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5.0 out of 5 starsCRISP, CLEAN, 4K
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2024
I am near engulfed into the Samsung ecosystem (Phone, TV, my main monitor all Samsung) so I am happy to write this review and confirm Samsung did great with this one. There are a lot of features, it is a smart monitor after all, with all the necessities right in it.
Setup:
It came with everything I needed, power, usbc, hdmi, some other miscellaneous cables and the remote. Since I have a Samsung phone I was easily able to set up the monitor with that and tie it to my Samsung account. It automatically connected to my wifi through phone setup and I am able to control the monitor with my phone as well as the (awesome solar powered) remote control. It gives you two other options to setup which I'm sure are simple as well. It easily mounted on my existing VIVO monitor mount too. It also has a camera that clips super easily to the top and THANKFULLY comes with a privacy blocker on it, great looking camera too.
Features:
It's got a whole app store you can go through, which I've used on my TV and can say it works as it should with a wide variety of apps. Even the fitness apps are great! I enjoy putting on the Samsung TV Plus app where it's basically free cable, a lot of older shows are on there but my partner and I have watched hours and hours of Kitchen Nightmares and Hell's Kitchen, etc haha. I personally don't use streaming services on this but glad it has all the major players included, especially with the Gaming hub where you can connect your Xbox Game Pass, Luna, GeForce account and do the streaming straight to it without any console (or computer for that matter). That is a game changer as this is an expensive monitor, but being able to connect your controller to it and stream full games means this is basically a console in itself. Even has built in speakers too!
4k is very crisp on this, great colors and brightness gets very high and are very customizable to your exact taste (my pic doesn't even do it justice). It has a game mode where you can add a virtual crosshair, change response times, HDR, etc. It's worth mentioning that the refresh rate is 60HZ so if you are an ultra competitive twitch shooter gamer (ie Counter Strike, Valorant) you may want something with a higher refresh rate, I come from a 200hz so it's definitely noticeable but perfectly sufficient for most people. If you like cinematic single player games, nice looking coop games, or are an avid 4k movie enjoyer then this is great for you (just be sure you have a good machine if you are running intensive games at 4k). Everything looks so amazing on here. Pro tip: Get some animated 4k wallpapers on Wallpaper Engine and you'll be blow away.
Overall:
I am extremely happy with this monitor. While it is expensive, it looks, runs, and performs great and as expected! I like that it has enough features that you can get a lot of use out of it even without a PC or other device attached to it. If you're looking for a high end monitor to pair with your PC or console, this is a great choice and I would easily recommend it!