff on the remainder of the screen with ease and it's very very nice to be able to do on a single monitor :-) You will definitely love this thing if you buy it lol

I'd had my eye on the 49" Odyssey G9 for quite a while but was hesitant to buy because of some of the negative reviews. I finally decided to go for it after it got marked down to $899 during the most recent Prime Day. Note, this is actually the second one I purchased (the first was bought during a previous Prime Day event). Unfortunately, through some SNAFU at Amazon, instead of receiving the first monitor I received a cheap $10 camera tripod (they had no trouble billing me for the monitor though). It took Amazon 10 WEEKS to give me a refund after they received the tripod back, still unopened, and with all the original Amazon tracking stickers and whatnot on it. To make up for all of the inconvenience, Amazon gave me a $50 credit that I could only use on items sold and shipped directly from them. Pretty underwhelming. Anyway, the monitor itself is nice. It was delivered a couple weeks ago and I've been using it for 8+ hours a day during weekdays for remote work. If you're a network engineer or someone else who has lots of windows open at the same time, the G9 is great for that. This replaced my old 34" LG ultrawide + 27" LG that I used side-by-side mounted on arms. I was a little concerned that my existing arm (a $90 model from Vivo) wouldn't be able to accommodate the G9 but no problems there. I had to tighten the arm's joint screws a bit to prevent it from moving under the weight of the G9 but again, no issues. The genius that delivered the monitor left it propped long side up against my garage door, never bothering to knock. I have no idea how long it had been out there but I just happened to discover it when I went to walk my dogs. When I opened the door the monitor fell onto my concrete driveway. Luckily Samsung did a decent job with packing because nothing appears to have been hurt by the fall but man, what a dick move on the delivery person's part. Attaching the flimsy 100x100 VESA bracket that comes with the monitor was a breeze, though I am a little concerned about how it sags under load. While the monitor is hanging from it, the top of their bracket has maybe 50% more clearance from the back of the monitor than the bottom of the bracket does has from the back of the monitor. It almost seems like the anchor points inside the monitor aren't terribly solid because the bracket doesn't appear to be bowing or bending or anything. Anyway, it took a bit of finesse to get the whole thing to click into my monitor arm's hitch receiver but once it was locked securely in, the rest of the setup was a breeze. I had to mess around a bit with the monitor settings and Nvidia control panel settings to get the screen to stop flickering. The flicker wasn't super obvious except when viewing gray-ish scenes. The monitor will do 240Hz refresh no problem but I've read that puts off excessive heat so for the most part I only run 120Hz. To my novice eyes, there's not much difference anyway. GSync works fine on this monitor with my RTX4090 and gaming-wise Red Dead Redemption 2 is super smooth with the graphics dialed up to ultra. I've also tested Battlefield 4 and again, very smooth and the extended viewing area helped me spot enemies faster. Honestly my only complaints after two weeks of ownership is the weird sagging of the VESA bracket and the stuck blue pixel that just appeared today. Prior to today the screen looked perfect - no stuck pixels or flickering once I got the settings dialed in. If I had to have a stuck pixel I wish it would've been black so it would be less noticeable but hey, at least it wasn't red or something. I also wish the viewing area of this monitor was maybe three or four more inches tall but otherwise I like this form factor a lot. The curve is way more aggressive than my previous 34" LG and the picture is vibrant and sharp. A few more random thoughts: - I don't care about the bling bling LEDs. Thankfully you can turn all that off. - Built-in speakers would be kind of nice but it's really not that big of a deal using my standalone speakers and Bluetooth earpieces for audio. - Be prepared to ask for help if you're mounting the unit on an arm. It's not so much the weight that makes it tricky as it is the odd shape due to the curvature of the monitor. - Having a pixel get stuck after only two weeks really sucks but isn't the end of the world. - I don't hear any of the weird noises that I've seen others refer to. - At the Prime Day price, I think this monitor is a reasonable deal. Not a steal, but also not overpriced. I wouldn't pay any more than $900 for it though. - I was tempted to try Samsung's Odyssey Ark 55" monitor instead but the reviews on that model suggest that the 49" G9 was really the better way to go.

