Samsung Launches World’s Largest QLED Gaming Monitor at Gamescom 2017

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My neck already hurts looking at it: Samsung is getting ready to roll out its 49-inch super-ultra-wide 32:9 HDR gaming monitor, which features a 3840 x 1080 panel and an 1800R curvature. I really think there is such a thing as a too-wide aspect ratio: you would actually lose the top and bottom of your traditional widescreen movie if you were to fit it to the sides.

A key feature of the CHG90 is the rapid 144Hz screen refresh rate, which provides flawless and smooth action scenes that can be adjusted to 60Hz/120Hz when needed. Other features include a 1ms (MPRT) response time, more realistic and lifelike colors with Quantum dot and HDR technology, and a game mode option. Equivalent to two 27-inch 16:9 monitors side by side, the 32:9 super ultra-wide screen also provides ultimate multitasking flexibility. Gamers no longer have to worry about multi-monitor set-ups: with no bezels impeding the view and a single power cable for minimal clutter, gamers can multitask seamlessly.
 
I would have been more interested had it been 5120x1440, at least. Or go for broke with 7680x2160.

Also, "IMAX-style cinematic viewing experience?" Last I checked the IMAX aspect ratio was 1.43:1, not 3.56:1.
 
This is not even as wide as 3, 24" 1080P monitors and those were all the rave around here a few years back.

I'm running 3, 32" 1440p monitors at 81" wide -- so no -- this isn't too wide. If you fired up Battlefield 1, or Star Wars Battlefront, or Dirt Rally, or Shadow of Mordor on this screen you'd be instantly sold for gaming.

HOWEVER -- agreed about 1080 being to shy on vertical pixels these days. It needs a 1440 or 1600 pixel height. 1080 just limits too much content on web-browsing. Productivity on this monitor -- not so much.
 
I really like the idea of 32x9 for gaming. The biggest reason I never went dual monitor was the bezels in the middle, and this fixes that issue. Of course being 49 inches and only 1080p makes it a non-starter.

Armenius said:
I would have been more interested had it been 5120x1440, at least. Or go for broke with 7680x2160.

Also, "IMAX-style cinematic viewing experience?" Last I checked the IMAX aspect ratio was 1.43:1, not 3.56:1.
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IMAX is more of a buzzword at this point for advertising. Think more about the aspect ratios for 50's and 60's era cinema epics.
 
5000ish by 1440 would be the bee's knees.

I get why you'd go with 1080, the higher res would make the majority of GPU pee blood, but still. That's a high end monitor with less than spectacular resolution.

I'd do 32x9 in a heart beat though. I have 2 27" 4k displays, I'd love it if they were welded together.
 
It's literally two 16:9 1920x1080p monitors next to one another. Everyone I know has at least this setup with two monitors ... why is this a problem? Because it doesn't have a bezel in the center? Too wide ... pfft.

Personally I would like to see a 32:9 5120x1440 (2x 2560x1440). Slightly less than 4k in terms of pixels with all the benefits dual monitors without a bezel.
 
Taldren said:
with all the benefits dual monitors without a bezel.
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If there's an application out there for windows that can finally let me treat a single ultra wide monitor like a pair of actual displays(and maximizing two windows into tiled mode is not the same thing) with some configurability about where I can specify that cutoff in the display for productivity use, I'd be all over it(if it were 1440p). Without that, it's not the same as multiple monitors.
 
Merc1138 said:
If there's an application out there for windows that can finally let me treat a single ultra wide monitor like a pair of actual displays(and maximizing two windows into tiled mode is not the same thing) with some configurability about where I can specify that cutoff in the display for productivity use, I'd be all over it(if it were 1440p). Without that, it's not the same as multiple monitors.
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Dell monitor manager software lets you do this. LG also has software to do this on their ultrawides.

I don't know personally about any of these ... but https://www.downloadcloud.com/multi-screen-software.html ... at least it shows there is software out there to do just that not specific to manufactures.
 
Taldren said:
Dell monitor manager software lets you do this. LG also has software to do this on their ultrawides.

I don't know personally about any of these ... but https://www.downloadcloud.com/multi-screen-software.html ... at least it shows there is software out there to do just that not specific to manufactures.
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I know there's definitely some out there, but my experience with them in the past has been less than satisfactory, albeit that was ages ago by now(software moves quick). Maybe I'll have to give a few a try again.
 
I have 1 system at 5760*1080 (3 x1 1080p 40 inch TV's) which I have extensively played alongside my newer Ryzen box with 3840*2160 (4k tv).

1440 might be nice, more so in things like D3 and POE type games, for MMO and first/Over-the-shoulder games 1080 does remarkably well.

I guess it is time to start selling myself again and save up all those pennies I earn. Ran out of spare organs to sell years ago.
 
Megalith said:
My neck already hurts looking at it: Samsung is getting ready to roll out its 49-inch super-ultra-wide 32:9 HDR gaming monitor, which features a 3840 x 1080 panel and an 1800R curvature. I really think there is such a thing as a too-wide aspect ratio: you would actually lose the top and bottom of your traditional widescreen movie if you were to fit it to the sides.

A key feature of the CHG90 is the rapid 144Hz screen refresh rate, which provides flawless and smooth action scenes that can be adjusted to 60Hz/120Hz when needed. Other features include a 1ms (MPRT) response time, more realistic and lifelike colors with Quantum dot and HDR technology, and a game mode option. Equivalent to two 27-inch 16:9 monitors side by side, the 32:9 super ultra-wide screen also provides ultimate multitasking flexibility. Gamers no longer have to worry about multi-monitor set-ups: with no bezels impeding the view and a single power cable for minimal clutter, gamers can multitask seamlessly.
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I just did the math, Samsung basically cut this 55" tv in half

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Electronics-QN55Q8C-Curved-55-Inch/dp/B01MUG1ZAG


If they effing dare charge a penny over 1250, they should be hanged verbally. This kind of crap annoys me to no end. The gaming display market is still looked at like some second hand hand me down market. Samsung can't even be bothered to make dedicated large format gaming displays, they probably took a look at their 55" inventories of QLED displays, found some with defects on the top half or bottom half of the display, then salvaged that and called that their widescreen gaming monitor.


