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Samsung Launches $3,500 'Odyssey Ark' 55-Inch Curved Gaming Display

NT1440 said:
I had a friend in college that played WoW. On move in day he was showing off how smart he was for buying a 50” TV to use as a monitor. I laughed.

Two days he came into our dorm head hung low, “it’s too big too close, I have to turn my head constantly to see what’s going on”.


How could anybody actually use this thing on a desk???
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2 things on that:

1) Sit further away, if you have a particularly deep desk it can work quite well - my father does this with a 50" TV and a desk about 3 times deeper than the one I use. You could also theoretically sit back from it with a wireless keyboard/trackpad on your lap type setup.

2) this is curved, my older U3415W would have been a bit too wide if it were flat for ex, the curve def helps
 
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macmac30 said:
I've had my Samsung Odyssey G9 49" curved monitor for almost 2 years and can't imagine moving back to a smaller monitor. I always cringe when I open my MBP 16" and whatever app is taking up the entire screen. I find this Ark display interesting because I have often thought that the G9 would be perfect if it was about 12" taller...
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How far away are you from the monitor? Do you have to sit back further like watching a TV? I haven't measured it but I think it's about 2-3' from my eyes to the screen with normal use.
 
Wish this was 5k Or 6k. There’s countless 4k monitor/TV options out there, and for the money ($3,500) the others have a lot more benefits.

But if this was 5k/6k/8k, there’s hardly anyone in that market.

I really want to get a curved monitor, especially 1000R, but I don’t want to sacrifice resolution to do it. Really wish this was 5k2k or 6k or 8k, especially at that size.
 
Does this mean the video slots in Vegas are going to get even bigger?

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Maybe OK for driving and flying games.

I used a 50 inch screen for about half a year for desktop apps.

After that my neck was ****ed up from so many hours of head turning.

Thought it was only me but read many others on Reddit had the same problems.

We all went back to 27-32 inch screens.

If anyone thinks they will use VR all day for apps…

…good luck with your hospital costs when you are old.

When you are young and heal quick you think it will always be like that.

Those superpowers disappear one day.
 
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ponzicoinbro said:
Maybe OK for driving and flying games.

I used a 50 inch screen for about half a year for desktop apps.

After that my neck was ****ed up from so many hours of head turning.

Thought it was only me but read many others on Reddit had the same problems.

We all went back to 27-32 inch screens.

If anyone thinks they will use VR all day for apps…

…good luck with your hospital costs when you are old.

When you are young and heal quick you think it will always be like that.

Those superpowers disappear one day.
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I had a 32" monitor and the head turning bothered me. I got used to it but I'm happier now with my 24". Maybe it's an old person thing 🤣
 
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I expected to be snarky about this but aside from the neck angle issue this actually looks pretty cool.

Maybe if you were able to put it a bit farther away it wouldn't hurt the neck.
 
The way my eyesight work, the top would have to be at 300% zoom, or it’s pretty much useless to me.
 
seek3r said:
2 things on that:

1) Sit further away, if you have a particularly deep desk it can work quite well - my father does this with a 50" TV and a desk about 3 times deeper than the one I use. You could also theoretically sit back from it with a wireless keyboard/trackpad on your lap type setup.

2) this is curved, my older U3415W would have been a bit too wide if it were flat for ex, the curve def helps
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1. It was a dorm room with 3 people, not possible.

2. It definitely helps, but this canvas is far too big for any normal desk which usually tops out at 30” deep.

If you have a good setup for it, it’s probably a good monitor (if this is your thing).
 
A gaming monitor that will put all of their tvs in shame.

It sucks that Samsung puts so much effort into their gaming monitors and then their tvs are lacklusters year after year. I know Samsung has 8K tvs already but those are way out of my price range. I miss the old times when 1000 euro tvs from Samsung were very good. My 1000 euro led tv from Samsung is still very good, even though its a dummy tv and not a smart one.

I made my decision already a few years back, until my home country will start broadcast in 4K in every tv channel there is no any point to upgrade my 1080p tv.
 
NT1440 said:
I had a friend in college that played WoW. On move in day he was showing off how smart he was for buying a 50” TV to use as a monitor. I laughed.

Two days he came into our dorm head hung low, “it’s too big too close, I have to turn my head constantly to see what’s going on”.


How could anybody actually use this thing on a desk???
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Two things:
I bet it is not a curved screen.
TVs are meant to be mounted, not used on desks.
 
55 inches but just a piddling 4K resolution, and it's matte rather than glossy, so two strikes there. I'm pretty sure the case is plastic instead of aluminium.

