Customer Ratings & Reviews

To start with, I will state what hardware I have. Currently using an Xbox Series X and thats it. If you are console gaming, this montior is an excellent choice. If you live in a small living space, say a bedroom, then this is A MUST! The fact it acts as a TV and a gaming monitor with nothing being taken away from the actual gaming experience is incredible. I also have a Samsung smart phone, so connecting to the monitor was super easy and made the monitor easy to set up. If you dont have a samsung device, im gonna be straight up and say dont get this monitor. You will more than likely hate your experience and will wish you went with something else. As for PC gaming, I have no idea how it works, but console gaming is fantastic. I have been replaying games just to see how they look! The 4K is outstanding and the OLED really ties this all together. The external speakers dont work super well but okay in a pinch. I recommend getting an external speaker like a soundbar as the monitor does not have analog inputs for basic desk speakers. I got a Bose external speaker and it works great! Regarding the remote.... if you dont like small remotes dont get this monitor, but otherwise its also amazing. It works as intended and can be charged by solar (using the lights in your room). Ive seen a lot of complaints about this product, but we live in a time where if you have a samsung device, it will more than likely connect to anyother device and make life a lot easier and vice versea for other products (Apple). Overall, my personal experience has been nothing but exceptional.

By far the best monitor I've used. There is little glare in bright rooms, and the refresh rate is so smooth. It is a little pricey, but probably because the technology is a little newer. The only complaint is the speaker sound quality for the price point, but I know monitors don't usually have great speakers (when they have speakers). It would just be nice to have decent speakers to use with the built in smart-TV apps.

TLDR - The Samsung G80SD is a monster of a screen. The colors/brightness/response time/refresh rate/resolution all come together in an amazing package of PC gaming monitor. If you have the budget, and can stomach the silly smart features, give it a look! Cons - I usually start with the Pros, but there is only one large con that I have with this display. The idiotic inclusion of “smart” things. It wants a wifi connection and you to login to a Samsung account, which admittedly is easy enough to skip over. This is a GAMING display that needs to have the ability to show the inputs included as best as it can, and nothing else. I feel like if they didn’t include wifi/bluetooth/speakers and all of the “smart” software, it would have saved a bit to make the display cost easier to take. (The OSD has SO many settings due to the “smart” stuff, BUT having a remote is, in my opinion, the only saving grace for the smart features. Being able to navigate the OSD options with a remote goes SO much quicker than using buttons/the little sticks that might be included these days) Pros - Everything else about this monitor is pretty much a pro. I came from a 144hz 32” 4K VA (1MS) panel to this beauty. I feel like my eyes have needed a recalibration after using this display for a bit. Everything is SO fast (I do have a 7900XTX to push the pixels quickly) and reactive that I’ve needed to adjust my input timing slightly. (I’m also an “old” gamer at 35) The SDR brightness can actually hurt my eyes, and HDR stuff is SO good. I’ve personally never seen contrast like this. Even games that don’t have HDR stuff built in, Windows goes ahead and enables some sort of quasi-HDR, and even good old DotA2 colors are new and pop way more than before. I also set my settings down to get 200-300fps in BF2042, and I swear my KD has slightly improved once I got used to the quicker reactions of this monitor. The design is solid, great stand (can get it right at the right height and angle easily), not too heavy, the body is crazy thin, and the included lighting in the back is very cool. The included HDMI cable works well with my 7900XTX, running HDR/10bit at 4K 240hz with freesync premium pro enabled. Overall, the dumb inclusion of the “smart” junk isn’t enough to completely remove a star, and the gaming experience is just so good that it's not enough to warrant losing a star. If you’re in the market for an ultra high end 4K display, you can count on the G80SD to fit the bill!

