Prime Day steal: Samsung’s 49-inch curved QLED gaming monitors are a bargain
If you are a PC gamer, prepare to drool.
Over the last few years, Samsung has made a number of QLED super-ultrawide monitors with 49-inch screens and a 32:9 aspect ratio. These deliver awesomely immersive gaming experiences that’ll blow your socks off.
They also deliver “purer, brighter, and more life like colours”, thanks to HDR tech and a fast refresh rate.
These screens normally cost over a grand, but for Amazon Prime Day there are some discounts worth looking at that turn these awesome gaming monitors into hard-to-resist bargains.
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Samsung Odyssey G9
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The current flagship of Samsung’s Super Ultra Wide line-up, the Odyssey G9 is a serious powerhouse. It boasts a 49-inch QLED panel with 240hz refresh rate, 1ms response time, 5120 x 1440 pixel display over 32:9 aspect ratio and all manner of other goodness.
It’s not cheap, but it is discounted with £90 knocked off the price tag making it a real temptation.
Samsung CRG9 Super UItra Wide Gaming monitor
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The previous flagship in this range is the Samsung CRG9. A much more affordable screen with some really nice highlights. This is a real beast of a gaming display that’s now nicely discounted. It features a Super Ultra Wide Dual WQHD display with 5120 x 1440 resolution, 120Hz, Freesync, Gsync Compatibility and HDR 1000. Some serious specs that result in a really immersive view that lets you lose yourself in whatever game you’re playing.
In the UK, for Prime Day it’s £300 less than normal at £795. In the US it’s 40% off its usual selling price making it $899.99.
Granted wherever you come from, that’s still a lot of money, but if you love to game on a PC or know someone who does, look no further. It’s built for speed, with quantum dot technology and advanced motion blur reduction tech via VA panels and 1ms motion picture response time.
