Forward of the official begin of CES, Samsung has introduced a trio of recent Odyssey gaming screens. Of the bunch, the G81SF is essentially the most attention-grabbing. Samsung says it’s the primary 4K, 27-inch OLED gaming monitor. The panel includes a 240Hz refresh charge and 0.03ms gray-to-gray pixel response time.
At 4K and 27 inches, pixel density clocks in at 165 pixels per inch, which means the G81SF ought to produce an extremely sharp picture. As Samsung is the primary provider of QD-OLEDs, the G81SF’s panel will nearly actually make its strategy to different gaming screens launched this yr. With CES 2025 about to kick off, a few of these might be introduced as early as someday within the subsequent few days.
When you don’t wish to sacrifice movement readability for sharpness, Samsung has you lined there too. The second new Odyssey gaming monitor the corporate introduced, the G60SF, includes a 500Hz refresh charge. Decision is restricted to 2,560 x 1,440 on this mannequin, however each the G6 and the G8 detailed above will provide VESA True Black 400-certified HDR efficiency, so the G60SF will nonetheless be nice for single participant video games and distinctive for aggressive titles like Overwatch 2 and Valorant, because of that 500Hz refresh charge.
Rounding out the brand new Odyssey screens Samsung introduced immediately is one thing of a curio and a CES throwback. The 27-inch G90XF has a lenticular lens hooked up to the entrance of its panel and stereo digicam, which means you should use it to observe 3D content material with out sporting 3D glasses. The G90XF contains AI software program Samsung says can convert 2D video to 3D, but when we needed to guess, the ensuing footage gained’t look nice.
When you primarily use your pc for productiveness, Samsung hasn’t forgotten you and the corporate’s new choices right here aren’t any much less attention-grabbing. First, there’s the Good Monitor M9 (M90SF). It includes a 32-inch 4K OLED panel that gives True Black 400 HDR efficiency. It additionally comes with Samsung’s space-saving Simple Setup Stand, however what separates the M90SF from all the opposite screens Samsung introduced immediately are the couple of AI options that come included with it. The primary, dubbed AI Image Optimizer, analyzes the enter sign out of your PC to mechanically modify the M9’s show settings to supply the very best picture attainable for the content material you’re consuming, be {that a} recreation, film or productiveness app. The opposite function can upscale lower-resolution content material to 4K.
Lastly, there’s the ViewFinity S8. It’s not an OLED, however at 37 inches, it’s the biggest 16:9 4K monitor Samsung has ever supplied. It gives 99 % sRGB coloration gamut protection, a built-in KVM swap and 90W USB-C energy supply. It’s not essentially the most thrilling monitor in Samsung’s new lineup, nevertheless it ought to attraction to design professionals who need the most important attainable display screen however would relatively not cope with the road distortion produced by an ultrawide.
Samsung didn’t share pricing and availability data for any of the screens it introduced immediately. Count on these particulars to return someday after CES.