I do like the Arc Dial and the display has tilt, pivot and is height adjustable. I wish that a certain other company would learn from that.
 
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macsplusmacs said:
Ok. neat. If I played games a lot, would be a great add.

But, weeps a little...

Not 5K.
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(shakes head).

I'm older so imaging me saying this in Dumont's character of the original Tron movie.

"hat happened to the user?!"

The end user is no longer considered as the primary display for an OS nor the hardware components:
Model Alerts: these STILL happen dead center on desktop/laptop OS' , yes even MacOS and Windows allows for coders/teams to create an app that launches such an annoying model advertisement alert that is dead center. not may you can click to dismiss until the app you KNOW you launched, actually loads a GUI that you can interact with.

Humans, like predators have peripheral vision- meaning we should be the top demoninator. What does that mean? Means you look side to side not move your head Up/Down continually throughout your day causing cramping or neck strain.

Yes it's small movements but not everybody realizes when talking sitting or standing 80% of most people's day - 96% of PC/mac users done hold their head up for 10mins at a time, or up and done almost a full 170 degree arc when using their computer 8hrs/day.

This is a monitor that answers a question/need that was never asked nor stated.

So yes you'll see the youtubers flaunt and collect a check for a week, maybe 3mths tops before they return it, and impulse shopping will explode due to this until 2-3mths then nothing.
 
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There is a 165Hz maximum refresh rate and a 1ms response time for gaming purposes, and a built-in processor upscales content to 4K resolution and "enhances every visual detail." It supports AMD FreeSync Premium Pro and there are features that include a Game Bar for display adjustments and a Gaming Hub for finding new content to play. A Multi View feature also allows up to four screens to be displayed at one time.

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"Gaming HUb for finding new content to play".

This thing is closer to being a Samsung TV with a curved display than a computer monitor. The "Gaming Hub to find" has much more depth and ramifications than is being highlighted here.

In the Engadget review.

"... But my favorite thing is the Multi View mode, which lets you have up to three different apps open at once, .... The one caveat is that due to a limitation of HDMI, you can only display content from the Ark’s built-in apps and one external device at the same time. So while you can have a console and a PC plugged in at the same time thanks to support for four HDMI ports (all of which are HDMI 2.1), you can’t output content from both simultaneously. ...
https://www.engadget.com/samsung-od...itors-to-a-whole-new-dimension-140056568.html

The additional material running side-by-side here seems to mainly come from TV apps.

HDMI inputs only. (no DisplayPort or USB-C/Thunderbolt).

It comes with a computer monitor like stand, but the 'speeds and feeds' here are all from the TV realm.

It is a VA panel ( so the wide viewing angle aspects of the panel are a strech.). [Yes, it is a gamer focused panel so multiple view color shifts aren't suppose to matter as much. ] There are less dimming zones on this thing than the current 16" MBP screen. (55" and 1056 zones versus 16" 2554 zones ).

https://www.samsung.com/us/computin...ed-curved-gaming-screen-ls55bg970nnxgo/#specs



The other major thing being tapped danced around here is that there is a major external box component to this thing. ( pic from the Samsung specs page)


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That Engadget assertion about it being some "HDMI limitation". Not so much that as that there is just one cable from this external box to the 'monitor'. Yes it could all be overlayed/muxed out on one line here since this is where the 'brains' of the monitor reside. Not surprising had to move this stuff external when there are six speakers ( including two subwoofers) in the "monitor/tv" portion. Plus, want the portrait/cockpit mode thing which is messier if 4 HDMI inputs are dangling out the back.


That this "monitor" has two remote controls makes it more like a TV product also. ( a remote with a button for Netflix ... that doesn't scream "computer monitor". ). There is no over the air TV tuner here, but for the generation that gets there 'news' and entertainment off of Youtube and streaming sites this is a grand gesture of conspicuous consumption .
 
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russell_314 said:
I don't get the whole huge monitor thing. If you sit close like you would on a desk you can't see the whole thing. If you stand back and watch it like a TV I guess it's okay.

I like big televisions but I would like to sit at my desk on the computer.
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Sooner or later they’re gonna have to give up on increased size and start worrying about increased density because this already seems bordering on too large to ever be practical. Plus, at 4K is this even the same ppi as a 27” 1080p panel? I wonder if they’ll attempt mass market 8k screens before the end of this decade.
 
That vertical configuration is an ergonomic nightmare. Absolutely not the angle you want to hold your neck at for long periods of time.
 
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