Customer Ratings & Reviews

Love the automatic screen optimization feature to prevent burn-in. Be advised that if you have a Nvidia graphics card and use the Displayport output, the screen may randomly go black for a second or two. Otherwise it's an amazing monitor.

Great budget friendly monitor . Bought it then upgraded . Still very good for the price

Switched from a glossy to matte. Excellent monitor. Would highly recommend.

WORTH IT!!!! Major upgrade from my Alienware OLED. Crisp and clean, I can see more detail in my games than ever before. Big boost in visual for my FPS. The sleek design really adds to my setup. Totally worth the price!

A bit pricy, but it is hands down the best monitor I've ever owned! Gaming has never looked this good!

Samsung is one of the best in the business. Can’t go wrong with it.

This screen provides me with a FLAWLESS experience. 10 stars.

My first thoughts upon seeing the Samsung Odyssey G8 screen were: “Wow!” During the setup and unboxing process, you can immediately tell that this is a serious piece of hardware, and that it’s made extremely well. The stand for the screen is heavy and sturdy, ensuring a secure and stable support for the real star of the show. Assembling the stand and screen is a relatively easy process, and I had mine ready to go in about 5 minutes. The build quality is simply top-notch, in all areas and aspects of this product. Even before you plug it in and lay your eyes on the spectacular picture quality, the Samsung Odyssey G8 just screams "high-end and well-made." It also comes with a variety of cables for input options, and the (rather large) power supply brick. When I read that this screen was 32", I remember thinking "Oh, it will be big, but not THAT big.” Well, in person, this 32” screen is a very impressive size. Being that it is 4K, OLED, and possesses a 240 Hz refresh rate (among other insane specs), means that no matter what content you’re viewing, it will look its absolute best on this monitor. For testing purposes, I decided to play a handful of games, to get a good idea of what this screen was capable of. I focused on Cyberpunk 2077, the new Oblivion Remaster, and Fallout 4, since it’s a game I’ve spent so much time with over the years. While Cyberpunk was certainly the most demanding (followed by Oblivion), no matter what I ran, it all looked absolutely phenomenal. With the high refresh rate and a response time of 0.03 milliseconds (another WOW!) all of the fast-paced action was smooth, and displayed beautifully. Even on an older title like Fallout 4, the Samsung Odyssey ensured that it was (literally) the best it had ever looked, in my eyes. I have been playing video games for well over 35 years, and this screen put out some of the best visuals I have ever seen, hands down. Along with gaming, I streamed 4K content, and edited high-resolution photos. As with gaming, these tasks were amazing to witness on this beast of a screen. The picture clarity and vividness are SO good, and SO breathtaking, that I really can't imagine going back to any other type of display. There are other little things I haven’t gone over yet, but I will try and list some in this next section. - There is a handy toggle switch on the bottom, backside of the monitor that you can manipulate with your fingers. You use this to control the various screen settings like brightness, and eye saver mode. - This screen does have technology that helps keep the screen cool, and prevents overheating or burn-in. - Maximum screen resolution is 3840 x 2160, and it has 2 HDMI ports, with 1 DisplayPort Input. - The screen is glare-free – I can confidently say that this is one of the clearest viewing experiences I have ever had with any type of computer (or TV) display. - The screen is large enough to work on two Excel spreadsheets side by side, comfortably. - There is a 3.5 mm headphone jack on the screen to allow for speakers or headphones to be plugged in, as the monitor does not have any built-in speakers. As for cons, I really can’t think of anything I would change with the Samsung Odyssey G8, or anything that could’ve been done better. This is an astounding monitor, and is something that thrills me every time I use it to play a game, watch a video, or work on editing photos. If you are looking for a computer screen that can truly do it all, and look amazing in the process, you have to check out the Samsung Odyssey G8! Final Score: 5 Stars, without a doubt!!

