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Hi! Thank you for the review. How well would this monitor score, if used on a sim racing setup? I am concerned about response time, mainly. Have you tried Gran Turismo 7, by any chance? Thank you for your reply. Kind regards.
I haven't tried GT 7 but I played fast-paced FPS games like Doom Eternal and COD and it was really good, didn't feel any latency, of course, OLED panels have faster response time if that's what you highly need, though I really think it was great for gaming and watching, I loved the matte coating and HDR, it's way brighter compared to LG C2
I haven't the G8 but I've used an OLED TV for productivity and work and I wasn't quite happy because OLED are meant for dynamic image not static like what usually the case when working, I was constantly worried about a burn-in since I kept it on static image for sometime, I just didn't feel so secured about using an OLED for prolonged working but sure now all OLED monitors and TVs have measurements to protect against burn-in like by dimming or pixel refresh but I still think that OLED are more enjoyable for entertainment like gaming and watching With the G7 43" , since it's mini LED so you don't need to worry about burn-in or anything, you can throw at it any task while being confident nothing to happen I don't know about you, but I personally get anxious about my stuff so having an OLED increased that feeling
it's completely matte as you can see when I direct light on it it would not reflect spotlight 2:17 it's not glossy at all, probably the most concentrated matte display I've tried
Hello brother, been looking for a display but struggling to choose one, i like bright panels with clear and vivid highlights, would you recommend the G7 43" for $470 with tax and shipping fees, or C2 48" for $740 inc. tax and shipping fees, or samsung odyssey neo G8 oled ultrawide monitor for $810? Is there really that big of a difference between both displays in regards to picture quality? i mainly play singleplayer games, and i dont really know how common short term image retention and permanent burn-in is really, if it is indeed common then im really afraid to get the C2 since there is only three months of warranty for it from where i live.
I never tried the G8 OLED ultra-wide, but I can say for the G7 Neo 43" and C2, I have both, and in my opinion, if the warranty is just three months, it's totally scary to go with the C2. Here, it's two years, and sometimes burn-in appears after two years, so it's not enough. Now, PC monitor companies like MSI and Asus are extending their OLED panel warranties to three years, which is good for users. I think with three months, it's risky to go with the C2, but if you are careful, it might last you over five years. It depends mostly on your usage, prolong static image hurt it more. If you mainly use it for gaming and entertainment, the risk drops significantly. Also, it has features to refresh pixels and care for the OLED panel, so it's good to activate them. As far as image quality and color accuracy, it's definitely better on the C2, as well as response time, which is useful if you use it for FPS games. You will feel it's more responsive to your actions. But for brightness, the G7 Neo is way better, given it has mini-LED, and I can't stress enough how bright they can get those little guys, if I put both the C2 and G7 Neo side by side with maximum brightness, the C2 feels as if it's in eco mode compared to the G7 Neo, but unfortunately the g7 has bad viewing angles and horrible ghosting effect like if u scroll down text you will start to see text smearing and it's just too annoying, but in game it's quite inevident, I haven't felt any ghosting in games or watching media, just Documents and internet browsing Overall to me personally I would pick the g7 neo 43 given i work a lot with static images like coding, office and video editing as u can imagine
@@TECHOSAUR Very informative, appreciate the input. Im aware that OLED completely annihilates every LCD panel when it comes to responsiveness and image clarity and black level's, but again is there really night and day difference when gaming on OLED C2 compared to G7 43" as some have claimed? Are they even comparable? I really like the size of G7, but I wish it had glossy finish, but oh well. I might as well risk it and go with the C2 OLED if the experience is significantly better on it compared to G7. Thank you again for responding to my comment.
