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Samsung is announcing plenty of new stuff at CES this year and among those products is a slate of new Odyssey OLED gaming monitors with Glare-Free technology. Designed to enhance immersion, Samsung says these are its first OLED gaming screens to feature the OLED Glare-Free tech. Imagine you’re playing a game and you’re getting really into it. Then right in the middle of a really good part, the sun beams into your room through the window and bounces off the display.
If you’ve experienced this sort of situation before, then you know. It’s enough to nearly ruin the moment. Samsung wants to cut down on that with these new monitors. The company says the Glare-Free screens are built to minimize ambient reflections and daylight. So you can enjoy more of your gaming experiences with fewer distractions and get more immersed in what you’re playing.
Included in this lineup are three refreshed monitors. The Odyssey OLED G6, the Odyssey OLED G8, and the Odyssey OLED G9. All of these feature a super slim metal design for a sleek look and support for AMD FreeSync Premium Pro.
All three Odyssey OLED monitors with OLED Glare-Free tech will launch this year
Samsung has officially confirmed that all three monitors will hit the market in 2024. However, the company has not yet announced pricing or availability on any of them. Like previous iterations, each of the monitors will have different screen sizes and slightly different features.
The Odyssey OLED G9 will stick to its 49-inch curved ultrawide display. Meanwhile, both the Odyssey OLED G8 and Odyssey OLED G6 will be flat panels. The Odyssey OLED G8 will be a 32-inch display and the Odyssey OLED G6 will be a 27-inch display. The G6 model will also be the monitor with the fastest refresh rate, set at 360Hz. It’s a significant bump up from the 240Hz that the older G6 models have. And if you play more competitive online games, this will probably be the monitor you want to go for.
Both the other two models will come with a 240Hz refresh rate. In terms of resolution, the Odyssey OLED G9 will be Dual QHD, the Odyssey OLED G8 will be 4K UHD, and the Odyssey OLED G6 will be QHD. All three monitors will also feature the Core+ light ring on the back. This is yet another feature to make gaming more immersive because the Core+ lighting mimics the colors of what’s on-screen. If you’re wondering what that might look like, it’s not too different from the way the lighting of the Nanoleaf 4D works. Although, it won’t be as prominent.
Samsung Gaming Hub will be present on at least two of the monitors
Samsung Gaming Hub has been one of the more exciting features to come to the company’s displays over the last couple of years. Because it cuts out the need for a PC or a console for gaming. You simply need to have the monitor hooked up to the internet and launch the gaming hub to access apps like Xbox Game Pass or GeForce NOW. Then you can stream games with a connected controller. Samsung confirms that Gaming Hub will be coming to at least two of the refreshed monitors. The Odyssey OLED G8 and Odyssey OLED G9.
It doesn’t mention whether or not the Odyssey OLED G6 will have it, but chances are it will come with this feature too since most Samsung monitors do have it these days.