Samsung34' Odyssey G85SB Series QD-OLED Ultra WQHD Curved Gaming Monitor, 175Hz, 0.03ms, DisplayHDR True Black 400, AMD FreeSync Premium Pro, Advanced Game Streaming, LS34BG850SNXZA

This was the first gaming monitor that I ever purchased and was kind of weary of the fact that it was also my first ultrawide monitor. I didn't know how it would work in games or how I would like it but I was INCREDIBLY surprised by how much better ultrawide gaming is than your typical aspect ratio. Most mainstream games and even some smaller companies over 21x9 aspect ratios so there were never any instances where I was let down by the monitor. It is super fast, super crisp, and capable of handling high refresh rates while also having multiple tabs open, being my OBS for streaming and my music, etc. The monitor in the year I had it had not had one single problem. It works when you need it too and it is just perfect either for competitive gaming or relaxing watching a movie. If you have never purchased or had an ultrawide monitor, I can't recommend this one enough. I use it for competitive gaming, movie/youtube watching, and editing and it just does whatever I need it to do and it does it flawlessly. Samsung makes some of the best monitors out there, as I also had a Samsung M8, and just like that one, this one blew me away. I highly highly recommend getting this for its amazing design which first caught my eye, down to its perfect usability and incredible reliability.

First of all this is coming from someone who isn’t super experienced with oled screens. This is my first oled screen besides an iPhone that I have owned.Picture quality is absolutely spectacular coming from someone who is used to LCD/LED screens. The colors are really rich and sharp.One slight drawback is the screen definitely deserves some tweaking in settings to truly bring out its potential. There are some helpful videos online of how to do so.The UI is not exactly the most intuitive but is acceptable by my standards.The physical construction of the monitor body is excellent quality. Stand feels substantial and does not feel like it is going to tip over at all. Really nice smooth metal edges.Some reports say that the screen finish is too reflecting thus if you have any light source behind you, it drastically interferes with the viewing experience and I don’t find that to be the case at all. This may be due to angle but I have multiple RGB lights behind me and don’t even notice.I can’t speak really the g8 OLED versus the other 34” oled screens out there but I feel like it was money well spent.(The pixel shift that comes out of the box enabled is a nice touch for peace of mind to help combat burn in.)

This panel has so many known issues. Just do some googling or a browse through Reddit and you will find them. This panel suffers from a lot of common issues. I guess that is why they are called common issues. Samsung has released one software update since I got it. It does not appear to have fixed any issues on my panel nor anyone else's having this issue on Reddit. Here is a list of what issues this panel has.- If you have this plugged into an Nvidia card through the display port and the panel naturally enters sleep mode(meaning you just left it to sit for over 5 minutes) It will cause your entire PC to lock up and you will need to force restart via power cycling. For whatever reason, this does not happen over HDMI but there is not a micro HDMI cable in the box. This would not be so bad if HDMI 2.1 to micro HDMI 2.1 cords existed. They do not. I spent two days looking so I would know. All I can find are 1.4 or 2.0 rated cables from sketch Chinese brands. You will just have to find a 2.0 micro HDMI cable and pray you do not get a dud.- The volume will randomly go up but never down(some go down but never up and others seem to not make up their mind by just picking a random volume level and moving towards that). This is still an issue for those who don't use the speakers as 1. you can not disable them and 2. the volume changing thing still shows up on the left of the screen and it's pretty big so it will cover things up if you need them. Not great during a competitive game. Ask me how I know.-The screen every 10-30 min will go black for 2-3 seconds then come back. This happens no matter what you are in. Web browsing, gaming, movies. It does not discriminate, it will just blindside you.-I know windows is wonky with HDR, but this adds way more wonk than windows could even dream of. This will randomly stop showing HDR. The panel says it's showing HDR and windows says it's sending HDR, but the colors will either be way too dim or completely washed out.So between Bugged HDR, terrible SDR, black screens, and crashing windows, I would avoid this panel as these have been a problem with the monitor since launch. Samsung has had more than a few months to fix these and they have not which leads me to believe that they can not fix them or are unwilling to fix them. I would avoid this panel at all costs as the DW and DWF from Alienware is the same panel with different driver board and is cheaper. On the bright side, when this panel works it looks amazing. Then again, so do all OLEDS.

I really don't write reviews especially for electronic based thing, because it takes years of use to really know it's quality. However I've seen so many poor reviews solely based on this monitors user interface to where I felt the need to off set that with a 5 star review. I purchased this monitor looking at reviews first, expecting and an incredible screen with the worst UI imaginable... The screen is incredible, and the UI is great imo. Sure it's a little in your face for about 5 seconds when you turn it on, and you have to hit the power button on the remote if you don't like it counting down from 30 seconds when you turn of your PC. That is hardly an annoyance, and the fact that you actually have a remote is great. Who want to navigate anything using a knob or botton on the back of something? Why people hate the remote, claiming its reminds them of a TV is beyond me. The picture is great, the stand is perfect and not going to take up your whole desk like other monitors. Long story short I've had this for a week now with the intention of returning it if I didn't like it, I am not. Definitely worth the buy for it's current price of $650. My only frustration is that it's still on sale. And the lg ultra gear at the same size and with basically the same panel went from the same price to now $1300. Why even have Black Friday :(