Today Woot has dropped the price of the 49" Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 gaming monitor by $914. It's currently $1385.99 (it normally retails for $2300). This is the lowest price we've ever seen and beats out the previous all-time price low we saw during Black Friday. Outside of the new Samsung G95SC OLED that's up for preorder for $2200, this is the best Samsung ultra-wide gaming monitor you can get.
So what makes this monitor worth the price? The main thing is the Mini LED display. Samsung's highest end "Odyssey" series gaming monitor is also one of only a few Samsung monitors equipped with a Mini LED backlight combined with a quantum dot (QLED) panel. You'll find Mini LED backlights only in higher end 4K TVs as well as the newest Apple iPad Pro 12.9" XDR display, the priciest iPad on the market. Indoor Rental LED Screen
The QLED panel enables this TV to retain strong color accuracy and good dynamic range even at peak brightness levels. The local dimming feature allows different zones to dim or brighten independent of each other, thus allowing the TV to deftly handle scenes where the brightest whites and the darkest blacks occur simultaneously. Mini LED panels allow for even more precising local dimming because the controller zones are smaller and more numerous. Whereas a normal LCD TV with local dimming might have as many as 100 zones of dimming, the Neo G9 has a whopping 2,048 zones.
The Samsung Neo G9 isn't a one trick pony, and all the other specs live up to the hype of a top-end gaming monitor. This truly massive 49" curved panel monitor boasts a pixel dense 5,120x1440 resolution. That curve, by the way, is pretty extreme (1000R), to the extent that it almost hugs you as you play games. It offers a 1ms response time and a 240Hz refresh rate, which means virtually no input lag or motion blurring. It is HDR2000 certified, meaning it is possible of displaying a searing peak brightness of 2000nits. Plus, it offers G-Sync and FreeSync Premium Pro support. And it has two HDMI 2.1 ports.
Obviously the Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 isn't a monitor for everyone. You need a rather generous gaming budget if you want to add this to your rig. The cost keeps many us gamers at bay, but certainly the barrier to entry has been signficantly lowered with this deal today.
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