Thankfully, you can toggle between 120Hz and 240Hz quickly through the OSD, which you may have to do (more on that in the next section). You have a pair of HDMI 2.1 ports that can drive 4K at 120Hz for consoles like the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, but you need the DisplayPort 1.4 connection if you want to use 4K at the full 240Hz. Port selection on the Neo G8 is good if a little unexciting. The Sony InZone M9 and MSI Optix MPG 32 QD are two monitors that showed off these apps earlier this year, and that’s something I would’ve liked to see on the Neo G8. Samsung has monitor controls nailed - minus the obtuse controls on the Samsung M8 Smart Monitor - but I’ve seen a recent trend toward applications that allow you to access these settings from the desktop. There’s an sRGB mode, as well, if you need to work specifically in that color space. The monitor comes pre-calibrated, so I recommend tweaking from the default settings. The FPS mode is washed out, the RPG mode has way too much contrast, and the Cinema mode just turns the color temperature way too warm. You have an assortment of picture modes available, but most of them don’t look great. Navigating the full menu is still easy, and it opens up options like turning off local dimming (even with HDR turned on) and cycling through the various picture modes. Click up, and you can adjust brightness, contrast, and saturation without going through the full menu. The main reason I appreciate Samsung’s OSD is that you can quickly adjust your picture settings. You don’t need to hunt to quickly change your settings. Controlling the monitor is a breeze because Samsung places the controls directly under the center of the display, not vaguely off to the right as you see with monitors like the Gigabyte M32U. Instead of a four-way joystick like you typically find, the Neo G8 includes four directional buttons with a central nub. Samsung’s on-screen display (OSD) is one of my favorites among gaming monitors because it’s so easy to use. Controls and menu Jacob Roach / Digital Trends The much cheaper Odyssey G7 comes with a brilliant routing channel that runs through the stand, which just makes the cable management solution on the Neo G8 just feel a little lazy, frankly. It’s not a bad cable management solution, but Samsung could have done better here. Jacob Roach / Digital TrendsĪround the back of the monitor, you’ll find a small rubber loop for cable management, and there’s a bit of plastic to cover the ports in the box. At 32 inches, the Neo G8 has a large footprint on your desk, but at least it doesn’t carry a massive stand like the Corsair Xeneon 32. The stand extends out with two long, narrow legs, which take up a lot of room. No, you can’t flip the monitor upside down, but you can turn it vertically to either side (with a little bit of wrestling, that is). The stand is excellent with plenty of room for adjustment, including 4.7 inches of height, 22 degrees of tilt, 30 degrees of swivel, and a full 180 degrees of rotation. Pop them in with a screwdriver, and you’ll be set up in a minute or two. Setting up the monitor isn’t completely toolless, but it’s still easy due to some pre-threaded screws in the base and stand. If you don’t like the syncing, you can set the ring to a static color, as well. The Alienware 34 QD-OLED has similar ring lighting, though it doesn’t sync with your screen. It runs around the ring where the stand connects to the display, and you can sync up the color with whatever is in the center of your screen. Get ready: the first 8K ultrawide monitors are coming out in 2023Īnother design note the Neo G8 carries from other Odyssey monitors is CoreSync lighting. Samsung’s first QD-OLED gaming monitor might be dead on arrival
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