Customer Ratings & Reviews

Really, how can you go wrong with this sweet, sexy monitor? I'm fairly new to PC gaming and the first time I saw this monitor, I knew it HAD to be the one I wanted. From most reviews, this seems to be a pretty great monitor with all the right specs. Unfortunately, the price is also through the roof. That said, I'm thoroughly enjoying this monitor as it has brought me great joy seeing my games on a 49" screen. The specs on this monitor are great. Obviously, the 49" screen size is the big attraction here. It's big, bright and beautiful; all the things you want in a monitor. There's plenty of inputs for this so no worries about being able to connect to the monitor. There's a HDMI, DisplayPort, USB and even a headphone jack. My gaming rig consists of an i9 10850k and RTX 3090 and 64GB 3200mhz RAM. Pretty potent setup so I needed a monitor that matched. I'm very pleased to say that my monitor hasn't had any issues so far. No dead pixels, no light bleeding, etc., like some other users have complained about. The monitor seems a bit more wobbly than I expected but considering it's a 49" monitor, I guess that's kind of to be expected. I see lots of other reviews where this seems to be hit or miss in terms of getting a "good" unit. Fortunately, I'm good here so no complaints. One of the big things I see a lot of users complaining about HDR on this monitor. On SDR, the monitor looks fantastic. Everything looks crisp and clear and just looks great. I know HDR is a big thing however, personally, I'm not really a big user about this. I checked the HDR option out and it did look a bit darker than expected. I could probably fix it with some fine tuning but I haven't gotten around to it. For a monitor this price, you'd expect the HDR to be on point however it's not really a thing for me right now. I'm perfectly content with the SDR on this monitor. In the future I'll probably get a bit more into HDR but, for now, I'm good with SDR on this topic. One of the irritating things about this monitor is the way you have to upgrade the firmware. You need to download the recent firmware from Samsung's site and you need to plug it into the back of the monitor. This monitor has a plate you can put on the back of the monitor to hide your cables so I'd recommend you upgrade firmware prior to finishing setting up your monitor. I still haven't done this yet so I'll get around to it soon. Another thing was the 240hz refresh on this monitor. I seem to be locked at 120hz so not sure if this has something to do with the firmware update or not. I would think this should be running at 240hz out of the box but it appears that something else needs to be done here to get that refresh rate to work properly. Overall though, for my needs, this monitor is perfect. I love the size, build quality and clarity of this monitor. Destiny 2 and Red Dead Redemption 2 look fantastic on this monitor.

