Samsung's massive 55-inch Odyssey Ark 4K OLED gaming monitor drops to $1,799
How big is too big?
The Samsung Odyssey Ark is a rather large and impressive gaming monitor. Not only is this thing the size of your average television, but it also features a large 1000R curved OLED screen to wrap around your peripheral vision and a novel mechanism that allows you to tilt the monitor into a 'cockpit' mode for a different way to view your games and media.
Available at Amazon, Samsung's 55-inch Odyssey Arc (2nd Gen) is on sale for $1,79 a much-improved price from its original $3000 MSRP. it's not the lowest-ever price this monitor has been on Amazon but it's very close. Being the second generation iteration of the Odyssey Ark, this monitor has improved on the original with improved features.
The Odyssey Ark sports a 1000R curve, a large 55-inch Quantom Mini-LED panel, and a 4K resolution, with the ability to rotate the screen vertically into a unique cockpit mode. To enhance your experience further this screen comes with an impressive sound setup, with speakers set in the corners of the monitor and built-in sub-woofers to create a spacial surround sound experience.
Samsung Odyssey Ark 2nd Gen 55-inch 4K Curved Gaming Monitor: now $1,799 at Amazon (was $2,999)
This giant 55-inch curved gaming screen from Samsung has an impressive 4K resolution and a superfast 165Hz refresh rate with a rapid 1ms response time (GTG). The Quantum Mini-LED panel can also flip vertically for some interesting viewing applications and comes with a feature-rich remote control to help navigate the expansive OSD.
The second-generation Arc includes a clever remote control for navigating the On-Screen-Display (OSD) and Samsung gaming hub. You can plug multiple device displays into a single hub so that you can simultaneously display and control multiple input sources all at once on the Odyssey's screen.
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Jabberwocky79 How big is too big, the article asks? After seeing the Ark in person, I would have to say that it IS too big. I was shopping for a big monitor, but I also had to consider pixel density since I work with text all day long.Reply
I'm excited for the new LG bendable OLED... 45" 5K I believe? Can't wait for that to become affordable. -
Amdlova (Available at Amazon, Samsung's 55-inch Odyssey Arc (2nd Gen) is on sale for $1,79 a much)Reply
Miss some zeros =] -
oofdragon At 55" it's a TV, not a monitor, not even if it's curved. We all know curved TVs were a thing a few years ago btw. A monitor is a screen you sit usually an arm of a distance (80cm) set behind your keyboard and at that distance 40" is the maximum size a pixel is invisible to a 20/20 eyesight at 4K resolution, let's round it to 42" or 48" depending on your arm size lol, also 40" doesn't exist. I don't know why companies decided 32" is the good size for 4K when it's not, it's 40" really. So anyway.. anything over 42" may universally be declared as too big for a monitor then, except 48" if you sit a little behind just like you do with a 24" Full hd which is also the limit for that given resolution. TVs on the other hand are set at double arm distance min (1.60m) and at that length it only gets too big over 80" if it's 4K. Funny to think though that a 48" Full HD is exactly the same as a 48" 4K if you sit more than 1.60 away from it.Reply
20/20 vision at 80cm equals 20" for 1080p, 27" for 1440p and 40" for 4K. If you multiple the distance you multiply the screen size the exact same value. So if there was a 55" 1440p TV at 1.60m it would be indistinguishable from a 55" 4K TV because at 20/20 that's the max resolution you can see. Another fun fact.. if you google "most immersive FOV", for that "cinematic" experience it's said that around 40° is the magic number, which is exactly a 27" FOV at 80cm. So not only 27" 1440p is the only monitor that perfectly matches pixel density for it's size compared to a perfect vision but it's also the only that perfectly matches most immersive FOV for watching content. At 40" and 80cm you have the exact pixel density but the FOV is way higher at 60°.. that may feel nauseous for some people, but with a monitor at this size you can set the resolution to 21:9 or even wider to decrease the FOV or you can also simply sit a bit behind, like let's say 1.2m which would bring the FOV down back to 40°, and that of course only as a hard measure if the game doesn't have a FOV slider or you decide to watch a movie. At 55" a 1440p resolution would match pixel density and 40° FOV at 1.60m, wonder why we don't have this resolution for TVs -
beyondlogic ReplyAdmin said:Samsung's massive 55-inch Odyssey Ark 4K OLED gaming monitor drops to $1,799.
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you buy this and get 2 stuck pixels your screwed lol. god damn it. -
rluker5 How big is too big? If you can't see the edges without moving your head that is too big IMO. It is ok if you have to move your eyes because looking is easy and natural. This monitor would do a good job of matching the fov my glasses provide while at arms length so it seems just about right.Reply
Also this costs less than the 58" 4k I picked up in 2014.
Also I would recommend an articulated extension wall mount for this thing to be able to better adjust it for your comfort.