The Samsung G80SD is a great display. You get 4K resolution on a 32” screen and all the benefits that come with an OLED display using the latest panel technology. Being a previous user of the Alienware AW3423DWF OLED monitor I did notice the reduced overall brightness, but HDR still pops and blacks are as dark as they get. That being said, I think this more of a Smart TV than a monitor and while that can be a great benefit, it can also be a hindrance at times and I wish there was a way to put some of that stuff further in the background. Getting the G80SD unboxed I was immediately struck by how slim the display is. At the edges it’s only a few millimeters and it looks very sleek. The silver/gray finish doesn’t go great against my mostly matte black setup, but it still looks good regardless and it mostly disappears especially if you opt for a monitor arm instead of the stand like I have. I did use the stand for a short time though and it’s sturdy and doesn’t take too much space for a stand. It also has a nice little rubber loop for cable management at the base. The power supply is external, probably owing to how slim the display is, and it’s a big thing for sure. Probably one of the larger power bricks I’ve seen. I ended up mounting on the underside of my desk with some Command Strips. The panel itself is flat, which is generally my preference when it comes to monitors, though I’ve come to not mind curved displays after my time with my previous monitor. It’s a standard 16:9 4K panel that goes up to 240Hz with an advertised 0.03ms response time. The ports on the back include 2-USB 3.0 Type A, 2 HDMI 2.1 ports and 1 DisplayPort 1.4 port. The USB ports feed back to the PC via a USB-B cable and can also be used by the display’s internal apps - I verified this by watching a YouTube video with my Logitech headset connected. I imagine this would also work for things like game controllers as well. Setting up the monitor is the same process as setting up a Samsung TV because it uses the same Tizen interface. You are taking through a series of menus where you connect to Wi-Fi and sign into your Samsung account. This being a smart TV you are made to agree to the various privacy policies, but Samsung tries to be sneaky and trick you into also agreeing to personalized ads and viewing data like it is required when in reality it is not. This feels deliberately deceptive on Samsung’s part and I think they need to adjust the verbage their to make the options clearer. You can of course skip all of this, but this disables a lot of the G80SD’s functionality and leaves you with an empty home screen that is constantly asking to be setup. I think there needs to be a way to jettison a lot of these features as many gamers will have no use for them. Once all of that was setup, I connected to my PC via DisplayPort. The display itself looks great, though I wish it got a bit brighter. The display reports a maximum brightness of 440 nits in HDR and that seemed to ring true as I ran through the HDR calibration tool in Windows. HDR does still look really good on the G80SD though and the highlights don’t necessarily need to be as bright when you have an OLED display. The display is not glossy - Samsung advertises it as “glare free”, which seems to matte for all intents and purposes. It still looks great though and actually does a very good job of keeping reflections off. Ther eare no sRGB or DCI-P3 modes to speak of. You also don’t get a calibration report like many other monitors, but to my eyes the colors appear natural and accurate. Variable refresh rate is here in the form of Freesync Premium Pro and G-SYNC seems to work just fine for me. Gaming so far has been an excellent experience and I haven’t had any issues there. For some of the more demanding games I play I have turned the resolution down to 1440p and they still very good on this display at my viewing distance (~30 inches away). The Smart TV portion so far has been pretty good. The interface is very snappy and the included remote works well enough to navigate around - it also has a little solar panel at the bottom to help keep it charged up which is neat. You can get pretty much any major streaming app on Samsung’s platform and it even includes some cloud gaming apps like Xbox and GeForce Now. It also supports Cast and AirPlay. The built-in speakers are nice to have in a pinch, but sound fairly weak. If you are using this in a small space like a dorm or a bedroom I can definitely see the advantages of a monitor that also doubles as your TV. This sometimes gets in the way of it being a simple monitor though. Every time I boot my PC and turn on the display I get the giant Samsung game bar that lingers for several seconds and even when that goes away there’s another little tip that pops up right after that telling me how to get the game bar back if I need to for a few more seconds! AND, though the display will turn itself off when you shut your PC down, it hangs on a standby screen for a full minute before it shuts down waiting to see if you want to do something else with the display. I wish I could make this monitor act more like a monitor and I’ve been in and out of every setting I could find to try and make adjustments. The core lighting on the back of the monitor is pretty neat, though it’s hard to see unless you are looking behind it or have it right up against a wall. There’s a variety of effects you can set, including one where the lighting changes depending on what’s on screen, though I found this to be underwhelming and I liked the rainbow effect better. The monitor includes a 3-year warranty, though it does not explicitly include protection from OLED burn-in. The G80SD is supposed to have a special cooling system built into it that I assume is meant to help protect against that at some level, but it would be good if Samsung was a little clearer about that and it included it like many other OLED manufacturers do. Overall I’m happy with the G80SD. It’s a great-looking OLED monitor and the idea of a gaming monitor that doubles as a TV is a good one, but I think there are improvements Samsung can make and there might be less expensive options for anyone not looking for that functionality.