I've been looking for a good monitor that really brings out the HDR highlights in stuff. Reviews on this unit have been all over the place. Some say it's excellent, others say to stay away. So far my experience has been nothing but excellent. A little background on the build I'm using to drive this thing is a PC I built that has a 5800X, 32GB RAM, AMD Reference 6900 XT. I'm currently running the monitor over DisplayPort. Some of the complaints I've read were stemming from how the HDR didn't work. Samsung has been working on getting it to work properly and so far, I can report that it's working great. I've so far tested out a couple HDR enabled games. One thing to note, if you want to watch videos in your browser, be it Netflix, YouTube or any other streaming platform, you need to ensure that Hardware Acceleration is enabled in the browsers advanced settings. I made this mistake with Brave Browser and once I enabled it, I got the HDR option to appear in YouTube, from then on, everything worked perfectly. Forza Horizon 5 and it looks fantastic. I play the HDR games on the Dynamic setting through Samsung's OSD settings. Standard is still decently bright and good enough to bring out highlights, though Dynamic does feel a fair bit brighter. Outside of games and just on the desktop, things aren't near as washed out as they were previously. Mine unit arrived with the 1008 firmware which is the latest. I'll be routinely looking out for further updates. Response times are fantastic. Everything just feels very smooth. In some games I was playing on my other monitor, whenever I would drop below 60 FPS, it just would feel smooth, things felt stuttery. On this monitor, I don't see this at all. It does have G-Sync support, however as I'm using an AMD card, it offers FreeSync Premium Pro. I do have Anti-Lag and their other features on, which my other Ultrawide supported, but there's something else that just makes this monitor leaps and bounds better. With Destiny 2, the HDR just doesn't work right, so no fault of Samsung here. Borderlands 3 it looks great however due to some patches from last year scaling broke so certain UI things are offscreen and there's not been an update from them. No Man's Sky, I really have to say that this game just has to be seen with HDR on. With there being quadrillions of planets and Biomes with varying visuals, quite literally, seeing is believing. Another game I tested out with the HDR on was Cyberpunk 2077, and again as with No Man's Sky, you really have to see it for yourself. I almost forgot, but I did manage to test the HDR in Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade on PC and there the HDR is hit and miss. In some areas I notice terrible blurring and or blooming, other areas looked absolutely fantastic. One common misconception, one I've been prone to believing is that with HDR enabled, color's appear washed out. This far from the case. So long as you have display that's capable of displaying the content the way it was mastered, this won't be something you encounter. While Windows itself doesn't support it on the desktop, which is why it looks "washed out", the things that do support and can take advantage of it work wonderfully. That said, the perception of it being washed out is due to the display not supporting HDR, or just not being capable enough of bringing out the colors and highlights due to insufficient brightness. Forza Horizon 5 and No Man's Sky seemed like it was suffering from this, however in their case it was due to the colors being more accurately represented. Without HDR, everything becomes less muted, but also more inaccurate, hence the washed out colors. Per Samsung's claim, this is supposed to be 2000 nit's capable. From everything I've researched, the unit only hit's half of that. I don't know if they measure it differently though. Either way, even at 1000, I can make out things so much more than on my previous HDR400 capable display. So, is this display perfect? No, certainly not, but there's not much I can really nitpick on. With the Mini-LED backlighting, I can say that on certain colors, such as grey, you can see what appears to be light bleed. It does seem there are a set number of zones of the LED's. You can see that they are in a square or rectangular grid. Taking a guess as I wasn't able to find information on it, there's 32 rows of LED's and 64 columns, which would bring it to 2048 Mini-LED's used for the backlighting. It can be noticed in some fast movement games where the screen takes moment to adjust. Other games I didn't really notice it such as RPG or RTS games. My biggest issue with the monitor is the inputs. From my research, the G9 that preceded this unit had 2 DisplayPort connections, this model sadly only has 1, but it has 2 HDMI 2.1 inputs if you opt to connect a console like the Xbox Series or PS5. I did not test my PS5 on it as for one, Sony doesn't seem to want to enable the use of anything outside 1080p or 2160p, so it would be wasted here. The Series X/S would be better suited since they can output at 1080, 1440 or 2160, so you could in theory run your PC on once side and your console on the other, or any other input device for that matter. I really am finding it hard to find any other cons as everything that most had issues with, are resolved, or are being resolved in firmware updates. There are 2 USB 3.0 Ports to connect your devices to which is a great feature. The ergonomics are fine. I do wish the stand went up higher as I'm on the taller side and I use a standing desk so it's a bit of give and take for comfort versus usability. It does tilt and swivel. You cannot rotate it, not that'd probably want to anyways since that much screen vertically would be awful! Overall, if you're looking for one massive screen, be it for work or play, this is really hard to beat. You get more than usable HDR for movies, games, TV shows etc, the enormous width give you plenty of space to multitask, though because of the curvature, sharing your screen with others is not ideal, but for productivity such as working in immense spreadsheets, this is a dream display. If you've got the money just lying around and want the best Ultrawide display available on the market, this is the way to go. I'm adding some screenshots, none are in HDR as you wouldn't be able to tell without a capable display and the screenshots don't really show what I'm actually seeing nor do the display justice, but if your store has one on display, you just have to experience it for yourself.