I have been using this monitor for 2 weeks now for office work and gaming. Previously, I have used a Samsung 32" VA panel in 2K resolution, and I recently tried Samsung Odyssey G65B, which I didn't like at all and have returned. My older VA panel was so good that I could not find another monitor to replace it despite it being on a slightly dated tech with fixed 60 fps. I will try different monitor but will go back to my 2k VA panel. With this OLED, I have finally moved. The panel difference is evident if you are coming from any non-OLED panel. Colors are vibrant, I do not feel any input lag, no ghosting whatsoever, games look crisp with 4k resolution, and VRR worked perfectly with my 6950xt. I am yet to play a native HDR game, but I played Rise of the tomb raider which windows convert using Auto HDR and the HDR highlights looks nice. I have used it in both dark and well-lit environment and have nothing to complain about. The stand is minimalistic, looks great and it moves all the directions. It has matte coating on the screen, and I am in dual mind about it. I can see the coating while working if the background is white and static and it does bothers me a tad bit but while gaming it is not an issue with all the colors popping up vibrantly on the screen. In fact, it helps with the reflections. My PC have a lot of RGB in it, and I do not see any reflection on the monitor. My last monitor also had a similar matte finish, but it does not show up anywhere. I would have loved for G8 to have something similar. There is one small issue for my use case, I have two PC connected to G8. One with HDMI and one with DP. If I shutdown the HDMI PC, the monitor will go to sleep in 2 seconds. Now if I start the PC on DP, I have to manually switch the input connection and that control is at an extremely obscure location. There is a setting which says that G8 will switch to a new active input, but it only works if it has not gone to standby. On standby it only wakes up if same input is turned on. I would not be complaining about it if the control was not on such a hard-to-reach location or if there was a remote. I really wish Samsung will fix it with a firmware update. There is no USB-C which is a surprise at the price. I am going to keep it, the upgrade to OLED is fantastic, the VRR is working well and overall the issues are small, and I can live with them for the picture quality.