not at all, it is the best screen matte finish I've seen, I already liked the one on the G7 28" but this one is even more premium and also very anti-reflective, nothing shows up on it
love this monitor! it comes with some small flaws but when better firmware comes out it should be alot better. no problems on my end gaming or browsing web. i only get some ghosting if i am scrolling really fast but its not a deal breaker for me at all as that is the only place i see any kind of ghosting but when im scrolling slowly or not at all everything is very crisp. you might need a better camera though if you are reviewing monitors though. the gaming aspect of review was kind of shoddy and does not do it justice at all
Yes absolutely, I'm keeping it because i like the HDR performance and it's very bright and vivid, can't complain at all in picture quality but just the ghosting is an issue when scrolling down text Thanks for your feedback, I'll try to get a good camera to review better, but I'm just getting started so I'm short with equipment 🫤
@@garretts431 nope! just freesync premium pro i have an RTX GPU and its disabled, can confirm that, but maybe later on they would update driver to make it G-sync compatabile sync G-Sync Compatible monitors are essentially FreeSync panels that have been validated by Nvidia to run G-Sync through its rigorous testing methodology. so maybe they could add it to their list of supported displays, i'll update this once i hear the news, thanks!
Yes it uses VESA 200x200mm, weight about 9.5kg without the stand base obviously, the stand weights 4 kg by itself, as I said it's quite heavy and makes the TV quite firm
Yes it's very bright and vivid, for me personally better HDR experience than the LG C2, tried both and this one is more appealing, the C2 is way dimmer in Bright areas
its mostly annoying when you scroll down text, but in gaming you don't notice any ghosting, just make sure you set the response time to faster you can check this video here where i tested ghosting : ruclips.net/video/D6vx5-UfrCQ/видео.html
in the gaming, HDR Tone mapping, check if turning off HGiG helps, because on unsupported games and in the PS5 dashboard it dims down when you have it on, also check that you have adjusted the HDR on the PS5 in the picture settings, the sun logo should be almost invisible in all 3 steps, also you can try my picture settings and hope that helps, if the problem persists try it on PC or another device for me HDR works pretty well on PS5 and PC just the ghosting effect is annoying for me when scrolling down pages
Only when a RUclipsr like this guy uses wrong settings lol. Brightness 50? I mean yeesh should be near min for SDR and only like 20 for HDR, his brightness is too high, he also probably has color space on native instead of auto.
Can you suggest. I saw a comment on RUclips that all 43-inch monitors and TVs on a VA matrix have one unpleasant drawback. Namely, small text in the upper half of the screen is not clearly drawn, but everything is fine in the lower part of the screen. Does this monitor also have this problem?
I've never encountered such a problem, I've searched online about this issue but couldn't find it, can you show me an example of the problem so i can test it right away ?
Thanks for asking, i forgot to mention that it doesn't have G-Sync and not even G-Sync compatible, so i have it deactivated, if you have AMD GPU it supports Free sync premium pro But honestly my LG C2 42 has G-Sync compatible but it never stopped games from tearing so it was almost useless, and had vsync specially on FPS games, you know that G-Sync compatible Is a driver thing for displays that has AMD Free sync, underneath it's free sync, the real G-Sync is an actual hardware that make any display quite expensive ane sadly i never had any display that is originally G-Sync and not compatible ...
@@TECHOSAUR Why do you have it deactivated. VRR is in a state now where VRR is VRR. It doesnt need offical "Gsync" compatibility. Im using this monitor with a 4080 and Gsync without issue. You even admit its just VRR under the hood and real Gsync is a hardware module so why disable it.
For work it's actually good, it's bright, colors are very alive and text is crisp, it doesn't suffer from OLED issues like auto brightness limiting or dimming static images , those issues often happened with me while doing office stuff while for sure I've noticed text ghosting when scrolling fast in pages, but in gaming or watching it's unnoticeable, i played FPS games and never felt any of that, it happens mostly in scrolling fast through detailed shapes such as text or patterns like mesh and fabric, but using standard response time gave me the least of that effect, also adjusting the shadow details option in the picture to +3 made the ghosting a bit lighter that it would reduce that effect, that's probably the only downside to this monitor but there are really also good sides to it for example colors are so impressive and vivid , bright and very uniformed, unlike many previous odyssey monitors I've tested, this has the best quality of control checks for example white uniformity and stuck pixels which were two things I've always looked for in the odyssey monitors since they often had problems of quality check and i returned bunch of them due to that! but this one is clear from those at leas The weird ghosting exists and I'm hopeful Samsung would release an update to at least minimize it in some way but the monitor in my opinion has a lot of potential At the end you can always return it in case something doesn't work out for you, i didn't want to mention this in video because I've already read many negativity around this monitor on Reddit and i think it's not as bad, it's not flawless but definitely a step up in the Odyssey monitors family!