The Odyssey Neo G9 is about as ostentatious as it's possible for a peripheral to be. It dominates not only your desk, but the entire room. It feels less like a real, functional object and more like an exhibit from a tradeshow escaped into your bedroom. And I love it to death for it. Receiving and setting up the monitor was, admittedly, a bit of a daunting process. The intense curvature of the panel makes it somewhat unwieldy to move around and there's a fair bit of heft that needs to be accommodated by the stand, which are generally not great combinations for anything that needs to be shipped. Fortunately, Samsung's engineers protected it in transit with plenty of shaped interlocking foam that made it surprisingly easy to remove even with only one person (though having done it, I have to say that the instructions probably aren't wrong when they recommend having two people to avoid bumps and bruises while trying to navigate around corners and doorways.) The provided stand is sturdy and comes with some pretty decent cable management, though it did lose a couple points for the placement of the integrated USB hub. All the monitor's cabling is routed through the stand and into a small compartment that seals up once everything is plugged in, which makes sense as you really don't want to be moving this thing around too much once it's in place. Unfortunately they put the two USB ports in that same sealed cavity, which means that anything you want to plug in is going to need to be routed through the stand with everything else before you seal it up. It does look very clean and if all you're putting in there are wireless dongles it's fine, but my wired keyboard with its own USB passthrough ended up complicating the installation process somewhat. Fortunately, once I'd actually gotten it into my desk things got significantly easier. Samsung includes both a full set of quality HDMI, DP, and USB cables, and all performed great once I had them picked up. The stand isn't exceptionally heavy but very well balanced so everything feels solid (though the swivel is definitely being tested by the amount of leverage produced by the monitor's width.) And the width and curvature are absolutely perfect. Sitting at a comfortable distance from the monitor completely fills my horizontal field of vision, and while there's plenty of gaps in the vertical I can't say I've noticed while gaming. Which brings us to picture quality. It is, in a word, stellar. Before the monitor arrived I heard a lot of horror stories about poorly performing HDR, dead pixels, and flickering, but I haven't seen any of it. Given that the monitor arrived already loaded with the latest firmware (released just a few weeks ago) I suspect that it was part of a very recent manufacturing run, so hopefully Samsung has been making some improvements behind the scene to address these complaints. It's been quite some time since I've been wowed by something as simple as a Windows background (though, it should be noted, finding good ones of those that actually fit this monitor is a LOT harder than I expected.) So, clearly, gaming on this thing is great. Good news though is that most everything else is too. For productivity this thing is basically equal to having a two monitor setup without the bezel gap. In fact if you're so inclined it can be exactly like that, as you can configure it to split the screen down the middle and map which input goes to which side to perfectly emulate a pair of QHD monitors. Before you rush out to make what is probably an unwise financial decision though, there are a few compromises you should probably be aware of. First up: while this monitor can do dual QHD resolution and a 240 hz refresh rate, it can't really do them at the same time. This isn't really the monitor's fault as there are a host of very difficult technical issues that come with trying to pull off something like that, but I'll admit it was a little disappointing when I first discovered it. Switching to the higher refresh rate cuts your resolution in half to HD quality, and since QHD panels can't perfectly map to HD resolutions like UHD ones image quality gets noticeably fuzzier around the edges. Second thing to note is that a lot of the fringe benefits like the integrated lighting or headphone hooks are present but of somewhat dubious value. Reaching back behind the monitor to hang your headphones feels a bit riskier than it should given how every time your elbow bumps the monitor it tends to tilt slightly, and if you've got wired headphones I think you're ultimately just inviting awkward tangles. The integrated lighting is also surprisingly tame given how over the top the rest of the product is. The transparent ring around the mounting point glows with a fairly cool mirror effect that you will never, ever see because it'll almost certainly be facing a wall. It's also not exceptionally bright, so unless you've got it right against a white surface I don't think you'll get much reflected light around the edges either. If you plan to make this thing the centerpiece of a RGB display, which I suspect many people seriously considering this monitor are, you'll probably want to plan to supplement with separate light towers or RGB strips. Also, while this is a fairly minor point, the bezels on this are so thin that trying to stick a webcam on top for video conferencing or streaming is likely to end with you covering part of the screen. Though if you are a streamer, the fact that the screen's micro LED backlight can make a surprisingly good replacement for a ring light might make up for the inconvenience of having to get creative with where and how you mount your camera. So... should you plan to get this monitor? Realistically... most probably should not. Don't get me wrong, it will definitely do anything you want from a ultrawide display, but I think we all know that sensibility wasn't a key concern at Samsung when they designed this. It's a celebration of what we can do rather than what we should. There is, however, a place where such showpieces are not only appropriate, but essentially required. Tradeshows, high end flight simulators, build competitions, or just the most over-the-top Christmas gift ever. And in those contexts, the Odyssey Neo G9 is king.