First Impressions I got my hands on the Samsung - 32" Odyssey OLED G8 (G81SF) Gaming Monitor, It’s replacing my old 4k curved display, and wow is it a marked upgrade in visual quality! I do a fair amount of gaming and productivity on my computer at my desk and I like to have something big and with great visual quality. This one didn’t disappoint. At first though, I was a bit concerned that there may be something wrong as it looked like it was distorted in the middle. Turns out, after doing some research, when you switch from a curved display to a flat one your eye/brain have to get over the perspective shift. For some folks it’s within a few hours, for others weeks or more. I am 2 weeks into ownership and I still notice it just a little, but it’s definitely improving, and it’s not a problem with the display itself. Design & Build The design and build of this display is top notch. The swivel stand is very sturdy, easy to install, and not too heavy. The ultra-slim bezels on this display are really nice. It’s easily the narrowest bezels I’ve ever seen on a display. We’re talking the width of a paperclip really. It definitely has a premium feel to it, but I am not really a big fan of the silver finish as it matches absolutely nothing in my space. Cable mgmt. is a bit of a joke, but that seems to be standard with all monitors. It’s just a basic clip-on plastic loop that you can route cables through. There has to be a better design, can’t wait to see someone do it. I am not much of a fan of the placement of the power/osd button. It is quite small, and located on the back of the display next to the cable ports. I realize there’s nowhere to put it on the front, but perhaps if it was under the display that would be easier to reach and control. There is a piece of software you can install, called the Easy Setting Box. Unfortunately, it is not a software means of accessing the OSD. It simply enables you to split the display into sections across multiple inputs. Seems like it might be a cool idea. I would have rather it let me control the OSD menus and maybe even access the off switch. Display Quality The display quality is out of this world. The sharpness and clarity in the 4k display is like no other gaming monitor I have owned before. The OLED panel produces incredible colors and blacks. I put it through an EIZO monitor test and it passed with flying colors. No bad pixels, no foul colors, no banding or warping. I installed the reference color profile from the Samsung website and noted it has 99% DCI coverage. HDR is where this thing really shines. It boasts VESA DisplayHDR True Black 400 and HDR10+ Gaming support. My last couple of monitors also claimed they did HDR, and they definitely did not. I always left it off because it ruined blues and made everything look dim. But this display is on a whole other level. It’s so bright and the color reproduction in HDR mode is absolutely flawless. I only have the brightness turned up halfway in the windows HDR settings because any higher was just too bright. I am very very happy with this functionality; it makes gaming and videos on it look so much better. I would even say it rivals my living room tv in HDR capabilities. Gaming Experience Regarding gaming performance, this display boasts a 240Hz refresh rate with 0.03ms response time. I have never seen anything with a response rate like that before. This thing is sub 1ms, which means it simply crushes it’s competition. It supports FreeSync Premium Pro, and G-Sync works just fine as well (even though it’s never once mentioned in the marketing materials). I’ve played some first person shooters, strategy games, and a couple RPGs on it so far and it’s been a treat. Zero ghosting or blur; zero tearing or stutter. It’s just buttery smooth. The glare-free screen was something I wasn’t too sure about. So many others complained about it, but once I got it in my well-lit office, I came to love it. It’s nice and bright in full daylight and I have zero reflections or issues seeing the content during the daylight hours. This feature won me over. Connectivity From a features and connectivity perspective, it has 2x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4, and 2x USB-A downstream and 1x USB-A upstream ports. One drawback, the display did not come with an upstream USB cable so you could leverage the downstream ports out of the box. So if this is important to you, make sure you pick one up. I saw a lot of people complaining about the DisplayPort only being 1.4 on this. I know 2.1 gives a lot more bandwidth, but I haven’t needed it yet. So, I’m not sure if it’s worth complaining about. There are no built-in speakers, and there is a headphone jack which I have not tried yet. My headphones are USB. There’s a built in ring of RGB LED lights on the back. It can be controlled via the OSD, but as stated earlier, that is not fun. I’ve left it on for now as I’ve not had a lot of reason to really tinker with it yet. It lacks built-in speakers, but there are limited use cases for something like that in a PC environment. Maybe in a college dorm setting where you want to have it double as a gaming console, TV, and PC display. One massive feature on this display is the Dynamic Cooling System, a Pulsating Heat Pipe mechanism with predictive algorithms to help prevent burn-in. So far, I noticed no heat issues and I’ve seen the burn-in protection kick in when it sits idle. It automatically turns the brightness way down and then eventually goes into standby. I’ve noticed it does seem to require a mouse movement to wake it back up. Banging away on the keyboard didn’t seem to do so. Final Verdict The price point on this display is easily double that of my last monitor. It’s a beautiful display, and it seems that in order to finally get workable HDR on my PC, I had to drop quite a few Benjamin’s more than I would have in the past. It is expensive!! But there’s no denying it’s worth if you are a serious gamer and entertainment enthusiast who likes high quality visuals. As long as I’m not broke, I would definitely buy it again. And I typically shy away from Samsung products as I have had a tricky history with them. I would 1000% recommend this to others.