I went in with this purchase a little skeptical because I've been reading about the rocky launch with this monitor, but from the first five days of owning it so far, I think those issues with flickering and QC are for the most part addressed. For what it's worth, this screen ticks SO many areas and it's undoubtedly the best gaming monitor on the market, and playing games on it now feels like I'm revisiting most of them. If you combine the large screen with desktop productivity apps like Fancy Zones, you can really get that dual monitor-esque experience with just the joys of having a single display. Pros: + Lots of desktop space! + Ridiculously bright. 1000 nits! + 1440p/240hz works flawlessly. (No flickering happening here.) Cons: - Potential performance hits in games. Went from 2140x1440p to 5140x1440p and my 2070 Super wants to cry a bit. May need to turn down some options. - Running high/max brightness makes this thing warm up, and it really radiates off the screen and back a bit. Can make your room a bit toasty. - Heavy. If you can't pick up your typical gaming PC, might need a friend around to move this thing around. - Game compatibility. Some games eat this resolution up nicely, others don't and produce crazy fisheye effects on the sides or little artifacts. Might be wise to look up how your games perform on such a wide aspect ratio. League of Legends for example has the minimap way too far out of your field of view but gives you part advantage of seeing the map, but the resolution is also so wide that sometimes you see bits of the map that were never designed to be seen period, like out of bounds level kinds of territory. Other games like Final Fantasy XIV which do nicely with it allow you to see much more on the screen without any fisheye effects. - Watching HDR is kinda' bad because of the local dimming zones. Since 16:9 content produces black bars on the sides, high brightness zones on the screen produces a faint glow on the edge of content. Windows HDR actually makes this screen look hella' worse. Like, washed out worse. Don't use it. Other than that, SDR content looks about the same as any other screen. - Price! One big thing to take note of is if you're going to try to use this in 10-bit, 1440p240hz, remember: you need a GPU that supports DSC. Any of the 20-series GeForce cards will do, but I don't know about anything on the AMD side of things. I know I wrote way more cons than I did pros, but a lot of these cons are simply in result of transitioning from 16:9 to 32:9, and with a monitor of this size, there's a lot more you should be aware of before jumping into the ultrawide territory. The performance hits should be heavily considered, and you definitely should research how most of your games will react to being played at such a wide resolution. Nonetheless, if I'm viewing this monitor as it stands now, it's straight up the best one.

I bought this beast (240Hz QLED model, not mini-LED, so the "middle" one) to replace two 27" ASUS 144Hz 2k monitors (VG27AQ if anyone is curious). My use cases include a gaming PC and a 2020 MacBook Pro (Intel). It works great for both, but it does require some tweaking in some cases. Examples: 1. For my work MBP, I purchased the software "Rectangle Pro" which is essentially an alternative to magnet and beefs up the MacOS window snapping and allows macros for specific window combinations. I am a software engineer and essentially use one fourth of the left side for email and terminal, middle 2/4 for browser or IDE and right fourth for slack/teams. In this setup it's a dream. There are some reviews around YouTube saying that these models are not good for productivity. That's just flat out wrong. If you are used to using two monitors, in my case two that take up the same amount of space, it works perfectly. I would say even better due to the 1000R curve and no bezels in the middle. 2. For gaming, you may need to fiddle with some settings to either play in borderless windowed mode (which usually runs at native resolution and takes up the whole screen, no black bars) or Fullscreen native. In other cases I just run the games in windowed mode at 2560x1440 and center them (preference over black bars) Tested Working Well - Halo Infinite (allows Centering HUD) - Deep Rock Galactic (Natively supports 32:9) - Red Dead Redemption 2 (windowed borderless works great) - Ready or Not (Natively supports 32:9) Required some tweaking: - Elden Ring (windowed 2560x1440) - Sea of thieves (supported Natively, but I had to stick to default FOV to avoid motion sickness) Also it's worth mentioning that cutscenes rendered outside game engines usually have black bars on the left and right of the content, sometimes loading screens too. Some other notes: - I docked a star for picture quality because the HDR on this isn't quite up to snuff in Windows 11 at least. There are times when it's washed out (after leaving an HDR game for instance) and I have to power the monitor off and on to get it looking normal again, more of a windows HDR bug probably though. - This is not specific to this monitor as I've had this issue with ASUS, LG and even an Apple Thunderbolt display that I have from years ago. Sometimes the MacBook just doesn't want to detect the monitor or display to it. This is likely a MacOS issue (sorry apple fans, they aren't perfect). - Density (ppi) is low in this panel compared to others. I haven't noticed any trouble with legibility after turning sharpness down to 60. Otherwise most content looks spectacular. - Yes, it makes "popping" sounds. All monitors sort of do to some degree but this one it's pretty prevalent and audible. The sheer size of the panel shroud and the fact that it's a panel capable (and in my case running at) 240Hz, it generates a lot of heat and dissapates a lot of it as well. I'm used to it, but some folks may be paranoid about defects. All in all, other than the hit to your wallet, it's a great choice as long as you have the desk space (or a heavy duty arm). Unless you need super pixel density and color accuracy, this is going to serve almost any use case pretty well.