Samsung bets huge on OLED and gaming with its 2025 monitor lineup

Only a few days after LG introduced its CES 2025 lineup of screens, Samsung is doing the identical. The corporate simply launched a number of new fashions, and maybe essentially the most spectacular amongst them is the Odyssey OLED G81SF. It’s a 27-inch 4K monitor with a most refresh price of 240Hz, 0.03ms response time, a glare-free show, and rear-core lighting with 52 shade choices. Samsung can be together with a variety of burn-in safety measures to make sure that the Odyssey G81SF’s display screen appears pristine for years to come back. The G8 is more likely to be utilizing the most recent and best OLED panel from Samsung Show.

Subsequent up is the Odyssey OLED G60SF — additionally a 27-inch OLED monitor — with a QHD decision and a powerful 500Hz refresh price that Samsung says successfully “eliminates lag and movement blur for ultra-smooth gameplay throughout important moments.”

In 2025, Samsung can be lastly transport the Odyssey 3D monitor it first teased not less than yr’s CES. It allows you to expertise 3D visuals with out any particular glasses through the use of a lenticular lens on the entrance panel. “Eye monitoring screens the motion of each eyes utilizing a built-in stereo digital camera, whereas view mapping constantly adjusts the picture to reinforce depth notion,” Samsung mentioned in its press launch. The Odyssey 3D solely is available in a 27-inch 4K dimension; the bigger 37-inch show talked about final yr has apparently been scrapped. The corporate says it gives “a fast 1ms gray-to-gray response time, and a 165Hz refresh price.”

That does it for the gaming-focused screens, however Samsung can be saying two others which might be extra centered on on a regular basis productiveness. The SmartMonitor sequence is lastly going OLED with the brand new Good Monitor M9. And this yr, Samsung is throwing in a ton of AI capabilities together with AI Image Optimizer. Like on its TVs, this characteristic “analyzes enter alerts to find out the kind of content material being seen — corresponding to gaming, video, or productiveness purposes — and routinely alter the show settings for the most effective visible expertise.” This additionally works for gaming and might detect the style of what you’re enjoying.

AI Upscaling Professional could make lower-res content material look crisper on the M9’s 4K decision, and the monitor has a most refresh price of 165Hz. That’s a important improve from the M8, which topped out at 60Hz. Samsung says shifting to OLED additionally permits for a brand new “ultra-slim” design for the Good Monitor M9 that ought to take up significantly much less desk area.

The final monitor being introduced (not less than for at this time) is the one non-OLED mannequin of the bunch. The brand new 37-inch ViewFinity S8 has a 16:9 side ratio, a built-in KVM swap, 90W USB-C passthrough charging, and covers 99 % of the sRGB shade gamut. Peak brightness for this 4K show tops out at 350 nits, which needs to be completely appropriate for something you’ll be doing at a desk.

Pricing and launch dates are nonetheless to come back, however The Verge will probably be in Las Vegas for CES 2025 in a matter of days. So that you received’t have to attend for much longer for some first-hand impressions of Samsung’s new screens.