A lot of angry people post reviews based on prior generations or versions of a G7 or Neo G7 monitor. Officially, when tested this monitor isn't OLED, but shy of that, it is better than any other.
@@EbonySeraphim Indeed, i dont think being OLED is necessary better for desk office, my LG C2 43 died just after 5 months, even though LG replaced the display and now its working but i didnt feel happy doing office work on it anyway, it dims on static screens while working on a document or coding, also the ABL makes the brightness so dynamic and weird for a PC, but for gaming and entertainment it's perfect it comes down to what you are looking, i think the Odyssey Neo G7 43" is a good choice for office,gaming,entertainment, all purposes in a super-sized format monitor, yes the ghosting is an issue but its not present in all scenarios, its worth to try it yourself and then decide to keep it or not instead of just listening to others complains on reddit, before buying it i've read all those comments and i wanted to try it myself, the purpose of making this video was to try spread some positivity around this monitor, i personally like the Odyssey design language and this has improved upon them with an elegant, slim design and good build quality but there's still a room for improvment that Samsung will need to take
@@TECHOSAUR thanks for the detailed reply i would appreciate it if you can at least upload even a 30 seconds clip of the ghosting because it will be the deciding factor for buying this monitor. i work on my PC and i also game but i already have a 240hz benq monitor for gaming but sometimes i play triple AAA games and those look better on a 43 inch 4k. so gaming is a secondary thing for me when it comes to this monitor i just really care about if its going to be annoying while i work or no.
Both are great, I've had C2, its very similar to C3, for PS5 it's nice as well but if you like a brighter screen, Mini-led could get way brighter than OLED, the power of OLED is better black levels and dimming but also the G7 NEO has good black levels, its really a personal preference, also if you like matte display to minimize room lights or especially ifs near a window, the G7 has one of the best matte screen coating, its very black and minimize all reflections, if you like glossy display go for the C3, both have things to like
@@tonychar yesss it has two HDMI 2.1 and one display port 1.4 It's a personal taste but i prefer the G7 NEO 43" I Enjoyed playing on it especially HDR games like horizon forbidden west and demon souls, the only thing I didn't like is the stand, they should have made it wider to suit a 43" , it can wiggle a bit if you knock on desk but you can also mount it to wall or on desk ARM, it's VESA 200x200
Absolutely, it's my best IPS monitor ever, if you find it for a good price. I can recommend it. It has many good things, like build quality, image clarity, display coating, decent color grading, and brightness. The downside is the HDR and local dimming being only 8 zones. But still I really enjoyed my time with it, used it personally for 2 years
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this has hdmi arc. Why isn't it eARC? If it's hdmi 2.1. If its only hdmi arc, does it support dolby digital plus? Or atmos?
Hi! Thank you for the review. How well would this monitor score, if used on a sim racing setup? I am concerned about response time, mainly. Have you tried Gran Turismo 7, by any chance? Thank you for your reply. Kind regards.
I haven't tried GT 7 but I played fast-paced FPS games like Doom Eternal and COD and it was really good, didn't feel any latency, of course, OLED panels have faster response time if that's what you highly need, though I really think it was great for gaming and watching, I loved the matte coating and HDR, it's way brighter compared to LG C2
Thank you@@TECHOSAUR , and keep up the good work!
