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TechComputers & PCsMonitorsSamsung’s new gaming monitor is brilliant but bonkersSamsung’s Odyssey Ark is 55 inches of madness with 165Hz and a cockpit gaming modeWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Samsung’s Odyssey Ark is 55 inches of madness with 165Hz and a cockpit gaming mode
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
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We’ve been looking forward to this: after teasing us at the beginning of 2022,Samsungis now ready to ship its brilliant and bonkersOdyssey Arkdisplay. If you have the cash, the space and a suitably beefy gaming rig this could be thebest gaming monitormoney can buy.
The Ark isn’t like other monitors. For starters, it’s really curved – 1,000R, the same as a circle with a 1m radius. It’s a 55-inch, 4K mini-LED display with a 16:9 aspect ratio, 1,000,000:1 contrast and a peak brightness of 2,000 nits. There’s a 165Hz refresh rate with FreeSync Premium Pro support, and there’s built-in upscaling of non-4K games. There’s also a punchy sound system with six speakers and you can connect four different HDMI sources simultaneously for a multi-screen setup.
But the most interesting thing about it is a hinge.
(Image credit: Samsung)
(Image credit: Samsung)
Why cockpit mode is going to sell a lot of Odyssey Arks
What’s really different about the Samsung Odyssey Ark is its cockpit mode. Like some other monitors you can rotate it from landscape to portrait mode, but those other monitors don’t have that curvature.
What Samsung’s done here is to make the bottom half of the display pretty much vertical, with the curve going over your head. Hence the name, cockpit mode: it’s going to make flying and space sims feel incredible. And in landscape you can adjust the aspect ratio from the default 16:9 to various super-wide resolutions too.
I’d love one of these but it’s way beyond my budget: the price is expected to be $3,500. But if you’re looking for the ultimate in immersive gaming, this could well be it.
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