In recent years, OLED panels have increasingly improved at an exponential rate; so much so that generational improvements, and especially those of QD-OLED panels, are providing substantial gains on color, brightness, and performance. As both an avid computer and home theatre enthusiast, I was certainly excited to try out the recently released Samsung Odyseey 32’’ G8 4K QD-OLED monitor. As with most monitors, installation and setup should be quite familiar. Inside the box, the monitor comes with the stand, a 180-watt power adapter, an HDMI cable, and a DisplayPort cable. No USB cable was included. As per the instructions, the two base pieces should be installed first, then installed to the back of the panel while still in the box. When you are installing the base be careful and do not pull up on the plastic as it slipped on me and away from the panel (the screen still has a second protective piece on it). I had to readjust accordingly and pull some of the plastic up from the opposite side. Lastly, the flap of the box is a bit wide so it blocks the base ever so slightly from as you try to lower into the locking mechanism, so you may have to pull up on the box lid as you lower the base until it clips down. It should not be too difficult but just is worth mentioning. Before proceeding with picture quality, I first would like to mention a couple of observations. First, the base of the monitor is quite large, easily the biggest I have personally seen so you will need to have ample room to fit this on a desk. Since this is an upgrade over a previous 27” monitor, the massive size increase will require an adjustment period. Furthermore, I was impressed that the connections of the monitor are straight back into panel and not up and under like almost every model out there. This makes switching inputs much easier. I also loved the RGB lights on the back of the panel (default setting is off). You can also change the effect or set a static color depending on your preference. As for the monitor itself, it certainly looks amazing in person, measuring at a mere 1.8 inches at its thickest point. There is also a standby LED light underneath the Samsung logo. In addition, the G8 was also detected as G-Sync compatible and supports VRR. As for the connections, the G8 supports two HDMI 2.1 ports and one DisplayPort 1.4. Unfortunately, there are no USB-C ports; only two USB Type-A and USB Type-B port (with one USB port reserved for firmware updates). Lastly, the G8 has a full anti-glare coating. While I personally prefer glossy screens, the quality certainly makes up for it. For my testing, I decided to connect this to my Asus Zephyrus G16 laptop featuring the RTX 4090 GPU via its HDMI 2.1 port so that I could take advantage of the full 240 Hz refresh rate and drive the display. In addition, I used the HDMI cable that came with the G8. During my testing, I limited myself only to the built-in presets. As with anything technology related, you will need to adjust your monitor according to your preference. In addition, keep in mind that since the DisplayPort is limited to revision 1.4, you will only be able to use up to 120 Hz at the full 4K resolution. At 1440p, the full 240 Hz becomes available. For picture settings, I was initially surprised at the amount of various pre-set modes; by default, the G8 ships with 9 different presets for you to choose from. Some of the options are based on various game types such as RPG, RTS, or FPS. If the monitor is set to AV mode, you will gain two additional modes: Movie and Dynamic. The game standard mode will probably be most used, though I was quite surprised that Original and Eco mode still looked decent enough depending on the content. Another observation I want to mention is that each of these presets also have their own color tone and HDR tone mapping setting. For Eco, Graphic, and original mode, the HDR setting is set to static while every other preset is set to active. For color tone, there are 5 settings: Cool, Standard, Warm 1, Warm 2, and Natural. You can modify these accordingly. As for picture quality, I first ran a couple of HDR demos over YouTube that I have used over the past couple of years. Starting with the Samsung Las Vegas 4K demo, the G8 QD-OLED panel was immediately noticeable, especially on reds, blues and greens. While this video is cooked a bit hot on the HDR, it is nonetheless impressive. At around 0:10-16 mark, watch the sky and mountains in the background. In Game Standard, Entertain, Sports mode the image drastically skews in favor of blue. Unfortunately, some of the details are lost. Personally, I think Eco mode looks much better here. At around 0:50, notice how deep the reds and blues are. It is spectacular even in Eco/Original mode; clarity of the signs near the top of the buildings at 0:53 mark is off the charts. Another honorable mention is the green lighted building at the 0:58 mark near the center. The contrast is mesmerizing! Lastly, the golden hues at 1:20, combined with the neon signs and night sky, is literally perfection. However, I did prefer Eco mode just a little more than I expected, but certainly Game Standard wasn’t too far behind. Connectively, Sports mode was a bit overcooked for my taste; but again, every video is graded differently. If you were to contrast that video with the Sony Vegas demo, the differences between the presets were sometimes even more subtle or difficult to spot. A good example would be the nacho sign at the 0:56 mark. Connectively, at around 1:05 mark, the lights on the Eiffel tower allowed me to spot a slight difference between RTS, RPG and FPS modes that previously I could not discern on the Samsung demo. However, I think Game Standard edged out slightly ahead. I also ran a couple of my 4K UHD disc images. As expected, everything looked as it should, though I had to use Kodi as opposed to VLC to get the HDR to click over. I think what is most impressive about the G8 is that it is only rated up to 260 nits in brightness, yet it was exceptionally bright. When viewed in a completely darkened room, it is quite a sight to behold! Next, I fired up a couple of games and the results were as expected. Everything looked fabulous and I was able to run Rise of the Tomb Raider on Very High Settings; obviously I could not detect any screen tearing and I was able to push the monitor to around 100 fps. Even in SDR, the image just popped off the screen; reflective lights from the sun bounced off the environment like I hadn’t seen previously. Once you walk into the cave, the light from your torch seemed to mimic HDR-like visuals despite only running in SDR. Lastly, while browsing around the web and typing up a few documents, I could not see any purple haze around any of the texts, even while zooming in to the maximum allowed percentage. Safe to say, I think most people will be thoroughly impressed with the Samsung G8. In conclusion, the Odyssey G8 32 QD-OLED monitor represents a substantial leap in display quality, perhaps more so if you are coming from any non-OLED monitor. While the G8 is feature packed, the price of admission will be a bit of a challenge for some. However, given the picture quality, I have no question that it will certainly dazzle and exceed expectations. Additionally, while I have some minor complaints such as lack of USB Type-C and lack of a glossy option, there is no denying that the G8 performs as it should. Thus, with that said, the Odyssey G8 come recommended if the budget permits.

