The Samsung Odyssey Oled G6 Is The World's First 500hz Oled Gaming Monitor

Previously, if you wanted a show for competitory gaming, you had to take betwixt an IPS aliases VA sheet to get thing pinch a ace precocious refresh complaint aliases opt for a slower OLED show pinch richer colors and amended contrast. But today, Samsung is changing that pinch nan Odyssey OLED G6, which is nan first 500Hz OLED gaming show successful nan world.

Available for $1,000, nan Odyssey OLED G6 (G60SF) only comes successful 1 size (27 inches) and features a QHD solution (2,560 x 1440) pinch a 16:9 facet ratio and critically, that blisteringly speedy 500Hz refresh complaint pinch a .03ms (GTG) consequence time. Its QD-OLED sheet besides has a matte anti-reflective coating and support for some AMD FreeSync Premium Pro and NVIDIA G-Sync. And aft seeing it successful person, it really is simply a very beautiful monitor, arsenic it boasts vibrant colors and heavy inky blacks while still being capable to fulfill moreover nan astir demanding competitory gamers.

That said, nan Odyssey OLED G6 is simply a alternatively straightforward product. It doesn't travel pinch immoderate of Samsung's built-in smart features for illustration an included distant aliases nan company's Gaming Hub. And pinch a emblematic brightness of conscionable 300 nits, while you do get VESA DisplayHDR TrueBlack 500 certification, it's not nan champion show to put successful a sunny room.

But that's not precisely a deal-breaker, because from what I've seen, this point is simply a purpose-built instrumentality that's meant to do 1 point really well: show games ace accelerated without sacrificing connected image quality. And if for immoderate logic you get tired of playing games, you could do immoderate photograph aliases video editing arsenic nan show is Pantone Validated and covers 99 percent of nan DCI-P3 spectrum.

Aside from nan Odyssey OLED G6, coming Samsung is besides introducing a mates caller additions to nan Odyssey G7 statement arsenic well. The smaller of nan 2 is nan 37-inch Odyssey G7 which features much accepted dimensions including a 4K curved 16:9 VA sheet pinch a emblematic brightness of 350 nits and a 165Hz refresh rate.

Alternatively, for those who for illustration ultra-wide monitors, nan 40-inch Odyssey G7 has nan aforesaid brightness and 1000R curve arsenic its smaller sibling, but pinch a 21:9 WUHD (5,120 x 2160) solution and a somewhat faster 180Hz refresh rate. Interestingly, contempt being nan wider of nan two, owed to its 16:9 facet ratio, nan 37-inch Odyssey G7 looks larger successful person. And acknowledgment to their somewhat higher brightness, some nan 37 and 40-inch Odyssey G7 person VESA Display HDR 600 ratings.

All 3 monitors are connected waste today. The Odyssey OLED G6 costs $1,000 while nan 37-inch Odyssey G7 is going for $900 aliases $1,200 for nan larger 40-inch Odyssey G7.