Samsung Odyssey G8 OLED G80SD review

We've seen Samsung's QD-OLED 4K tech in monitors from other brands and loved it. Unfortunately, Samsung has stuffed this one with SmartTV rubbish that pretty much spoils it.Our experienced team dedicates many hours to every review, to really get to the heart of what matters most to you.When it comes to peculiarly off-target premium PC displays, Samsung has form. With the new Samsung Odyssey G8 OLED G80SD, a 4K 240Hz OLED panel, the company stays true to that dubious tradition.

After all, what's not to like about uber-zingy, ultra-quick QD-OLED panel tech combined with crispy 4K pixel density? The first sign that Samsung's own take on this class of monitor is going to be a bit different is its anti-glare coating. Every other entrant into this market has gone with a glossy coating for maximum contrast. But Samsung has opted for matte.

Actually, there are three main settings menus. There's what is designed to be an idiot-friendly menu, then there's a more advanced menu and finally the"Game Bar" menu which has various gaming-centric options and which, in turn, has its own"More Settings" submenu. To the best of my knowledge, the only way to reliably access the Game Bar is to press and hold the play/pause button on the bundled IR remote. Well, obviously.

HDR content, meanwhile, mostly looks great, but again the colour balance is off and again I could not fix that. It's a pity, because I think this might be the punchiest example of a 4K QD-OLED monitor yet, perhaps thanks to what Samsung calls its Dynamic Cooling System, which incorporates"pulsating heat pipes".

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