Samsung presents the C34G55T: 1,000R curved UWQHD monitor with 165 Hz

Source: Hardware Luxx added 25th Nov 2020

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On the latest Samsung C 34 G 55 T-Odyssey family member is a 34 – inch ultrawide display with a curvature radius of 1, which is known and characteristic of the Odyssey series. 000 R, a UWQHD resolution of 3. 440 x 1. 440 Pixels in 21: 9 format and a refresh rate (overclocked) of 165 Hz.

On the Odyssey monitor scale below the G7 and G9 series, the 34 – Zöller a contrast of 2. 500: 1, a brightness of 250 cd / m² and a response time of 1 ms offer. Since the manufacturer does not yet provide any specific information on the specified response time, it is assumed that this is only the MPRT specification (Moving Picture Response Time), which has nothing in common with the actually more important gray change value. The HDR 10 display, which is only FreeSync Premium certified because of its low brightness value of 250 cd / m², should be used in Its connectivity has a minimum of ports.

Potential buyers have to be satisfied with DisplayPort 1.4, an HDMI 2.0 port and a 3.5 mm audio out. Features such as Quantum Dot Color or the picture-by-picture function are reserved for the G7 and G9 series, and the depth of color also suffers somewhat compared to the larger models. This is 8 bits instead of 10 bits per RGB channel, but gaming features such as low input lag mode, black equalizer or low blue light mode should be added belong to the standards.

According to the manufacturer, height adjustment is not possible; with the built-in stand, the 5.2 kg heavy device can only be tilted a few degrees up and down. For everything beyond that one should use the implemented 100 x 100 mm VESA recording.

When exactly the monitor will be available on the German market is not yet known, some online retailers are already listing the device with an unknown delivery time from around 520 euros.