I had never used or even seen a curved monitor in the store before I got this one, so I was a little worried I wouldn't like it. I shouldn't have worried. There's no doubt this is an expensive monitor, but the first time I powered it on and saw the view I forgot all about the price. The 5120x1440 resolution is just spectacular. I replaced two 24" Dell monitors that I'd been using for a couple of years. They were actually really nice monitors, but after installing this G9 there is just no comparison. For one thing, I no longer have the split in the middle of my viewing area when using two monitors. Add the gentle curve of the screen and it makes for a completely different experience. Microsoft Flight Sim 2020 is the main "game" I run on this setup and it looks fantastic. Fortunately, my gaming machine can run the monitor at fairly high detail and the motion is still very smooth. I can see such a wider view now that I spend less time panning my view around to see everything. For example, now when I'm on base leg I can keep an eye out on the runway without moving the view at all. Because I work from home, this monitor will also need to be used with my work PC and docking station. It excels at this, too! The one bad thing is sharing my screen in Teams, Zoom, Webex, etc. If I share the whole screen the poor folks on the other end have to scroll around to see everything. A decent solution is to just share one window that I'm working in. I can't imagine going back to two separate monitors after working his way. Another big benefit of this monitor is that I actually have more usable desk space now. I can position it back to the edge of the desk, but also overhanging the side a little. (I've attached some pics) The other two monitors I used had to be on monitor stands to get them up to eye level, so those stands took up a lot of space. Now, that's usable space again. In my case, I have my desk against the wall so I don't really see the back of the monitor. However, if that wasn't the case this monitor would look way better than the others. The design of the back vaguely reminds me of the game Portal. The power cords and video cables are neatly managed in a groove in the stand. There's also a little flip out lever that can be used to hang headphones on which I thought was a clever feature. The power/menu navigation button consists of a little "jog" button that lets you do everything. Push it in to power on or bring up the menu. Then slide it one of four directions to select the input, picture-in-picture (PIP), power off, or open up the complete menu. PIP is a nice feature if you have a Roku or some other device you want to have running while you do something else on the rest of the screen. One word to the wise: go ahead and run all the HDMI and display port cables that you think you might use while it's still laying flat in the box. It's much easier to get them all neatly routed in the stand that way, compared to adding another cable later (particularly if it's against the wall like in my case). I'm super happy with the quality of this monitor and I hope it lasts for years to come. Since I can use it for work AND play I definitely feel like it's worth the investment.

I had purchased the Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 to replace my Acer Predator X35 as my primary gaming and productivity monitor. Luckily, the monitor was part of Best Buy's Deal of the Day and on sale for $1,199.99 so it was an automatic impulse purchase. I also had $600 in Best Buy rewards so this monitor was more than "affordable". Anyhow, below are my pro(s) and con(s), Pro(s): * FALD * LED (not OLED so no burn-in issues) * Design * Easy UI * Resolution * Great for productivity * Affordable (at time of purchase) Con(s) * Two dead pixels (or dust particles under the screen) - this is actually my second of the same monitor - first monitor had dead and stuck pixels so it was exchanged to this monitor. I decided I could live with the two (2) "dead" pixels instead of dealing with the hassle of packing, returning, exchanging and possibly repeating again. * No Display Port 2.1 * No USB-C Port

