I am very happy with the purchase and it's worth the money when it's well under a thousand. I wanted something bigger and higher res for playing games on plus general internet and streaming. This does that great. The color isn't as accurate as on my previous LG IPS monitor, but sitting side by side I can get it fairly close. Plenty good for gaming and movies. I use the included display port cable and have not seen any flickering on an AMD gpu and Linux. You will need a beefy video card to push this many pixels in games.
Picture is not great out of the box. I use Custom: Brightness 40, Contrast 32, Sharpness 15, Color 30, Tint R2, Local Dim high, Contrast Enhance off, Color Tone warm 1, White Balance (-1 r, -2 b), Gamma 2, Shadow Detail 0, Color Space native for Picture looks great. FreeSync on, Black Equalizer 0 on the Game tab. I could maybe get it slightly closer by further tweaking the white balance, but it is close enough to the accurate 34UC88 beside it for me to not bother. I'm happy with it.
The cons: I do think the 1000r curvature radius is too steep. I would much rather see it with the 1900r radius of the LG beside it, but that's not how they made it. The viewing angle could also be better, but I think that is partly a result of the curve as well. There is some noticeable backlight bleed on a completely black screen when you look for it, but I can't say I even notice it in a dark game like BG3.
Considering it can usually be found under 1000, I think it's worth it. The further under the better. For over it, I think I would try to find something with oled or a flatter curve.
D Westover · 2026-03-12 · via amazon
★★★★★Great 5k2k monitor
I had been looking for a new monitor for awhile and had been researching for a new one. I decided I wanted a high quality display, but burn in was a fear I was having for alot of the new OLED monitors since I do a good amount of office work/internet browsing in addition to some gaming. Thats why when I saw this monitor go on sale I jumped onboard. I have been nothing but happy with this purchase as I get the wide screen experience, but still get the height I need for my office work. Much cheaper than the LG and Dell options, yes I know it is a VA panel, but as the monitor sits directly in front of me at my desk I have NO issues with viewing angles or anything like that. A great monitor overall and if you can get it on sale it is a NO BRAINER to purchase. Picture quality is great, screen is bright enough for my office and everything is functioning as I would expect. My 4080 video card truely allows this monitor to shine. Highly recommend for those of you who dont want to risk the burn in of OLED or avoid the high prices of the OLED screens. Obviously those other monitors may have better blacks and brightness, but for the price you won't be disappointed. I will admit, that like most Samsung monitors/TVs, you do need to do some adjustments to get a more accurate color, but that little bit of work is well worth it.
Anthony J. Rios · 2025-12-01 · via amazon
★★★★★Best Monitor!
I would love to spend the time to write all the reasons I love this monitor as well as give the best details on it.
Quality: Super solid. The only thing with quality I would improve is the base. It’s just ugly and awkward. Samsung, I know you can do better.
Value: On sale, awesome. MSRP is high.
Brightness is perfect for what I need.
It performs super well for the 4 computers I have hooked up to it.
HDR is a bit weird and I will need to look into that more but I don’t need it for my day-to-day.
Jeremy C. Ziegler · 2026-02-05 · via amazon
★★★★★High quality monitor
These are initial impressions after a few hours of use: picture and build quality are great. Bright and colorful. Text and images are crystal clear. Backlighting appears pretty even. Size is perfect for me coming from a 32" 4K monitor. Smaller widescreen monitors felt like they had been squashed vertically but this feels like I gained real estate. Hooked up with DisplayPort; no problems. Menus are easy to navigate and logical. Box was a bit awkward to handle but the monitor is pretty light - I could easily assemble and move it without help. Powertoys recommended to control the placement of windows. Gaming with an rtx 4090 and no problems driving this resolution.
