Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 Review | Tom's Guide

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The Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 curved gaming monitor impresses thanks to its ultrawide 49-inch 32:9 aspect ratio, vibrant OLED display and smooth 240Hz refresh rate. We think it's one of Samsung's best gaming monitors yet. Here's our first impressions.
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00:00 Hey guys, Tony Polanco from Tom's Guide here and today I'm going to be checking out the
00:04 new Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 gaming monitor, which is the first 49 inch gaming monitor
00:10 that's OLED from Samsung and I am super stoked to check it out.
00:13 So let's go inside and take a look.
00:21 The Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 is a 240 hertz, 49 inch curved gaming monitor with a 1800R
00:29 curvature and 0.03 response time.
00:32 These features are meant to provide an overall immersive and fun gaming experience.
00:36 It has a 32 by 9 aspect ratio with a resolution of 5120 by 1440.
00:40 It has a VESA display HDR True Black 400 certification with a claimed 250 nits of standard brightness
00:47 and up to 400 nits of HDR brightness.
00:50 Powered by the Neo Quantum Processor Pro processor, the Odyssey OLED G9 offers the kind of blazing
00:56 fast performance you'd need for high-end gaming.
00:59 As exemplified by the fast 0.03 response time.
01:02 The Odyssey OLED G9 commands attention due to its curved 49 inch display.
01:07 Despite its large panel, the monitor's comparatively small stand doesn't take up much space on
01:12 your desk.
01:14 The silver metal chassis on the back of the monitor gives it a futuristic appearance that's
01:18 appealing.
01:19 And since this is a gaming monitor, it comes with RGB lighting surrounding the monitor
01:23 mount.
01:24 And what's cool about the lighting back here is you could actually set it up to conform
01:28 with whatever's happening on the game, which would be really cool if you have like a white
01:33 wall, you could actually just see all the colors just splashing on it.
01:36 The monitor has a generous number of ports, including one display port, two HDMI ports,
01:41 one micro HDMI port, and a USB hub.
01:44 The Odyssey OLED G9's curved 49 inch OLED display helps games feel more immersive.
01:50 I checked out a number of titles, including Doom Eternal, Call of Duty Warzone, and Forza
01:54 Horizon 5, and had a blast playing each of them.
01:58 This is the type of game you want to play on a monitor like this because it's the first
02:02 person takes up the entire screen and that means no one's going to sneak up on you.
02:07 I was especially impressed with Forza Horizon 5 since the monitor did such a phenomenal
02:12 job of capturing the Mexican desert landscape I raced on.
02:16 To my eyes, the Odyssey OLED G9's vivid, oversaturated colors made Doom Eternal's
02:21 hellish landscape look even more stunning.
02:24 The 240Hz refresh rate ensured that every game I played ran buttery smooth.
02:29 The low 0.03 response time all but eliminated input lag.
02:33 In fact, I didn't feel any input lag whatsoever.
02:36 We won't have hard numbers for you until we've put the monitor through a lab testing,
02:40 but expect it to match or exceed those of the best gaming monitors out there.
02:45 The Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 has the makings of being one of this year's best gaming
02:49 monitors.
02:50 It's pretty awesome.
02:51 I love how it just immerses you in whatever game you're playing and I love also how
02:55 smooth it is when you're playing anything.
02:57 It could be a first-person shooter, racing game, even side-scrollers.
03:01 Like everything not only runs well, but it looks fantastic and I think this is going
03:04 to be a big hit.
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03:12 Once again, I was Tony Polanco signing out.
03:14 I'll see you later.
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