Samsung Announces Its Largest Ever Odyssey Gaming Monitor

The Samsung Odyssey G9 and Odyssey Neo G9 have long been the sought-after kings of immersive gaming monitor tech, but they both have a new contender, Samsung's own Odyssey Ark. A new monitor which it just announced this morning during CES 2022.

The Samsung Odyssey Ark is in some ways the aforementioned as the Odyssey G9 monitors. Information technology has an aggressive curvature similar those two, and it's a brandish that'south entirely as well massive for its own good for some setups. But it also differs by having an increased display size and featuring both horizontal and vertical formats.

Aye, the Odyssey Ark tin can be swiveled to view it vertically if yous for any reason need it do so. Going from an ultrawide beast to a towering behemoth with a swift plough. Just for its size and extra features, there's no doubt it will toll even more than than both the G9 and Neo G9. The latter of which currently goes for around $one,300 on Amazon.

The Samsung Odyssey Ark has a massive 55-inch display

So, how big is the display? A whopping 55-inches of 4K UHD goodness. It'south using Samsung's flexible display tech, obviously, and carries a 16:9 aspect ratio as well. Which makes it incredibly large regardless of which way you have it positioned. The interesting function is how much the curve really causes the brandish to arc over your head if it'southward positioned vertically.

If you're sitting shut plenty to the monitor it more or less curves over your head just a niggling flake. That being said, you probably don't want to sit too close to it. Doing so might feel like when you're stuck sitting in the forepart row of a movie theater and have to bend your cervix up just to see the theater screen.

Now, while this is definitely a monitor designed for gaming, Samsung clarifies that it's notjustfor gaming. It'southward also designed for those who need a multitasking display. You might also call back that it's carrying less of a gamer aesthetic than the Odyssey G9 and Odyssey Neo G9. Seeing equally there'south no RGB lighting on the back similar with those ii.

Only Samsung just moved the RGB lighting to the summit and bottom of the monitor. Or the left and correct if y'all have it turned on its side. Correct now in that location's no details on pricing or availability. Just it will surely be expensive and it should exist arriving quondam this year.

This as well might not be the all-time brandish for gamers that want a fast refresh charge per unit for more competitive gaming. In that regard you might something along the lines of the new monitors announced by ASUS.