The Samsung Odyssey is my first OLED monitor of this size. I have one on my phone and on the QHD screen of my gaming laptop, but this is the first one I have had of this size, and it’s a bit jaw dropping the first time you fire things up on the big screen. The Odyssey 32” is a beauty both in form and in functions. I was amazed at how thin and relatively light the monitor was compared to my previous 32” gaming monitor. Even though that one is only three years old (got it to take advantage of the HDMI 2.1 specs), it might as well be an old CRT monitor compared to a modern screen! Also, the stand format is SO MUCH better. I get that the monitor companies were capitalizing on the edgy and futuristic trend going with gaming systems, but like those are also scaling back, I’m glad to see that Samsung did the same. Out with a stand that takes a disproportionate amount of space on a desk, and in with a nice flat base that allows for things like keyboards and mice to be stored underneath when you need a bit of extra desk space. They also toned down the exterior lighting so that it no longer seems like you are on the set of TRON but you can get a nice bit of bias lighting from the ring around the stand mount. As for the gameplay features, the Odyssey 32” is amazing. I have three devices attached to this monitor (an Xbox Series X, the latest Mac Mini, and a Zephyrus G16 laptop). None of them have looked anything less than phenomenal, and they have been unable to throw anything at the monitor frame-rate-wise that it couldn’t absolutely destroy. I have YET to see a single stutter or tear on screen. Speaking of the screen itself, those inky blacks and vibrant colors are just amazing for some of these games. That being said, I DID have one heck of a time finding the right balance of the color palette (the Odyssey gives you quite a range) and HDR settings. In the end I found a good color setting but after doing tons of HDR calibration both on the monitor and on the Xbox and Laptop, I ended up just turning HDR off. Some more modern AAA games implemented HDR really well, but most of my games did not and HDR just made it look washed out or brought out details in the darker areas that the game creators probably were hoping that no one would notice! So the lesson to learn from my hours and hours of playing with settings is that you will definitely want to take your time to check out all the settings both on the monitor as well as your gaming platform. Don’t take the view on the screen right from box as what you are stuck with. You can ‘dial in’ a ton of settings to find just the right balance for your games, your play environment, and your personal tastes. Not everything is perfect though on the Odyssey. The Apps installed on the monitor are absolutely ridiculous. Now it is awesome that this thing would make an awesome TV/Gaming/Workspace monitor for someone with a small space, but the software (especially the stuff baked in and not removable - I’m looking at you Tik-Tok), is full of bloat. It’s one thing to offer a whole bunch of options for buyers to download, and even to have a nice selection preloaded, but don’t FORCE me to maintain a health app or social media app if I don’t want it. I would have said I was surprised by this, but both of my TVs are also Samsung and they do the same thing there. Some of those apps do work really great though. My login data for my streaming services carried over from my TVs and I was able to watch Amazon Prime shows with just a simple click of the remote. The Odyssey makes for a great TV. One good thing that the Odyssey shares with its larger TV brethren is a fabulous remote. I love the solar powered (and USB-C rechargeable) remote for the TVs and this is just a slightly more compact version. My previous monitor also had a remote but it was wonky at best and completely useless at worst. The Samsung remote is super-responsive and makes changing settings relatively easy. Changing settings is also quite a bit easier on the Samsung vs. my previous monitor by having a setting tray that pops up and not only shows the frame-rate you are currently getting but also gives you some of the top settings you might want to change and the ability to go deeper if needed. Oh! One last little quibble with the Odyssey 32”. The sound from the integrated speakers is good but not great. My previous monitor had a phenomenal sound system built in and got me to drop wearing headphones because it was so good. With the Odyssey I’m having to go back to headphones. That being said, I did find a really cool feature that in the end gives me the best sound I have had from a system. I have an external USB sound card that on a whim I plugged into the back of the monitor. I was astounded when the Odyssey recognized it and switched audio output automatically to it. Plugging in my really nice headphones and getting into some really atmospheric games was amazing. I got to hear some new things in games I had started playing after dropping my headphones previously that were really cool. All-in-all I’m extremely happy with the Odyssey 32” OLED. It is a beautiful screen and once you get things set up the way you like, your eyes will be in video heaven.