Newsflash Display makers. Many if not MOST of us, would prefer 16:9 ratio displays, we still like that vertical height. Large diagonal numbers mean jack the more wide the display becomes, it's just a way to put an inflated sounding number when the reality is the further you get from a square display towards a rectangular display, the SMALLER the area becomes for a given diagonal. We are getting LESS display !!!!!!!!!!!!

I'd rather Samsung made 40-50" dedicated QLED displays meant to fill the BLACK HOLE of space in large format 4k displays for everything from productivity AND gaming !!!!!!

Keep the tv enhancements, but stick better ports on the display to allow 120Hz and HDR, don't pawn off this gimped crap. I feel like I'm the only one who cares, people keep fawning over this cut in half salvage tvs as if we've gotten something great.
 
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...seems like two 27" full hd monitors in one bezel. Should be easier for a graphics card to run than uhd. The 1080 vertical makes a big difference if you want to get reasonable frame rates with the cards "That many people have today". True, UHD seems like a better display<tech> monitor but how many folks are ready today, this forum may be an exception, to drive their latest $1500 purchase out of the box. I just spent $1500 and now I gotta spend another $700 for a new graphics card. If I can find one, since the crypto miners are buyin them up as fast as they hit the store shelves.

I'm on the fence. Somehow seems bigger than two individual monitors but a loss on height. Wider seems nice, but...........guess I gotta get used to the idea of using my peripheral as a constant with my center focus.
 
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tybert7 said:
I just did the math, Samsung basically cut this 55" tv in half

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Electronics-QN55Q8C-Curved-55-Inch/dp/B01MUG1ZAG


If they effing dare charge a penny over 1250, they should be hanged verbally. This kind of crap annoys me to no end. The gaming display market is still looked at like some second hand hand me down market. Samsung can't even be bothered to make dedicated large format gaming displays, they probably took a look at their 55" inventories of QLED displays, found some with defects on the top half or bottom half of the display, then salvaged that and called that their widescreen gaming monitor.


Newsflash Display makers. Many if not MOST of us, would prefer 16:9 ratio displays, we still like that vertical height. Large diagonal numbers mean jack the more wide the display becomes, it's just a way to put an inflated sounding number when the reality is the further you get from a square display towards a rectangular display, the SMALLER the area becomes for a given diagonal. We are getting LESS display !!!!!!!!!!!!

I'd rather Samsung made 40-50" dedicated QLED displays meant to fill the BLACK HOLE of space in large format 4k displays for everything from productivity AND gaming !!!!!!

Keep the tv enhancements, but stick better ports on the display to allow 120Hz and HDR, don't pawn off this gimped crap. I feel like I'm the only one who cares, people keep fawning over this cut in half salvage tvs as if we've gotten something great.
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Khahhblaab said:
seems like two 27" full hd monitors in one bezel. Should be easier for a graphics card to run than uhd. The 1080 vertical makes a big difference if you want to get reasonable frame rates with the cards "That many people have today".
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27' x 2 = ~55, I think you may be right.
 
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tybert7 said:
I just used some grade school pythagoras math,


32:9 ratio 49" display --> (32a)^2 * (9a)^2 = 49^2

a = ANS


(32ANS)^2 * (18ANS)^2 ~ mid 50s diagonal
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49" after we remove the bezels from the calculations. Actually I thought it was half of a 55" so about a 27" screen x 2 minus the bezels and need for connections. Since the actual ratio is 32:9 its a little more "compressed" than two real 27 inch panels being the thought behind the widescreen.

New form factor? Gotta be based on "some" real life examples :cool:
 
Khahhblaab said:
49" after we remove the bezels from the calculations. Actually I thought it was half of a 55" so about a 27" screen x 2 minus the bezels and need for connections. Since the actual ratio is 32:9 its a little more "compressed" than two real 27 inch panels being the thought behind the widescreen.

New form factor? Gotta be based on "some" real life examples :cool:
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The screen is 47.16" x 13.26"

If it was a cut down true 144hz 16:9 TV, that TV would be a 54". Then again, what TV do you know of that is 144hz?

If this was two side by side monitors, that would be 27" diag as advertised.
 
Armenius said:
I would have been more interested had it been 5120x1440, at least. Or go for broke with 7680x2160.
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5120 could juuust do 120Hz without bandwidth issues.
7680 forget about it or driving it for the next 2 years.. not happening.

Taldren said:
If it was a cut down true 144hz 16:9 TV, that TV would be a 54". Then again, what TV do you know of that is 144hz?
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Heaps of TV panels are 120Hz, remember they do 3d and super high Hz crap too... just you can't feed them 120Hz, it's internal.
 
Maybe its just me... I would rather have a higher res VR set for gaming. You can only see so much of the screen anyway. Its a cool monitor 3840 is sweet.. but 1080 vertical?...not so much.
 
Maybe someone will point one out since I haven't seen one yet(and my wife will hate them if they do), but a 32-34" 1440p 144hz HDR 3d 10bit would be nice to me. I know most people could care less about the 3d or 10bit but I believe most would enjoy everything else.


This thing, well it could be fun for those movies who constantly do the drama/360° spins every time something exciting happens. I suppose some racing/flight sim type games maybe. But yeah, no, this thing is just best left forgotten.
 
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