Gaming Monitor
Samsung Odyssey OLED G8 34-inch Ultrawide Monitor
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Films are shot at roughly this shape. A 21:9 panel is close enough to the cinema aspect ratio that most of what you watch fills the glass instead of sitting between two black bars, and on an OLED those bars would not be black bars anyway — the picture simply ends. Cinematic games behave the same way. If the machine is used for story games and for watching things as much as for playing them, this is the screen that shape was made for.
Key Specs
Size — 34-inch curved ultrawide
Resolution — 3440 x 1440 (21:9)
Panel — QD-OLED
Refresh rate — 175Hz
Response — 0.03ms GtG
Best for — Film, story games and cinematic play
Warranty — Manufacturer warranty including burn-in cover
What It Pairs With
A room you can control the light in, because contrast is the whole reason to buy this panel and sunlight on the glass undoes it. It needs roughly 80cm of desk width and a graphics card comfortable at 3440 x 1440, which is a good deal less demanding than 4K. Pair it with a decent set of speakers or headphones; a screen bought partly for film deserves sound that keeps up with it.
Who This Isn’t For
A player whose week is competitive shooters. Some of them letterbox 21:9 back to 16:9, and a few anti-cheat systems clamp the wider field of view deliberately, so you would be paying for width the game refuses to use. A bright room with a window behind the desk is the other poor fit, since full-screen brightness is where any OLED gives ground. Tell us the games and the room and we will say whether the shape earns its place.
Common Questions
Will films really fill the screen?
Most cinema releases are close to 21:9, so they come very near to filling it. Television and streaming series are usually 16:9 and will sit with bars at the sides. On an OLED those areas are simply unlit, so they are far less distracting than on a backlit panel.
Do games support 21:9?
Most single-player and story games do, and have for years. Send us the list of what you play and we will check each one before you order rather than leave you to find out afterwards.
Is 175Hz enough?
For the games this panel suits, comfortably. Story and cinematic titles are demanding on the graphics card rather than on the refresh rate, and 3440 x 1440 at high settings will occupy most cards long before 175 frames become the limit.
Send us your desk width, your graphics card and what you watch and play, and we will confirm the fit before you order. Exact model confirmed at time of quote.