Samsung Odyssey G8 34" 175Hz Curved OLED Gaming Monitor

The OLED screen is super bright and clear and it looks fantastic for gaming, however, it is let down by a significant issue with mini-HDMI-Displayport connection. When connecting this to our gaming PC (4090), it causes the screen to crash and we need to restart the PC every time we need to get it up on screen. Here are some of the blogs discussing the issue: https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Monitors-and-Memory/49-quot-Odyssey-G9-Neo-No-signal-from-the-DisplayPort/td-p/2204574.

I would not buy this monitor until this issue is fixed. For this to happen to a $2k+ monitor is quite simply unacceptable. The OLED screen is super bright and clear and it looks fantastic for gaming, however, it is let down by a significant issue with mini-HDMI-Displayport connection. When connecting this to our gaming PC (4090), it causes the screen to crash and we need to restart the PC every time we need to get it up on screen. Here are some of the blogs discussing the issue: https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Monitors-and-Memory/49-quot-Odyssey-G9-Neo-No-signal-from-the-DisplayPort/td-p/2204574.

I would not buy this monitor until this issue is fixed. For this to happen to a $2k+ monitor is quite simply unacceptable.

By far the best QD-OLED 34" screen on the market in spec, but had major issues with the panel failing to wake up properly using displayport. Switched to HDMI and had the screen going black for few seconds every few minutes. USB-C lead to some heavy graphics corruption on wake up also. Went through troubleshooting with Samsung who agreed this was a DOA model but the quantity of identical complaints on every forum leads me to believe this is a design flaw. It *might* be fixed with a future firmware update, but I wouldn't bank on it.
...view more By far the best QD-OLED 34" screen on the market in spec, but had major issues with the panel failing to wake up properly using displayport. Switched to HDMI and had the screen going black for few seconds every few minutes. USB-C lead to some heavy graphics corruption on wake up also. Went through troubleshooting with Samsung who agreed this was a DOA model but the quantity of identical complaints on every forum leads me to believe this is a design flaw. It *might* be fixed with a future firmware update, but I wouldn't bank on it.
Sadly I have to say, avoid this model and hope the V2 (rumours out later in 2023) resolves these issues.
Monitor was returned after just a few days.

Picture is amazing as you'd expect from an OLED. Great size and clearly a high quality product (with equally high price tag!).
There are some software issues to be ironed out and I have experienced problems with it crashing entire system when waking PC from sleep. This is a known and documented issue but has not as yet been resolved. It hard lock PC forcing hard reset at times. There are some solutions but all sub optimal and it's not something I've ever known a monitor to do. Hopefully will be resolved and not a deal breaker for me but yeah a bit poor considering everything else about monitor and it's high cost. Picture is amazing as you'd expect from an OLED. Great size and clearly a high quality product (with equally high price tag!).
There are some software issues to be ironed out and I have experienced problems with it crashing entire system when waking PC from sleep. This is a known and documented issue but has not as yet been resolved. It hard lock PC forcing hard reset at times. There are some solutions but all sub optimal and it's not something I've ever known a monitor to do. Hopefully will be resolved and not a deal breaker for me but yeah a bit poor considering everything else about monitor and it's high cost.

I was hesitant to purchase this monitor due to some of the experiences listed in the reviews. However, in my googling, I read a tech forum article that recent firmware updates had fixed issues with this screen.

I have updated the screen and had none of the reported issues. A fairly flawless start, really beautiful panel. I was hesitant to purchase this monitor due to some of the experiences listed in the reviews. However, in my googling, I read a tech forum article that recent firmware updates had fixed issues with this screen.

I have updated the screen and had none of the reported issues. A fairly flawless start, really beautiful panel.

By: MattD83 06/07/24

Verified Owner

This is an excellent gaming monitor, colours are great, picture is clear, motion is clean. Its is a great upgrade from my already decent MSI optix 27 inch 2k 165 hz

The problem comes from the Smart tv features.
The monitor will often struggle to turn on with the PC, and will not register the display 50% of the time after waking up from my pc sleeping.

The functionality is nice to have, but if they sold it without all the smart tv software and just shipped it as simply a gaming monitor, it would excellent

It also uses 1x Mini DP and 1x Mini HDMI, which is inconvenient at best.
Only ships with 1xMini DP and no Mini HDMI This is an excellent gaming monitor, colours are great, picture is clear, motion is clean. Its is a great upgrade from my already decent MSI optix 27 inch 2k 165 hz

The problem comes from the Smart tv features.
The monitor will often struggle to turn on with the PC, and will not register the display 50% of the time after waking up from my pc sleeping.

The functionality is nice to have, but if they sold it without all the smart tv software and just shipped it as simply a gaming monitor, it would excellent

It also uses 1x Mini DP and 1x Mini HDMI, which is inconvenient at best.
Only ships with 1xMini DP and no Mini HDMI

I bought this beast a week ago and haven't noticed any issues with it. It works perfectly fine and has an outstanding performance on my PC.
The picture is amazing and the response is a beast!
True HDR for gaming and movies, 0.03ms response as well as 175hz refresh rate.
QHD resolution is great, I cannot see any pixels while gaming or working on it.
Comes with a good colour calibration from the box as well.
You won't be disappointed! Just get it, it's the best monitor at the moment.