This is a beast of a monitor. It’s undoubtedly gigantic, so your work/gaming space must be sufficiently large to handle it, but the picture quality is fantastic. It’s the equivalent to having two 27 inch monitors side by side. It’s got the latest display tech, but it does feel at times to be too big. Gaming performance varied by game with the 32:9 aspect ratio causing a number of problems depending on the game. The biggest issue is the cost. If you absolutely must have the largest monitor and can afford it, it’s a no brainer, but it’s a lot of money for just a monitor when you can get two monitors with high resolution and refresh rate for less money (and end up with the same screen real estate). IN THE BOX If you’re looking to buy it and haven’t seen it, the box itself is huge. Like extremely long as you’d imagine. Inside is the monitor, the stand (which is in a few pieces), a wall mount (I think??), a USB 3.0 cable, HDMI 2.1 cable, and DisplayPort cable (I’m not sure of the specs, but I assume it’s the latest and greatest). Frankly, it comes with everything you need and expect in such an expensive monitor. SETUP The instructions suggest two people put it together and put it on your desk. I put it together myself. And the monitor itself isn’t too terribly heavy, but it’s awkward to hold because of its size. And when moving it when assembled, I always worry about the best way to hold it so nothing breaks (not to mention the logistics of having to move it again, especially a new apartment/house!). Putting the stand together is really no different than most monitors. But you will need a Phillips screwdriver. Samsung was actually very thoughtful about putting it together. The top part of the box contains the stand, and they instruct you to put that together and attach to the monitor while it’s still face down in the box. Then you rotate the box on its side after the stand is attached to easily get it out. But the stand is a monstrous wide metal bar that is bent into a shallow V shape. That part screws into the vertical monitor support bar, which then screws in (with actual screws) into the back of the monitor. It literally takes 2 minutes to get that part done. The biggest hassle was connecting the cables during this process. They suggest you plug in the cable, then attach the back cover plate (which is nice for aesthetics of the back of the monitor) but kind of a cable management pain. Particularly for plugging a USB device into the monitor itself. But, it’s not a huge deal, you get the cables in, run them through the stand to minimize their visibility. The issue with plugging them in during the set up is the fact that they’re dangling while you are putting the computer monitor in your desk. With a second person it’s easy, that person could move the cables so you don’t put the stand on them. But holding the monitor with two hands and trying to move cables out of the way by yourself was a little more difficult. But that comes with the territory of this monitor being so big. INITIAL SETUP WITH MY COMPUTER A little caveat, I’m using a prebuilt Alienware PC that’s about 4 years old. It has a Nvidia GTX graphics card, which is a couple generations old. I’m also not a PC savant. My PC knowledge is certainly greater than the average person, but the nitty gritty details and the infinite settings are a bit daunting to me. Basically, I rely on the PC to optimize settings, most of the time. Having said that, I plugged in the DisplayPort cable to my PC to take advantage of the higher refresh rates. I don’t know for certain, but don’t believe my GTX card is compatible with the newest HDMI 2.1 standard. When I plugged it in, it took a few “unplugs” and “plugging back in” to actually detect the monitor. Nothing I ever experienced before. Once it turned on and was working, I never had that issue again, so not sure what happened. USE AS A PRODUCTIVITY MONITOR Before I get to gaming, I want to get back to this as simply a computer monitor. Putting aside the refresh rate, etc. I cannot overemphasize how big it is. I do a lot of email, word processing, watching movies, and some video editing on my machine. I found all of those tasks to be a blast on this large screen. I can have a complete timeline in Adobe Premiere Elements and STILL have room for Chrome next to it. It’s just an absurd amount of real estate. Part of me wishes it would be a little bit taller (some of the newer monitor models with wider aspect ratios intrigue me). But I say that only because it’s so wide, it almost feels “not tall.” Dragging things from one side of your monitor to the other is a bit cumbersome, requiring you to pick up your mouse and set it back down. However, I got into a workflow where I didn’t to that, that often. GAMING Here's where things were a bit of a letdown, and I think some of my issues were in part, user error. I've been gaming my whole life. Mostly on consoles. I only recently started gaming on PCs. I'm pretty knowledgeable on PCs, in the practical sense of using it and getting done what I need to get done. I understand the principles on how they work. But, I get overwhelmed at the complexity. Not only in opening and playing a game, but also changing the graphical settings, making sure monitor and PC have the right settings. I only mention this to give some context to my experience. I first opened up GTA V. It was the first game I opened after setting up my monitor. When it loaded in, the display was centered in the monitor, it didn’t automatically go to 32:9 aspect ratio. I thought, that makes sense, I need to change the settings. I go into the graphics settings in GTA V and adjust the screen resolution to match the 32:9 aspect ratio. But then, everything is stretched out and doesn’t look right. I spent some more time tweaking the settings, I ultimately go into the GeForce Experience, optimize the game and then when I load back in, the visuals fill the screen without “stretching.” For me, it was a pain in the butt. I can’t blame the monitor per se, it was a combination of my hardware and user knowledge. Which I mention to serve as a warning to persons looking into this monitor. If you don’t know your way around graphics’ settings and resolution and the tweaking of settings in general, buyer beware. You could be in for some frustration. This is in large part because 32:9 isn’t necessarily an accepted ratio for games. Most games are developed for your standard widescreen 16:9. Halo Infinite, which I haven’t played, is supposedly able to play in 32:9 aspect ratio out of the box. That is nice, if only for the fact that it will be easier to change the settings to fit the screen. I hope more games are geared that way. In other games, like Control, I ended up with having my screen not extend to the edges of my monitor. Like black bars, but to the left and right sides. This was a fine experience, the graphics looked amazing and the black bars were in no way distracting, but it leaves you wondering, why have all that real estate if you can’t use it? In terms of the actual screen itself, putting aside the aspect ratio, I found it amazing. It’s essentially QHD resolution (twice as wide as a 27 inch monitor) with 240 hz refresh rate. Not to mention HDR. The movements on screen were buttery smooth, especially with Windows 11. With HDR on, the colors really popped off the screen. Even a blue Windows 11 default background looked amazing. Truly, the screen is amazing. CONCLUSION I love this monitor, I really do. I love the screen real estate. The colors on the screen just pop. The curved screen really feels immersive. But it’s not for everyone. Price aside, you literally have to turn your head from left to right to see things on the far edges of the screen. And while the wide-wide screen sounds great in theory for gaming, it actually seems to be too much. But for productivity, including handling multiple programs, and/or video editing, it’s amazing. The screen is sharp, the motion is fluid with the high refresh rate, but the price is difficult to justify. Not to mention its size/weight/footprint which can limit where you can use it and how often you move it.