This monitor is packed with features and is gorgeous to look at. It is not quite perfect, however. First of all, as a gaming monitor which is of course the primary function and intent, it is phenomenal. Color reproduction is flawless, black levels are perfect, refresh rate is stunning. With a proper GPU you can push up to 240hz and never see a single tear in the frames. I have a 4070 Super and have been playing Starfield a lot lately. At 4k and on ultra settings it is buttery smooth and looks incredible. A game like that really takes advantage of the HDR and OLED qualities with all the black of space and the varied lighting on different planets. It really is stunning. On the other end of the gaming spectrum, I’ve also spent a lot of time with Cities Skylines II which involves a massive number of small details that are truly brought to life on the 4K resolution. The semi-matte finish is unobtrusive and does a great job dispersing light and reducing glare. In fact, this is one of the only screens I have that has virtually no glare whatsoever. The backside has an RGB light ring around the VESA 100x100 mounting point that can be customized in the settings to many different color options and schemes, and the body itself is a very thin high-quality metal. It includes an ultra high-speed HDMI cable, DP 1.4 cable, USB upstream cable, an unfortunately large glossy white power brick, and a full motion stand that is also a metal construction allowing for easy tilting, height, and rotation adjustments. I use a desk mount arm for it and since it is fairly lightweight it was an easy install. One of the most unique features it has is the ability to function like a TV set with a Bluetooth remote and built in wifi with streaming app support on the Tizen OS. It works great once you can get a Samsung account setup which for some reason is required to use any of the streaming apps. Doing so should be pretty easy, but it took me half a dozen tries just to get the email verification step to properly complete and was so frustrating I initially gave up entirely. A few hours later I tried again and somehow got it working which allowed me to get into my streaming apps and sign into each one. It’s a bit of a gimmick particularly since the built in speakers are subpar, but the remote can be pretty handy for navigating the various settings screens and changing inputs quickly. Whenever no motion from a mouse or input is detected, it quickly goes into a screen saver mode to protect itself from burn-in and resumes just as quickly once you want to get going again which adds an additional layer of comfort for keeping that OLED screen looking great. If you want an absolutely beautiful, responsive 4K screen for your gaming delights and have a desire to watch TV afterwards then this is the one you’ve been looking for. Requiring a Samsung login to use any additional apps is a bizarre and frustrating choice that tarnishes the experience a bit but it’s still a gorgeous screen and that fact more than makes up for that shortcoming.

If you hate money, and you want to give that money to Samsung and BestBuy, this is a fabulous way to spend it. All jokes aside, this is a fantastic monitor. To start, inky blacks, bright poppy colors, smooth refresh rate, immersive size, and a high quality build. Backstory, I bought this because my Alienware 34" Ultrawide passed away, as a fair bit of screen was starting to die, I was working with Alienware but they were too much of a headache to get anywhere with, so I decided to just bite the bullet and buy a new one. I bought this during Black Friday, so the pixel/dollar value proposition might be different if you're paying the full MSRP for it. I got it for $899 on Black Friday, down from $1299. So a decent chunk of the price, and what I had bought my Alienware for. Wow. What a monitor. Even compared to my already amazing Alienware, the difference is night and day. Dark seems are almost too dark, in the best way possible, and colors in bright scenes seem to pop and are full of life. I sit fairly close to this monitor how my desk it set up, and it is extremely immersive. I play a range of titles, F125, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Battlefield 6, GTA V and LSPDFR, Minecraft, Asseto Corsa Compeitizone, The Finals, Arc Raiders, God of War, Fallout 4, honestly a lot of the main stream titles, with a chunk of indie games as well. Every game looks amazing. Like it was made for this monitor. F125, the car looks incredible, especially in the wet races. Try Vegas at night with a red bull or a McLaren and wow. Battlefield 6, holy moly, is crazy, explosions pop and are bright. I could go on. I'd strongly recommend this monitor, assuming you have a component machine to go with it, it does push 240hz at 4k, which is pretty demanding, and for the best experience you want a beefy machine to push all those pixels, that quickly. I'd really recommend it. I have a RTX 4080 Super and a Ryzen 9 5950X, so in now way a top tier, but its up there, and it handles the monitor well, it is pushed, but its worth it. I'd really, really recommend this monitor, and the accompanying smart TV that seems to be built into it. Last note, the speaker, lacks bass and clarity, but it is a monitor speaker I don't know what you're expecting.