Between this an oled g8 for work and multimedia content and casual gaming, which you think is better? Thanks a lot
I haven't the G8 but I've used an OLED TV for productivity and work and I wasn't quite happy because OLED are meant for dynamic image not static like what usually the case when working, I was constantly worried about a burn-in since I kept it on static image for sometime, I just didn't feel so secured about using an OLED for prolonged working but sure now all OLED monitors and TVs have measurements to protect against burn-in like by dimming or pixel refresh but I still think that OLED are more enjoyable for entertainment like gaming and watching
With the G7 43" , since it's mini LED so you don't need to worry about burn-in or anything, you can throw at it any task while being confident nothing to happen
I don't know about you, but I personally get anxious about my stuff so having an OLED increased that feeling
Cam you make a video sharing the best settings for this monitor with xbox series x
I'd love to but i don't have an Xbox series x
Sorry for that
What kind of anti-reflective coating does it have? Direct completely matte, that is, the most matte or semi-matte, that is, slightly glossy?
it's completely matte as you can see when I direct light on it it would not reflect spotlight 2:17
it's not glossy at all, probably the most concentrated matte display I've tried
Hello, can you use the flex move screen feature while playing games on the console?
Yes u can, most features are unlocked when playing on console rather than PC that's what I noticed
it can do 120fps on the ps5?
yes!
It also has VRR
Hello brother, been looking for a display but struggling to choose one, i like bright panels with clear and vivid highlights, would you recommend the G7 43" for $470 with tax and shipping fees, or C2 48" for $740 inc. tax and shipping fees, or samsung odyssey neo G8 oled ultrawide monitor for $810?
Is there really that big of a difference between both displays in regards to picture quality? i mainly play singleplayer games, and i dont really know how common short term image retention and permanent burn-in is really, if it is indeed common then im really afraid to get the C2 since there is only three months of warranty for it from where i live.
I never tried the G8 OLED ultra-wide, but I can say for the G7 Neo 43" and C2, I have both, and in my opinion, if the warranty is just three months, it's totally scary to go with the C2. Here, it's two years, and sometimes burn-in appears after two years, so it's not enough. Now, PC monitor companies like MSI and Asus are extending their OLED panel warranties to three years, which is good for users. I think with three months, it's risky to go with the C2, but if you are careful, it might last you over five years. It depends mostly on your usage, prolong static image hurt it more. If you mainly use it for gaming and entertainment, the risk drops significantly. Also, it has features to refresh pixels and care for the OLED panel, so it's good to activate them.
As far as image quality and color accuracy, it's definitely better on the C2, as well as response time, which is useful if you use it for FPS games. You will feel it's more responsive to your actions.
But for brightness, the G7 Neo is way better, given it has mini-LED, and I can't stress enough how bright they can get those little guys, if I put both the C2 and G7 Neo side by side with maximum brightness, the C2 feels as if it's in eco mode compared to the G7 Neo, but unfortunately the g7 has bad viewing angles and horrible ghosting effect like if u scroll down text you will start to see text smearing and it's just too annoying, but in game it's quite inevident, I haven't felt any ghosting in games or watching media, just Documents and internet browsing
Overall to me personally I would pick the g7 neo 43 given i work a lot with static images like coding, office and video editing as u can imagine
@@TECHOSAUR Very informative, appreciate the input.
Im aware that OLED completely annihilates every LCD panel when it comes to responsiveness and image clarity and black level's, but again is there really night and day difference when gaming on OLED C2 compared to G7 43" as some have claimed?
Are they even comparable?
I really like the size of G7, but I wish it had glossy finish, but oh well.
I might as well risk it and go with the C2 OLED if the experience is significantly better on it compared to G7.
Thank you again for responding to my comment.
Is there any problem with the matte screen
not at all, it is the best screen matte finish I've seen, I already liked the one on the G7 28" but this one is even more premium and also very anti-reflective, nothing shows up on it
love this monitor! it comes with some small flaws but when better firmware comes out it should be alot better. no problems on my end gaming or browsing web. i only get some ghosting if i am scrolling really fast but its not a deal breaker for me at all as that is the only place i see any kind of ghosting but when im scrolling slowly or not at all everything is very crisp. you might need a better camera though if you are reviewing monitors though. the gaming aspect of review was kind of shoddy and does not do it justice at all
Yes absolutely, I'm keeping it because i like the HDR performance and it's very bright and vivid, can't complain at all in picture quality but just the ghosting is an issue when scrolling down text
Thanks for your feedback, I'll try to get a good camera to review better, but I'm just getting started so I'm short with equipment 🫤
gsync compatible?
@@TECHOSAUR no ghosting during gameplay even if on standard overdrive?
