Customer Ratings & Reviews

Great monitor. Easy to connect and great clarity. Works seamlessly with keyboard and laptop.

Very cool, easy to use and high resolution and easy to install

First time curve screen monitor experience and reached to my expectations

good monitor for the price display fits nicely on desk

Works well. Great resolution. No issues. Curve is cool.

We like it very much. The clarity and ease to turn on and off

good product value for money. Recommended if budget suits.

The monitor is ok, limited and doesn’t adjust for height. But for the price it’s a good option.

Great buy and easy to look at over time and watching videos

A good find in the price range. Samsung products never disappoint

It works as intended! This is my second time buying this monitor, very nice.

Great monitor for the price. Use it daily for normal office work.

Looks great but only had it for a couple of weeks. Nice though!

Decent monitor. Got it for a good price on sale as a secondary.

Admittedly, my own fault, but this monitor is entirely too big for my purpose! As a matter of fact, I’m planning on returning it.

Decent monitor for a decent price. No major complaints, it's a good middle of the road product.

This Samsung curved HD monitor is a no-frills basic monitor with a couple of nice features including a 100Hz refresh rate, a game mode, and speakers. The resolution is 1920x1080, which equates to a 1080p TV. It has one HDMI port and one D-Sub port (which is just an old VGA port by a different name). An HDMI cable is included. It also has a standard 3.5mm audio jack. It comes in 3 parts, the screen, the arm, and the base. The base attaches to the arm with a single screw, and the arm attaches to the screen with two screws. Assembly was easy. I did gaming on this monitor and watched movies on it, and it excels. The curved screen gives an immersive viewing experience, and the colors and images are vivid, sharp and accurate. The game mode enhances brightness and contrast to bring out detail for gaming. In fact, when gaming I couldn't see any difference between this monitor with its 100Hz refresh rate and 4ms response time and a more expensive 180Hz 1ms response time gaming monitor that I usually use for gaming. The built-in speakers are adequate for voice but if you're watching a movie or gaming where loud immersive sound with bass notes is part of the experience, then you would want to use headphones or separate speakers. One thing to note about a curved monitor is that the best viewing angle is straight on. If you're not centered in front of the screen, then you don't get the same intended immersive experience. The monitor controls are accessed and adjusted by the typical single toggle switch. The on-screen menu made it easy to make any desired changes including speaker volume adjustments. The screen is tiltable, but the height is fixed, it's not adjustable. The build quality is average for this monitor's price range. It's mostly black plastic. Overall, this is a great curved HD monitor for the price. It's good for gaming, for movies, for streaming video content. Unless you have a specific need for something more or you just want 4K, then this monitor will do just fine, and I wouldn't spend more.

Open box is one thing but shouldn’t be missing what’s needed to operate.

I know most people who have enjoyed desktop PCs for years would appreciate and enjoy this curved monitor. It takes very little to get used to, and to me it does seem to be a lot easier on the eyes than a regular flat-screen monitor. It was easy to assemble the stand, and only took a few minutes to have ready. Included is a good quality HDMI cable, which was a good thing since for some reason this monitor did not like the one I has been using from a switch that allowed use of one monitor for two PCs. Until I replaced the cable I had been using with the one that was included, I got a "no signal" message. The monitor looks for a signal from the old style analog VGA input and the HDMI input in a cycle till it finds video. The picture is fairly sharp without being too high in contrast. The monitor surface is matte, not shiny and it is an LED monitor, not OLED. What is sort of lacking is the power button is also the settings menu control, and it is quirky. The tiny center of the button is a "rocker" and it pushed to the 12,3,6 and 9 o'clock positions for selecting what pops up on the screen for adjustments and on/off of options like "Eye Saver." The built-in speakers are pretty much horrible, but most people use additional sound equipment anyway right? It's a nice lightweight monitor and easy to set up.

I am writing this review for the Samsung - 27" S39GD Series Curved FHD 100Hz Monitor with Built-in Speakers. Like so many other people, I am quite the fan of Samsung. I can’t remember what my first Samsung product was, but I do remember the first phone I ever got was a Samsung flip phone, and I absolutely loved it. I even own a Samsung side-by-side refrigerator that has worked flawlessly for years. So I had some pretty high expectations for the Samsung 27” curved monitor, especially seeing that it has built-in speakers. I might add I have never owned a curved monitor before, even though I have used one a few times. So I was anxious to try this out. After unpacking the monitor from its shipping box, I found the connecting and setting up process to be absolutely painless…almost. After connecting the monitor to my computer, the display would not come on. I tried everything, but I just could not get the display to come on. Until, that is, I pushed the Power Button on the back of the monitor (which doubles as a Settings “joystick.” I just assumed it would already be in the On position. No one to blame but me on that one. So then it was time to test it out. I chose to connect to my computer using the included HDMI cable. Very easy, very simple. I might add there is a VGA port for connecting that way as well. I say “VGA port,” for some reason they refer to it as a D-Sub port. Regardless, it offers a way to connect to computers and some gaming systems. After powering on, I was immediately impressed by how crisp and clear the display is. There was no bleeding of the dark colors like you sometimes see on other monitors, and the pictures were clean and vibrant. I also noticed there is no glare with this monitor. I mean none. Even on a blank black screen, you won’t see yourself reflected like a mirror. I was using a dual-monitor setup to see how they compare side-by-side, and I was able to see myself quite clearly on the other monitor. What this means is that there is no distracting reflections to deal with if you have overhead or background lighting on, and it doesn’t interfere with the viewing experience. This might be a good time to mention the built-in speakers. I don’t know what I was really expecting, but I have to admit that Samsung went the extra mile and decided to use some really decent speakers for a monitor. I listened to a few songs and watched a few videos, and even at the highest volume I noticed zero distortion. No, I’m not saying they are audiophile-quality, but for monitor speakers, they are really good. You hear everything you’re supposed to hear. This particular monitor boasts a 100Hz refresh rate. It used to be I didn’t really pay attention to refresh rates, and all I really understood was that apparently the faster the refresh rate was, the better the monitor was supposed to be. But now, especially since gaming has become a norm, it really hits home. And seriously, the only way you can see for yourself is to test it out, like I have. For the most part, for everyday use like coding, or home office apps, emails, and so forth, lower refresh rates are more than adequate. But when you watch videos, play a game, and use apps such as video editing, you begin to notice things like blurring, lagging, etc. when using a low refresh rate monitor. The Samsung monitor does amazingly well when switching between programs, watching videos, and even gaming. Now, I will say this, the Samsung S39GD has a gaming mode which makes better use of the 100Hz refresh rate. I don’t understand all the technical aspects of this, but I do understand that it makes a very noticeable difference in game play. Visuals are smoother, with no blurring. Things are easier to see, and movement is smooth. In short, this was a great move on the part of Samsung. Generally speaking, for every day uses and for gaming, I feel like the Samsung S39GD curved monitor is a great choice. It’s hard to go wrong with a Samsung product, and that is especially true with the 100Hz Samsung monitor. I am looking forward to many hours of productivity and gaming with this bad boy.