Great picture quality. True 4k gaming. Every game looks amazing on this monitor using my RTX 4090. Once I'm done gaming, I usually use the smart hub to watch a movie or a show and the picture looks amazing. It also has built in speakers. To be honest the speakers are a bit on the lower side, so if you're like me and love to blast music from the smart hub on your Samsung devices I'd suggest getting a sound bar as well.

I love this monitor’s design and display. Speakers are so so, but great experience overall.

I really like the physical design of this monitor. It is sleek and has a small footprint. The display itself is crisp and beautiful. But that's really where the praise stops. The built-in Samsung Smart TV apps are intrusive, not necessary, and actively make the monitor harder to use...as a monitor. The built-in speakers also emitted a high-pitched whine when not in use. Just mute it, right? Wrong. Muting causes a big mute icon to bounce around your screen in random places (to avoid burn-in) and never goes away. A clear anti-feature. I know some like the matte finish, but all my lighting is upward facing, so I don't ever deal with display glare and really can't say as the matte finish made any discernable difference for me. Also, tuning the color calibration was extremely difficult due to the awful OSD menus and general cumbersome need to use a remote to navigate everything. The updated 2025 model removes the Smart TV functionality entirely. Go with that one instead.

Right speaker is defective and DOA, samsung support won't replace the monitor because I'm beyond their 14 day return period. Should have bought it through Best Buy. The monitor is stunning, beautiful, and otherwise perfect - but Samsung does not have your back and after 2 hours on the phone with support and a promise from a tech support supervisor to replace it with a brand new unit, he secretly cold transferred me despite promises otherwise, and they're not honoring the commitment. So overall, it may be amazing, but avoid it at all costs due to the company backing it, making it, and supporting it.

I am a huge Samsung fan, but this monitor missed its mark. there are a lot of issues with this and things I did not like which led me to return and go with an LG ultra gear. biggest issue - random flickering, black, during gameplay. I'm running a 5090 NVidia founders edition. 4k at 240hz. no hdr. when calling Samsung tech support they recommended lowering refresh rate... what?? the screen also has features that you really wouldn't care about if you're using it as just a gaming monitor. I don't need smart tv features, I don't need speakers. I also don't want to manually power on and off my screen every time I turn my pc off or on. also, I don't want to see a gaming / settings hub every time I turn the monitor on, or it powers on from standby. the picture quality was ok. It was a little dark for my liking. I do own a Samsung 77" OLED which I absolutely love, but this monitor did not do it for me.

The monitor's external speakers have no sound. Why is it shipped without quality inspection?

