Samsung has introduced a number of new displays forward of CES 2025, that includes gaming and entertainment-focused variants. The highlights of Samsung’s newest lineup are two new Odyssey G-series gaming displays, purportedly that includes the world’s first OLED panel with a 500Hz refresh price.
The Odyssey G6 and G8 are Samsung’s new high-performance gaming displays, with the previous that includes a blisteringly quick 500Hz refresh price. The G8 variant, the G81SF, is a 27″ OLED monitor geared up with a 4k panel providing a 240 Hz refresh price. At 27 inches, the panel boasts a pixel density of 165 PPI. The G6 has a decision discount over its 4k counterpart, that includes a 1440p decision. However, with that decrease decision comes greater than a 2x refresh price enchancment.
It is value mentioning that 500 Hz displays, such because the AW2524HF, are already in the marketplace. Nevertheless, Samsung’s G6 is purportedly the world’s first to make use of an OLED panel.
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Each displays supply close to instantaneous response instances of 0.03ms because of OLED know-how, they usually characteristic AMD and Nvidia’s variants of adaptive refresh price tech (G-Sync Appropriate and FreeSync Premium Professional). HDR 400 True Black can be supported, giving these new G6 and G8 fashions HDR capabilities in video games and video content material that helps HDR.
At CES, Samsung will even showcase a 3D-focused show, the Odyssey 3D G90XF. Because the title suggests, this panel is targeted on 3D gaming/leisure however doesn’t require glasses. The Odyssey 3D makes use of a brand new lenticular lens hooked up to the entrance panel to attain the 3D look with out 3D glasses. Samsung additionally geared up this explicit Odyssey mannequin with AI processing to transform 2D movies into 3D.
Hopping on the AI practice, Samsung is introducing a brand new AI-focused monitor, the Good Monitor M9, that includes “industry-first” AI options that purportedly improve leisure and interactivity by means of sensible AI search capabilities and adaptation.
It’s a 32″ 4K OLED monitor with VESA DisplayHDR True Black 400 help, identical to its Odyssey counterparts. The monitor options two AI capabilities: AI Image Optimizer and AI Upscaling Professional. AI Image Optimizer purportedly analyses enter indicators and optimizes the show’s settings to optimize the visible expertise for no matter content material is being displayed. This consists of video games, productiveness purposes, and movies.
AI Upscaling Professional upscales lower-resolution content material to 4K. Primarily, this characteristic is just like Nvidia DLSS however capabilities off the monitor itself and works with any content material that’s being displayed. Samsung makes use of a neural community to improve lower-resolution content material to 4k high quality.
Rounding out the lineup is the ViewFinity S8 S80UD, which is a productivity-optimized monitor that includes an unorthodox (however massive) 37″ display. The panel sort was not introduced, but it surely in all probability makes use of an IPS panel because of the lack of any point out of OLED know-how.
It incorporates a 4K 16:9 panel with 99% sRGB shade accuracy. A built-in KVM swap has additionally been built-in into the show, enabling customers to function a number of methods by means of the monitor with out utilizing completely different peripherals. There’s additionally a 90W USB Sort-C connector for charging supported gadgets.