How a lot would you spend for a no-compromise mini-LED gaming monitor? Samsung thinks it has a solution. The firm will begin taking pre-orders for its long-teased Odyssey Neo G9 show on July twenty ninth for $2,500. Yes, you would purchase a pleasant PC for lower than the price of this curved, 49-inch beast — though you may need good causes to purchase this over smaller, flatter Odyssey screens.

As you may need guessed, using mini-LED delivers very excessive distinction ratios for an LCD monitor. Samsung claims a black stage of simply 0.0004. However, you are additionally getting extraordinarily shiny HDR because of a peak brightness of two,000 nits that makes many TVs appear dim by comparability. Customizable lighting results assist add to the flash.

You also needs to see the identical 5,120 x 1,440 decision, 240Hz refresh fee and 1ms pixel response time from final 12 months’s Odyssey G9, to not point out connectivity that features two HDMI ports, DisplayPort and a pair of USB 3.0 connections.

You’re clearly getting options which might be arduous to match. However, it is also obvious that Samsung is focusing on a reasonably slim viewers — The Neo G9 is supposed for well-heeled players who need essentially the most immersive non-VR expertise doable. It may simply hit the candy spot if you happen to’re in that demographic, however artistic professionals (and anybody on a finances) will in all probability wish to look elsewhere.