Samsung’s top of the line Odyssey series of displays has a new G8 beast – a 32” OLED display that is more than just a typical computer monitor. Focused on PC gaming, this display can do 240hz 4k with an incredibly fast 0.03ms response time. As an OLED panel, the display has deep blacks and shadows with no light bleed in high contrast scenes. The most interesting thing about this display is that it is much more than just a PC gaming monitor, which is apparent when you open the box and find a remote control… Speaking of the box, when opening it up you’ll find the stand, some instructions, a collection of cables (which is a welcome change from some other brands that have stopped including them), the substantial power brick, and the previously mentioned remote control. Assembling the stand takes about 30 seconds. A zero-tool assembly makes this a breeze. Just insert the stand to the base, rotate it 90 degrees, and clip the mount to the display panel. Poof, done. The final setup is clean, simple, and understated. This display would look great in any setup, from a classy office to an RGB gamer dungeon. Connections are easy as all ports are visible and push directly into the back. A small silicone strap on the stand helps with cable management . One little quibble is with the power connector – it’s a right angle connector that overlaps the display port input. You have to turn it at kind of an odd angle to avoid the display port connection, and the barrel plug does not go all the way flush to the back of the display. Don’t force it thinking it should go in further – it won’t, and you risk damaging something. Powering up the display is when you realize this isn’t just your typical “dumb” PC monitor. This is a fully featured Tizen TV with Samsung’s latest “AI” upscaling chip that is being used on even their 8K TVs. This is where the remote comes into play. Even that is premium – it’s a USB-C rechargeable remote, not something that needs to be fed AAAs. The remote allows for getting to and changing settings without an awkward reach around the monitor and trying to blindly press menu buttons, which is welcome. Bringing up the game bar is kind of odd, you have to press and hold the play/pause button for 3 seconds on the remote to get it to pop up. As a Smart TV, this thing has a bit of a setup process to get it on wireless and registered with Samsung. You can do this via the remote, a QR code using Samsung SmartThings on a phone, or by directly connecting a keyboard to the display’s USB ports. I used the app method, which requires a Samsung account and a few steps, but it got the display online and ready to go. This thing even has far field mics in it for voice assistants, either Samsung’s “Bixby” or Amazon’s Alexa. I decided that was a bit much and didn’t enable either, but they are there if you want them. Since this display is connected to wireless, it can pull down its own updates and doesn’t depend on any clunky PC software to try to update it. Additionally, you can configure and set up the lighting directly on the display using the remote, including a screen sampler mode, with no software or CPU chewing process required on your gaming rig. This is a really welcome feature for people who like to keep their PC with minimal software loads. It also has integrated speakers, again allowing it to act as a standalone TV. They are better than most monitors, but lack any kind of low end response. This display also has something very rare for a PC monitor – one of the HDMI ports supports ARC, so you can send audio to a soundbar or AV receiver. The display itself has a new generation matte coating, that promises exceptional glare reduction while still transmitting clear colors. In my opinion, it works. This display isn’t the brightest, but the exceptional amount of ambient light reduction still makes it very visible, even in rooms with natural light. Burn in is always the biggest worry with OLED screens, and Samsung has developed some new methods to help combat it. The panel itself is actually larger than a 4K resolution, and area that is in use will shift between some power cycles to keep more static screen elements from burning the same set of pixels. Additionally, the display features a heat pipe system that pulls heat away from the panel, which is a major cause of premature aging on OLED panels. Doing common sense things like setting a fast display off timer on your PC and hiding the task bar also help. Coming from a 27” 4K 144hz IPS panel with local dimming (not mini-LED), this display is a revelation. The complete color uniformity, no light bleed, and blazing fast response times makes for an incredible experience in games. The extra screen space fills your field of vision and games feel much more immersive. Not fighting light bleed in darker games in the corners means less eye strain and overall gaming is a joy, especially if you have a gaming PC that can really drive it. Finally, the price and overall value. This thing is expensive. Really expensive. Since you are getting more than just a monitor, you are paying for features you may not practically need. For example, I’m not sure I’ll ever use the smart TV functions of this display. It’s already connected to a PC which can run the same apps. If you are in a small space like a dorm room or a bedroom I can see where these features could be useful as you can use the remote and voice control to have it work as a TV and not need to use a PC. There are some side benefits to the extra technology, notably that it can pull down its own updates and the lighting controls don’t require software on your PC, along with a remote for changing settings. It is one of the latest QD-OLED panels and for gaming it is excellent. If you can afford it and especially if you can use the extra features then this is a display you should consider.