@@garretts431 nope!
just freesync premium pro
i have an RTX GPU and its disabled, can confirm that, but maybe later on they would update driver to make it G-sync compatabile sync
G-Sync Compatible monitors are essentially FreeSync panels that have been validated by Nvidia to run G-Sync through its rigorous testing methodology.
so maybe they could add it to their list of supported displays, i'll update this once i hear the news, thanks!
@@TECHOSAUR gah what a a bummer. Im looking for at least compatibility if not the real thing
Which camere model used top on the Monitor ?
Samsung Slim Fit Camera
www.samsung.com/us/televisions-home-theater/television-home-theater-accessories/televisions/slim-fit-camera-vg-stcbu2k-za/
Can this be mounted on a monitor arm? How heavy is this?
Yes it uses VESA 200x200mm, weight about 9.5kg without the stand base obviously, the stand weights 4 kg by itself, as I said it's quite heavy and makes the TV quite firm
How is the HDR is it bright and good
Yes it's very bright and vivid, for me personally better HDR experience than the LG C2, tried both and this one is more appealing, the C2 is way dimmer in Bright areas
What about ghosting bro?
its mostly annoying when you scroll down text, but in gaming you don't notice any ghosting, just make sure you set the response time to faster
you can check this video here where i tested ghosting :
ruclips.net/video/D6vx5-UfrCQ/видео.html
Idk why when i turn hdr on my ps5 the picture quality goes down really bad. Is that the case with yours to? I use this monitor tho
in the gaming, HDR Tone mapping, check if turning off HGiG helps, because on unsupported games and in the PS5 dashboard it dims down when you have it on, also check that you have adjusted the HDR on the PS5 in the picture settings, the sun logo should be almost invisible in all 3 steps, also you can try my picture settings and hope that helps, if the problem persists try it on PC or another device
for me HDR works pretty well on PS5 and PC just the ghosting effect is annoying for me when scrolling down pages
can we mount on wall?
Yes, VESA 200x200
is HDR picture all like this or Samsung made color wrong?
Sorry could you explain what you mean ?
Only when a RUclipsr like this guy uses wrong settings lol. Brightness 50? I mean yeesh should be near min for SDR and only like 20 for HDR, his brightness is too high, he also probably has color space on native instead of auto.
Can you suggest. I saw a comment on RUclips that all 43-inch monitors and TVs on a VA matrix have one unpleasant drawback. Namely, small text in the upper half of the screen is not clearly drawn, but everything is fine in the lower part of the screen. Does this monitor also have this problem?
I've never encountered such a problem, I've searched online about this issue but couldn't find it, can you show me an example of the problem so i can test it right away ?
This is not a universal issue. Never even heard of it.
does it have gsync?
Thanks for asking, i forgot to mention that it doesn't have G-Sync and not even G-Sync compatible, so i have it deactivated, if you have AMD GPU it supports Free sync premium pro
But honestly my LG C2 42 has G-Sync compatible but it never stopped games from tearing so it was almost useless, and had vsync specially on FPS games, you know that G-Sync compatible Is a driver thing for displays that has AMD Free sync, underneath it's free sync, the real G-Sync is an actual hardware that make any display quite expensive ane sadly i never had any display that is originally G-Sync and not compatible ...
@@TECHOSAUR Why do you have it deactivated. VRR is in a state now where VRR is VRR. It doesnt need offical "Gsync" compatibility. Im using this monitor with a 4080 and Gsync without issue. You even admit its just VRR under the hood and real Gsync is a hardware module so why disable it.
How is for work? I saw some negative comments people are saying theres ghosting and text are unreadable. Can you confirm that ?