Absolutely love the picture. Vibrant, bright, crystal clear. High refresh rate was immediately noticeable. Cons: Tiniest of pixel stuck red after long gaming sessions. Does go away and is barely noticeable, but is annoying considering the cost. Debating on if its worth RMAing. Updating the firmware requires a USB. Process failed multiple times then randomly worked. Pretty frustrating but haven't needed to update since.

I've own many monitors out there, NEC, ASUS, LG, other Samsung models... This is the best I've ever owned. Playing games in 5120x1440 resolution is a dream. Games I've tried so far are AoE II DE, Aliens: Fireteam Elite, Humankind... all look spectacular in that resolution. This is the first monitor I used with HDR support, colors look beautiful when watching videos in HDR. 240hz looks super smooth throughout using Windows and playing games, though I've only got my games going up around 100fps, I can't imagine 240fps... The Infinity Core Lighting (back light of the monitor) looks cool and fits perfectly with all my other gaming peripherals. I highly recommend this monitor if you can afford it.

Pretty solid monitor for gaming and work-related applications. It can get pretty goofy playing games that are not supported by the giant resolution (basically two 27in monitors slapped into one screen). I rate it 4 stars because this monitor is dead pixel city. I am on my second Neo G9, the first G9 I bought had a dead pixel within a week of using. On my current G9 I have another dead pixel but thankfully have a warranty through geek squad. TLDR: Great monitor for multipurpose applications, but you will see a dead pixel no matter how hard you try to ignore it.

I bought this monitor on 11/01/2023, so far its been fantastic. I use it for gaming and productivity (excel sheets). I paired it with a 4090 and its been a delight to use it. I did get motion sickness from a game for the very first time in my life ( I have played tons of VR games without an issue), so it is something to get used to definitely, but once I did, the immersion is astonishing. I also like that I am able to connect multiple PCs to it and do either PbP or one PC at the time with full 240 htz. I currently have 2 more monitors hovering over it and honestly, I think I will get rid of them, this monitor has plenty of display area for me. Setting up was easy and manageable. The hardest part is figuring out which version you are getting, the Oled vrs the Neo, and which year. These are important factors when deciding which monitor to buy. The Neo is a QLED which doesn't have the same color accuracy than an OLED does, but I do prefer the QLED more. Overall, I am very happy with my purchase and I hope this monitor last for a while.

When it works, this monitor is like nothing else: crazy big, crazy immersive, and great HDR. However, it's not really an endgame monitor - at the end of the day, I think you'd want something with 4K pixel density for appropriate viewing distances. I suspect in two or three years there will be QD-OLED 5k2k displays that make this pale in comparison, which is too bad given the price point. Still, in January of 2022 I don't think you can find anything that is better across every category, and if you want HDR gaming I don't think there's a better option right now.

Amazing monitor. 1000R will be missed. Such a shame they don't see it anymore...