When I opened up the box and removed the monitor, I was impressed with the thin bezels and just how thin the monitor was (from front-to-back). The included stand does indeed support both landscape and portrait orientations, but it took me a few minutes to figure that out because I had to tilt the monitor up before rotating into portrait orientation because there is virtually no clearance between the bottom of the monitor and the base of the stand once the monitor is in that orientation (meaning the corners of the monitor kept hitting my desk when I tried to simply rotate the monitor without tilting it). That may sound like a weird complaint, but it was just one of many things that befuddled me with this particular monitor, especially given the price. Speaking of the stand, there really was no thought given to cable management at all. There is a little bracket (?... strap?) on the bottom, toward the rear of the stand that would help consolidate cords, but they are still just dangling there from the back of the monitor until they reach the desk at the back of the stand. As I continue unboxing, I also realized one of the reasons why the monitor was so thin... There is a huge power brick that must be used with the monitor. The cord is arguably long enough so that the power brick can be on the floor or out of the way, but it is rather large. When looking at the ports that are provided, I was a little surprised that there was no USB-C/Thunderbolt 4 port, so no charging your laptop while using a single USB-C/Thunderbolt cable. Along those lines, the monitor includes a USB-A hub with only two ports. As you need to use a port from your PC for the monitor's hub, this option provides you one additional port and I am a little challenged to see the value of this hub (especially as USB-C is nowhere to be found). There are two HDMI ports (one of which supports ARC) and one DisplayPort, but more on that in a second. When I turned on the monitor for the first time, I was a little surprised because of the setup process. First, Samsung included a license agreement that asked me to give permission for Samsung to share my information with advertisers. What? Never seen that on a gaming monitor before. When I clicked to the next screen, however, I realized the monitor included its own operating system and allows for streaming apps like Disney+, Hulu, YouTube, and others. Interesting. I also had to log into my wireless network as a result (no physical Ethernet cable option, so hopefully you have a strong wireless signal with adequate bandwidth). The use of this OS seemed to create some issues with my computer, however, as the monitor would recognize a computer was connected to either the DisplayPort or HDMI (I tried both), but it would not display the PC's output and would eventually timeout and turn itself off. I had to reboot my computer after the cable was connected to the monitor. Then everything seemed to work, sort of. Occasionally, the monitor would take me back to its own OS rather than sticking with my PC. The monitor also had a pop-up on the screen that told me I could install a Samsung program of some sort on my computer to control the monitor. I did not make it that far, however. Once the monitor was finally up and running, I then tried to change the settings. Whenever I did that, it took me back to the monitor's OS screen (which made it difficult to optimize some of the settings while seeing what was on the screen from the PC). The monitor included a remote control, which seemed strange until I found out the monitor can run streaming apps. Clicking the "gear" button on the remote, which I figured was a setting button, took me to some type of screen where I could only enter numbers that should show on the screen in a long string of numbers as I continued to add them. I still have absolutely no idea what that was about. At this point, I disconnected the monitor from my gaming PC and thought I would try it with my Mac. I had the same issue when connecting the monitor... It saw it was connected to a computer, but would time out without displaying an image and my Mac did not recognize the monitor (although it did see an AirPlay option). It took a reboot of the Mac to address this issue. This connection to my Mac wound up being important because I then tried to use the monitor as my main display and take advantage of its speakers (without having to use the external speakers that I was currently using, which would free up some desk space). The built-in speakers in the monitor are very tinny and horrible. Maybe by itself, I wouldn't have noticed, but I tried playing some music through them and, for the sake of comparison, switched over to my Apple Studio Display (which is only a few hundred dollars more expensive than this monitor). The difference was night-and-day. The Apple display provided rich sound with impressive bass that made the sound from the Samsung quite embarrassing, actually. While I suspect a typical gaming rig would not use built-in monitor speakers, this particular monitor is also a streaming TV (for lack of a better description) and the audio quality is brutal. There is apparently a backlight on the monitor that "matches your mood and vibe with ambient lighting." I did not even notice it and had absolutely no idea how to set that up. The funny thing is that I have not really even talked about the picture quality yet, which is why someone buys a gaming monitor in the first place. The 4K UHD OLED screen is indeed beautiful (with a 240Hz refresh rate, 0.03ms response time, and typical brightness of 250 nits). Unfortunately, the inclusion of Samsung's "Gaming Hub" (which provides access to streaming platforms, gaming consoles, and Smart TV apps) along with sub-par speakers diminished the experience for me to the point where I simply wound up going back to my previous display and sound setup. So, in the end, the picture quality is indeed stellar, but the other aspects of this monitor (the bad speakers and Tizen operating system) really diminish its value. I have never had such a challenge hooking up a monitor before and ongoing challenges with modifying settings. If you have separate speakers and are willing to tolerate the learning curve that comes with this monitor having its own operating system, it may be worth considering. Personally, though, I cannot help but think there are better options out there for the money.