Samsung Odyssey G7 26.9″ 16:9 240 Hz Curved VA G-SYNC HDR Gaming Monitor

188 reviews for Samsung Odyssey G7 26.9″ 16:9 240 Hz Curved VA G-SYNC HDR Gaming Monitor

1. Rated 2 out of 5

   Reymundo Mayer (verified owner) – February 15, 2023

   While the monitor is one of the best in class, with the size combined with the specs of the display itself, the quality control issues are still a big issue. I received my monitor today with the left side of the screen constantly flashing this black bar, and every possible solution to get it fixed left me with nothing. While the size and smoothness were something to marvel at, the quality control issues are too much for me to even recommend playing the display lottery for. Could’ve been the best monitor I’ve ever owned, but fell flat on its face with a defect.

2. Rated 4 out of 5

   Ashton Connelly (verified owner) – February 12, 2023

   Let’s start with the packaging and setup. I have never had a monitor that came with what are basically IKEA-level instructions to build it. Literally 15 steps with clarifying sub-steps. The anti-static material is good, but then they put masking tape that tears it apart upon pulling, so there’s no way to reuse the anti-static for repacking if you need to move the monitor around, like I will when moving apartments. That said, the box is well-designed to hold the parts and it was easy to unravel. Let’s look at the overall design. It’s designed to have the wiring as minimally visible at all. The jacks are hidden behind a panel with one exit for the wires, but there is substantial room in the compartment and in the exit, so the wires don’t bend much. They then follow along through the back support and out the bottom, so the desk is very neat. Unfortunately, it comes with the unfortunate side effect of making it difficult to swap cables seamlessly, it takes ~3-5 minutes to unwrap everything, plug a cable in, and then put it back, and reposition your monitor. That said, it is _very clean_ looking, which I’ve not had in some time. Another point to the design is the button. It’s a mini-analog stick, which feels nice, until you have to use it. Unfortunately, the button press in to select ok/menu is very sensitive and almost always overrides the down scroll. This gets very frustrating. My desk is a little wobbly, which causes the monitor to sometimes shake like it’s saying no. I’m worried this might have long term consequences on the mount point or integrity of the support. Let’s look at the quality of the visual. Unfortunately, my current system maxes out around 60-80 fps, so it’s not a good benchmark. The Free Sync works well and there is rarely any jitteryness. Even in very clear visual tests, I can only occasionally spot it when I’m paying attention, which is great. It means that the up-framing is correctly interpolating. Everything is smoother on this monitor than my older ones. Furthermore, the color is really good. On par with all my Apple device displays. Indeed, I might say it’s a bit better, as the contrast range is much more natural. The only negative I can see with respect to the visuals comes from the QLED. Because the monitor is so large, if you have flat colors you sometimes notice a slight gradient from bottom to top. It would have been imperceptible to me, but the first thing I did when I get the monitor was run through a series of visual tests to see how well it performs and one was flat colors. Anyway, I just got the monitor. Generally, I’d say it performs as well as I expected. I would give it 5-stars if it weren’t for the button issue and the hiding-wires panel placement being a little janky.

3. Rated 5 out of 5

   Elian Rolfson (verified owner) – February 11, 2023

   I love the fact the panel is VA which greatly improves contrast and colors, IPS colors look too washed out to me. Also absolutely no light bleed unlike my another IPS display (also very solid one). Cable management tray is also nice and helps tidy up desk mess pretty well. Ambient light is almost non-existent and doesn’t impress at all and build quality could be better. Overall monitor looks a bit on a flimsy side and you can shake it easily while on a stand. That said, to me it’s still a valid trade off given the specs and I would still prefer my Odyssey to another IPS gaming monitor I got which is built as a tank.

4. Rated 4 out of 5

   Sadye Schiller (verified owner) – February 10, 2023

   so far, the odyssey g7 has been all that i wanted; except for the ability to display hdr on my xbox one x. the xbox does not recognize the hdr, but the hdr works fine on my pc. i stepped up from a tl monitor, and the picture is amazing on the g7. i was not sure if i would like the curve, most monitors with a curve i have used in the past i did not care for, but the curve on the g7 is immersive and i am enjoying it. i have been very happy with the purchase.

5. Rated 5 out of 5

   Quinten Rodriguez (verified owner) – February 10, 2023

   Much crisper than the odyssey g5 counterpart, definitely worth 600 at time of purchase. No firmware update needed out of box.

6. Rated 5 out of 5

   Raegan Daugherty (verified owner) – February 9, 2023

   amazing screen. no matter what i’m using it for, image quality is as smooth as double-digit-aged whisk[e]y. only thing it is missing is usb-c port.

7. Rated 1 out of 5

   Mathew Lesch (verified owner) – February 9, 2023

   i had the monitor for 10 days and returned it. pros- picture quality was great, good contrast ratio made the colors look really vibrant. 240hz 1440p made games run super smooth cons- contrast ratio was no where near as advertised. its better than an ips monitor for sure but no where near what they said it was. the stand is gigantic for no reason. it takes up so much desk space the display flickers when you enable freesync/g sync. i tried this with an rx6700xt and a rtx 3070. used numerous hdmi cables and displayport cables. overall i really wanted to keep the monitor but the display flickering could be bad enough to trigger someone probe to seizures. it was on tbe newest fir ware update and i messed with every setting i could for 10 days before i got mad and returned it.

8. Rated 5 out of 5

   Diana Shanahan (verified owner) – February 8, 2023

   love this monitor , the response time is very accurate and is the fastes va pannel i have ever tested by miles . the colors are way better than my tn pannel looks amazing . the osb is very easy to use and very little adjustment needed for my liking the refresh rate is amazing even with a rtx 2080 ti cant get close to 240 on many games (waiting for 30 series) very high quality parts and build . the stand is quite large and i will use the included vasa mount instead so it fits on my desk . love this monitor not much bad to say . the leds on the front look nice but you cant see them when your in front of the unit . came with a dp cable and hdmi .