It’s better thought of as a really punchy SDR panel and, indeed, in our testing that’s how it performs best, including comparing games with lots of darker scenes that support HDR, like Metro Exodus, in both SDR and HDR modes. Whatever, this is not a true HDR display. It’s such a kludgy, half-arsed solution, the G7 would arguably be better off with a single fixed backlight. But there are just eight edge-lit vertical zones. As implied by the DisplayHDR 600 certification, the backlight supports local dimming. Technically, the main shortcoming involves HDR support. Factor in buttery smooth 240Hz refresh and adaptive sync and, well, this is one heck of a gaming panel. But with that you also get the much better contrast and black levels of VA. At a glance, you’d be hard pressed to distinguish it from a very good IPS panel when it comes to colour balance. The 1000R curve of the Samsung Odyssey G7 C27G7 is pretty extreme (Image credit: Samsung)įor general feel and accuracy, the G7 is fantastic, too. Anyway, even 100W isn’t nearly enough for a high performance gaming laptop. Although USB-C power delivery maxes out at a theoretical 100W, the most we’ve seen a monitor supply is 65W. But with the gaming remit, it probably makes sense. The latter is arguably a conspicuous omission, especially given the lofty price point. Inputs-wise, you’re looking at HDMI and DisplayPort but not USB-C. This product is horrible even if the quality picture is good, first you have 1/3 chance to get this monitor without dead/stuck pixels and secondly, the 1009.3 firmware (that fixed flickering issue) has another problem : 'Scanlines' : horizontal lines appear on the entire screen. Rounding out the main image-quality related features, the VA panel is good for a claimed 2,500-to-one contrast and Samsung has integrated both a low input lag mode and user-configurable overdrive including a motion-blur reduction mode. The HDR capabilities include a peak brightness of 600 nits and up to 95 per cent coverage of the DCI-P3 gamut. The G7 is also VESA DisplayHDR 600 certified with local backlight dimming, more on which in a moment. Dont get me wrong I think it is amazing panel (amazing specs) if it works, however for this price you shouldnt say if it works it should just work.Other - G-Sync Compatible, FreeSync Premium, 2x USB 3.0 hub My first unit was made in May (N5) came with firmware 1002 the others were all made in June (N6) these came with firmware 1003 - 1004. Last thing I can remeber is uniformity, some panels had left side reddish and right side blueish. It is currently being RMAed (its has been 32days af of today still no info), this whole process wasted me 52days (20days replacing 32RMA) and yet I still dont have good working G7. Around week or so before it died, it started to have permanent scanlines on right side, but not on the left side (here you can see how it looked ). Really good image, however the screen flickers a little bit sometimes and with 1 year I already have 1 dead pixel, I dont bother, but this is pretty sad. This brings me to my 7th unit which was pixel perfect, however around month of owning it, it died. Then there are scanlines some which will turn your whole screen into scanlines under some paterns/inversion test, 7th had permanent scanlines this might or might not indicate that the screen may die. Some of them also have coilwhine 7th had really loud coilwhine which actually amplified under certain conditions, 2 other had it but you could only hear it if you put your ear at the back of the monitor the on other 4 I couldnt hear it. From what I remember 2 out of 7 had really weird blueish type blb which was really annoying and noticable most of the time, 3 had average type blb (classic whiteish) and 2 had minimal. I had 7 G7s 6 in row with pixel defects so when you get one be sure to check for dust/dirt/hair or dead pixels on the panel.
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