Key Takeaways
- Samsung has introduced new OLED gaming monitors with glare-free technology. These monitors come with enhanced viewing angles and consistent brightness levels.
- The Odyssey OLED G9 features a 49-inch ultrawide display with a 240Hz refresh rate and 0.03ms response time, delivering an immersive gaming experience.
- The monitors offer excellent connectivity options, height-adjustable stands, and RGB lights for ambient lighting. The G9 and G8 also include a SmartThings Hub and all-in-one entertainment hubs for streaming and cloud gaming.
CES 2024 officially starts on Tuesday, January 9, 2024, and Samsung has announced its latest OLED gaming monitors ahead of the event. The company has unveiled several new Odyssey OLED gaming monitors with flat displays, including an updated and new Odyssey OLED G9. The other monitors joining the lineup are the Odyssey OLED G8 and G6.
All three monitors feature a glare-free technology that minimizes light reflections, providing enhanced viewing angles without requiring additional equipment. This results in more consistent brightness levels suitable for most lighting environments. Additionally, the monitors feature VESA Display HDR True Black 400, delivering crisp details and vivid colors. They also come with AMD FreeSync Premium Pro for low-latency HDR gaming.
The new Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 (G95SD) features a massive 49-inch ultrawide gaming monitor with DQHD (5,120 x 1,440) resolution display and a 32:9 aspect ratio. The display has a 240Hz refresh rate and 0.03ms GTG response time, providing a smooth gaming experience with fast-paced games.
The Samsung Odyssey OLED G8 (G80SD) features a 32-inch flat OLED panel with 4K UHD (3,840 x 2,160) resolution, 16:9 aspect ratio, and 240Hz refresh rate with the same 0.03ms GTG response time as the G9. The Samsung Odyssey OLED G6 (G60SD) comes with a smaller, 27-inch QHD (2,560 x 1,440) monitor with 16:9 aspect ratio, 360Hz refresh rate, and 0.03ms GTG response time.
The new monitors also boast excellent connectivity, featuring two HDMI 2.1 ports and a built-in USB hub. Moreover, there’s DisplayPort 1.4 that enables users to connect a phone and tablets, along with an additional USB-C port that enables power sharing, video output, and data transfers.
The monitors come with height-adjustable stands with tilt, swivel, and pivot, and they also feature Core Lightning+ – a marketing term for the RGB lights on the back that provide ambient lighting and an immersive gaming experience on the large display.
In addition, the Odyssey G9 and G8 come with the Samsung SmartThings Hub, which connects various IoT devices such as smart lights, locks, and other household items. These two monitors will also come with all-in-one entertainment hubs, equipped with Samsung Smart TV and Samsung Gaming Hub, allowing gamers to stream and play cloud games using a variety of services without the need for a computer.
Samsung did not disclose the prices for the Odyssey OLED 2023 gaming monitor lineup, but the company will showcase them at CES 2024 next week, where availability and pricing details are expected to be revealed.