Using it with my 3070TI and it's running as a charm I bought this beast a week ago and haven't noticed any issues with it. It works perfectly fine and has an outstanding performance on my PC.
The picture is amazing and the response is a beast!
True HDR for gaming and movies, 0.03ms response as well as 175hz refresh rate.
QHD resolution is great, I cannot see any pixels while gaming or working on it.
Comes with a good colour calibration from the box as well.
You won't be disappointed! Just get it, it's the best monitor at the moment.

Using it with my 3070TI and it's running as a charm

Very good monitor highly recommend and pbtech are easy to deal with will be going back again Very good monitor highly recommend and pbtech are easy to deal with will be going back again

Great monitor very clear and the best picture I've seen Great monitor very clear and the best picture I've seen

I've been using this monitor for about 7 months now.

Negatives:
- Samsung has released NO firmware updates since release to fix any issues or it's laggy menu.
- If you use this between two devices (eg. PC, laptop, console); Changing input connections is SO time consuming. You need to open the laggy Samsung menu, then dig down 2 menus to switch inputs.
- It does not automatically switch to a connected device when it turns on or becomes active, you need to do the above point.
- Switching between Game mode with HDR back to normal day-to-day or work mode is as time consuming as changing inputs as above.

Pros:
- If you only ever use this for one...view more I've been using this monitor for about 7 months now.

Negatives:
- Samsung has released NO firmware updates since release to fix any issues or it's laggy menu.
- If you use this between two devices (eg. PC, laptop, console); Changing input connections is SO time consuming. You need to open the laggy Samsung menu, then dig down 2 menus to switch inputs.
- It does not automatically switch to a connected device when it turns on or becomes active, you need to do the above point.
- Switching between Game mode with HDR back to normal day-to-day or work mode is as time consuming as changing inputs as above.

Pros:
- If you only ever use this for one device, the picture quality and gaming quality is wonderful.

I've used this monitor for about a month now and I haven't experienced any of the issues documented in various reviews and write ups since it's release.
Personally I would prefer it was just a straight monitor as opposed to having the Smart TV element as this can feel as though it gets in the way at times, but only a minor gripe to be honest.
If the PC goes into sleep mode then the monitor will turn off so you have to turn it on again via the supplied remote or a small button at the bottom of the screen, but considering the screen is OLED this is perhaps not such a bad thing.
No idea why Samsung decided to go with micro and mini connections c...view more I've used this monitor for about a month now and I haven't experienced any of the issues documented in various reviews and write ups since it's release.
Personally I would prefer it was just a straight monitor as opposed to having the Smart TV element as this can feel as though it gets in the way at times, but only a minor gripe to be honest.
If the PC goes into sleep mode then the monitor will turn off so you have to turn it on again via the supplied remote or a small button at the bottom of the screen, but considering the screen is OLED this is perhaps not such a bad thing.
No idea why Samsung decided to go with micro and mini connections considering there's very limited options for cable buying at this size, bizarre!
I find it works perfectly fine for productivity purposes even though OLED is not necessarily ideal technology for this purpose such as viewing text documents etc, perhaps not quite as crisp and clear as with more conventional screens but I personally do not have any issue with it, it's not a bad experience by any means.
Productivity aside most users who are going to buy this monitor will use it for gaming and I can confirm it really does shine in this particular department, plenty bright enough, crisp and colourful with good motion.

All in all I'm happy with my purchase.

I purchased this monitor during PB’s cyber Monday sale. I have used it as my main monitor since and I’ve yet to experience any burn in. The brightness is set to the lowest at all times to help prevent burn in addition I keep from displaying the same static images for too long.

The picture quality is amazing. I’ve switched from a 28” 4K 144hz IPS panel and the colours are just better on this OLED not to mention the screen being wider, more immersive, and due to there being fewer pixels better performance.

The main drawbacks I’ve found are the IO and funnily enough the smart features.

Why Samsung has chosen to go with Mini DisplayPort over ...view more I purchased this monitor during PB’s cyber Monday sale. I have used it as my main monitor since and I’ve yet to experience any burn in. The brightness is set to the lowest at all times to help prevent burn in addition I keep from displaying the same static images for too long.

The picture quality is amazing. I’ve switched from a 28” 4K 144hz IPS panel and the colours are just better on this OLED not to mention the screen being wider, more immersive, and due to there being fewer pixels better performance.

The main drawbacks I’ve found are the IO and funnily enough the smart features.

Why Samsung has chosen to go with Mini DisplayPort over full DisplayPort and micro HDMI over full HDMI is beyond me, it’s forced me to go and buy new cables.

The smart features slow down the whole monitor and at times it can take around 5 seconds after pressing power on the remote to display content directly from micro HDMI or Mini DisplayPort.

Overall I’d still recommend this monitor.

cheaper than the alienware - but be ware they only have mini display port and mini hdmi. it is going to be a paint to find those cables here in NZ! cheaper than the alienware - but be ware they only have mini display port and mini hdmi. it is going to be a paint to find those cables here in NZ!