After a year of using this I Love this monitor. I have a 7900 xtx and Ryzen 7800x3d plugged up to this and I'm reaching 1440p full 240 fps. COD online I reach about 180-200 fps. I was skeptical on the curve regarding immersion. But its pretty amazing. Side of screen looks stretch when looking directly at it but your focus is in middle of screen so its not noticeable. I def recommend. I'll pick up a 4k one soon

It looks great after some calibration - specifically HDR, I also downloaded the color calibrating for this monitor on a reputable review site and it helped a lot, but I'm overly picky, some might not even notice. One downside is I utilize it for two different PCs. One is plugged in HDMI, other is a display port. Any time I turn off one PC and turn on the other the monitor doesn't pick up the new input, even if it's set to auto-switch. I have to turn it off and back on again (it just goes to sleep anyway). Also, I cannot see the BIOS boot screen, but I'm pretty sure it's because I have it in HDR dynamic mode. Overall it's an excellent monitor and I run it with a 2070 super, so if you're concerned about playability on older-gen graphics cards don't be, within reason. No, I'm not getting full ultra-ray tracing so it's only going to get better when I upgrade the card. I also use it heavily for work and it has huge benefits I didn't think of. I've always had multiple monitors but being able to just snap things into corners or run a huge excel workbook across the whole screen makes life so much better. I did get it on a killer "excellent open box" deal during holiday savings so I definitely got the value in it. FYI - if you plan on mounting it, don't go cheap on the monitor arm, you'll regret it and send it back for the expensive one anyway. Unless your wall mounting it no standard arm can hold this big thing up.

What an amazing picture on this monitor. Gives great color contrast fast refresh rate all the options that you could possibly need. Price is a little high but there arentany monitors with everything this one has either.

Bought this monitor on sale when it was $700 off msrp but I got it for gaming/racing sims. I game in 1440p max quality setting before this monitor and never dropped below 120 fps but at 5120 x 1440 (7.3mil) is almost the same amount of pixels and gaming in 4k (3.6mil at 1440p and 8.2mil at 4k) so if you want to take advantage of the smoothness of the 240hz and not lose too much quality you're probably going to need a 3090 or better. I sold out and bought a 4080 but the gaming experience is unreal!!

I had this monitor for a short while, and while I definitely enjoyed it and really took full advantage of everything it had, the biggest downside was honestly its reliability. There were a lot of instances in which something could've either worked "better" like the HDR capability with an M1 Max Mac somehow being lackluster, to eventually things that would fully break on it, like a line of dead pixels only after 4 months of owning it. I'm more than confident there are great units out there, but honestly this thing is too heavy to have to deal with the headache of swapping them out constantly if you have to. So for me it wasn't the right one, but if you land yourself a good unit this is absolutely an amazing monitor and worth every cent.

excellent picture with the QLED display. especially with dark backgrounds. Easily the best option for computers as OLEDs are a terrible choice because of how many static images are on desktops, windows, games, task bar that can quickly cause burnin, ruining your monitor. only downsides I have had are the picture can bug out every once in a while. a quick power cycle of the monitor will solve the problem for a few days. the stand is also massive and takes a ton of desk space. so beware if your desk is shallow. lots of screen real-estate. bright accurate colors, responsive image. gaming on it with a game that supports 5120x1440 is fantastic!

Overall the top of it's class, great HDR now that the firmware updates have gone out, solid SDR, 240hz refresh rate, fast response, its like I have a whole new way to experience games with this thing. Small things like scan lines and okay-ish dimming zones keep it from being 5 stars.

My wife made this purchase for me. I don't use this as a gaming monitor. It is used mainly so I don't have to purchase 2 monitors. There was a flaw on the first one. The customer service at the BestBuy in Selma Texas assisted with the exchange procedure. Unfortunately, it was past the return period. But was assisted and offered the protection plan at a discount. My apologies I do not recall the name of those involved who assisted with the exchange. The replacement was received and have since had no issues with it. I am very extremally satisfied with this. I was somewhat concerned with the reviews from others who purchased also. But for the moment I am very content of the quality of this monitor. And yes, I would most definitely recommend this, however like in all electronics there may be a possibility that one may have issues, and then again one may not. Thank you to all the staff of the BestBuy store in Selma, Texas