I am amazed how far displays have come for computing. I had been looking for a display that was more than 30 inches big, high refresh rate, and super high response time for both everyday computing and gaming. I have recently sized down my gaming setup and wanted something to plug into when I want that big screen experience. Just a couple of years ago I was disappointed by the offerings, you either could get high refresh and maybe high response, but you couldn't get that in a display that was vibrant and colorful, and high resolution. They also seemed to weigh 70 lbs. I know that's not too big an issue because you set it and forget it, but it still impacts me. Enter the Odyssey G8 by Samsung. I have known Samsung to be a gold standard for display tech, from the phones to their microled wall-sized displays. When I saw they had released this 4K panel, with OLD, high refresh, and high response time, I had to get it. Opening the rather small box (the last 32 inch display I purchased a few years ago was in a box larger than a couple of large check in suitcases), I was amazed how small this felt, despite the fact it is a large display. It is ALL display! The assembly was two steps and I was up and running in under 5 minutes, including moving things around on my desk. I first plugged in a Mac computer, because I wanted to see how it would handle this display. I soon realized that the way MacOS handles resolutions, it defaults to a high def 1080 view, because it scales the 4K pixels in the display to show a very smooth view. The issue for me was that it made everything on the screen super huge. I am not a fan of this, so I decided to play around with resolutions. What I found was a scale balance in MacOS of 2560x1440 makes this display look AMAZING. It also supports the full refresh of 240Hz, so everything was buttery smooth. Great! Next, I tried my windows gaming machine. This is not the most powerful machine out there, but it outputs 4K at up to 240Hz, so I plugged it in by HDMI and had to move the scale down a bit in the display settings, and again this thing was gorgeous. Even more importantly, I was able to play a relatively new, graphics intensive game on ultra settings at 1440 resolution with around 100 frames per second. My machine is on the order of an NVIDIA RTX 4060 video card, so this was impressive to me right off the bat. There was so much response in fact that I had to tone down the motion settings to allow for my reactions to keep up. I am so happy with this display. No dead pixels, super bright for an OLED when needed, and I am happy this is a flat display. It seems industry still considers curved panels the only interesting thing, and I am over those for now. This should be a 100% buy for you if you are looking for a versatile, fast, beautiful display that works amazing with Mac and Windows.