For work it's actually good, it's bright, colors are very alive and text is crisp, it doesn't suffer from OLED issues like auto brightness limiting or dimming static images , those issues often happened with me while doing office stuff
while for sure I've noticed text ghosting when scrolling fast in pages, but in gaming or watching it's unnoticeable, i played FPS games and never felt any of that, it happens mostly in scrolling fast through detailed shapes such as text or patterns like mesh and fabric, but using standard response time gave me the least of that effect, also adjusting the shadow details option in the picture to +3 made the ghosting a bit lighter that it would reduce that effect, that's probably the only downside to this monitor but there are really also good sides to it for example colors are so impressive and vivid , bright and very uniformed, unlike many previous odyssey monitors I've tested, this has the best quality of control checks for example white uniformity and stuck pixels which were two things I've always looked for in the odyssey monitors since they often had problems of quality check and i returned bunch of them due to that!
but this one is clear from those at leas
The weird ghosting exists and I'm hopeful Samsung would release an update to at least minimize it in some way but the monitor in my opinion has a lot of potential
At the end you can always return it in case something doesn't work out for you, i didn't want to mention this in video because I've already read many negativity around this monitor on Reddit and i think it's not as bad, it's not flawless but definitely a step up in the Odyssey monitors family!
A lot of angry people post reviews based on prior generations or versions of a G7 or Neo G7 monitor. Officially, when tested this monitor isn't OLED, but shy of that, it is better than any other.
@@EbonySeraphim Indeed, i dont think being OLED is necessary better for desk office, my LG C2 43 died just after 5 months, even though LG replaced the display and now its working but i didnt feel happy doing office work on it anyway, it dims on static screens while working on a document or coding, also the ABL makes the brightness so dynamic and weird for a PC, but for gaming and entertainment it's perfect
it comes down to what you are looking, i think the Odyssey Neo G7 43" is a good choice for office,gaming,entertainment, all purposes in a super-sized format monitor, yes the ghosting is an issue but its not present in all scenarios, its worth to try it yourself and then decide to keep it or not instead of just listening to others complains on reddit, before buying it i've read all those comments and i wanted to try it myself, the purpose of making this video was to try spread some positivity around this monitor, i personally like the Odyssey design language and this has improved upon them with an elegant, slim design and good build quality but there's still a room for improvment that Samsung will need to take
@@TECHOSAUR thanks for the detailed reply i would appreciate it if you can at least upload even a 30 seconds clip of the ghosting because it will be the deciding factor for buying this monitor. i work on my PC and i also game but i already have a 240hz benq monitor for gaming but sometimes i play triple AAA games and those look better on a 43 inch 4k. so gaming is a secondary thing for me when it comes to this monitor i just really care about if its going to be annoying while i work or no.
@@turkiabdulkareem9250 Sure i'll try to prepare a short video about ghosting as soon as possible
gsync compatible??
nope!
Whats best for ps5 samsung g7 mininled 43 inch ir lg c3 tv 42 inch?
Both are great, I've had C2, its very similar to C3, for PS5 it's nice as well but if you like a brighter screen, Mini-led could get way brighter than OLED, the power of OLED is better black levels and dimming but also the G7 NEO has good black levels, its really a personal preference, also if you like matte display to minimize room lights or especially ifs near a window, the G7 has one of the best matte screen coating, its very black and minimize all reflections, if you like glossy display go for the C3, both have things to like
@@TECHOSAUR For gaming wich one looks more beautifull? i may get this monitor, is it 2.1?
Wich one looks more beautiful gaming? Like i play fifa more.
@@tonychar yesss it has two HDMI 2.1 and one display port 1.4
It's a personal taste but i prefer the G7 NEO 43"
I Enjoyed playing on it especially HDR games like horizon forbidden west and demon souls, the only thing I didn't like is the stand, they should have made it wider to suit a 43" , it can wiggle a bit if you knock on desk but you can also mount it to wall or on desk ARM, it's VESA 200x200
@@tonychar for Bright games like FIFA I think it's awesome ⚽
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Can we use the monitor to browse the web and check e mail ?
Absolutely, it's my best IPS monitor ever, if you find it for a good price. I can recommend it. It has many good things, like build quality, image clarity, display coating, decent color grading, and brightness.
The downside is the HDR and local dimming being only 8 zones.
But still I really enjoyed my time with it, used it personally for 2 years
How I can use it on pc
You can connect it on either display port or HDMI 2.1, you van use it on both desktop and laptop gaming consoles
First you need to stop eating crayons. Second, hook it up with a display port or HDMI cable.
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