SAMSUNG57" Odyssey Neo G9 Series Dual 4K UHD 1000R Curved Gaming Monitor, 240Hz, 1ms with DisplayPort 2.1, Quantum Mini-LED, DisplayHDR 1000, AMD FreeSync Premium Pro, LS57CG952NNXZA, 2023

**purchased for $1900 with my own money** (maybe a double flash sale, $2000 on sale for December, additional $100 off for a few hours one day)So I've used this monitor for about a week, 12-16 hours a day (work during the day and online MBA school at night). Here are my initial thoughts.1. HDMI was very buggy. When the monitor went to sleep, it would try a few times to wake up. Then, it eventually crashed (rebooted) my M2 Ultra Mac Studio (a great machine).Switching to a DisplayPort from the USB-C port (back of Mac) has been flawless. (I was hoping to get that port back by using the HDMI, but my previous setup took two USB-C ports, so it's still a net win of one port for me.The screen itself is bright and clear (what you would expect) no dead pixels, artifacts, or flaws of any kind. For work and school, 120Hz is more than good enough, as I didn't see a difference when I switched to 240hz.2. The curve works great about two feet from my face. Since it's on a desk against the wall, it goes out a little further than the previous setup, it was doable, and I got back some desk space undernead having one base instead of two previously. The "wrap" around my field of view is definitely worth the extra space but see the next point.3. The rear lighting and futuristic design were useless since they were against the wall. There's some extra bulk back there that could have been saved (and money) and made the profile slimmer had they not built all that.4. I don't play games much, but Angry Birds was great. Getting the whole screen to show the entire landscape without having to scroll around horizontally was nice. Any side-scrolling games would benefit, assuming they programmed the game to use the extra space.5. I would have liked them to integrate booming loudspeakers (like the other Samsung gaming monitors) so I don't have to use external speakers.6. Also, for this price range, I would have liked to have a high-quality built-in 4K WebCam (even snap-on in the back, but still included) and mic for Zoom calls as well so I can work with two fewer peripherals on the desk.7. Using the Mac Spaces feature, I can have three windows per space and one space per activity (work, school, reading, file management, photos, etc. It's a game-changer, for sure. All without a fat bezel in between the middle of the screen. (If Mac fixed the full-screen function to allow for three full-screen apps instead of two, that would be even better) Multi-page docs or wide spreadsheets are a huge benefactor of this super wide screen.Overall, this was a great purchase for me. I last bought monitors when the Dell 4K ultrashare UP3216Q came out (8 years ago, and they still work great, BTW) and spent $2000 each, so paying $1900 for this monitor was a great deal.

My old widescreen crapped out so I needed another one. My old one started flickering AFTER black Friday and Cyber Monday... So turns out it was still on sale for the same price. This monitor is huge and amazing. I use it for work mostly with my laptop (which does do the full resolution though the hdmi. I use the PIP with KVM to show on screen my personal PC for youtube or looking up stuff NOT on my work PC. I tried it some with my gaming PC from Lenovo i9 RTX 4080 Super and I would get about 180 FPS in COD with medium settings. I use Zorin OS (Linux) for my personal PC and it's also an i9 3090 and it also does the full resolution and works GREAT!The monitor: It is huge. Picture is best I have seen and near oled quality. I like the simple controls and easy setup. I got a desk arm ULTRARM MA20P-S and it works great. I was a bit worried it would not hold it up, but this arm is great quality. The stand for the 57 is nice but the legs are so long... I almost kept it on the stand it came with but figured I would try the arm and it works great. For 1600 you can't go wrong with this monitor.Side note: It does take some time to get used to, even coming from another ultrawide. Figuring out where to put things on the screen and how to layout for best work use. But all in all, I love it. Using the PIP for my personal PC saves me another monitor, however I do still need to use one other monitor because I always leave teams and outlook up on the side. I would buy this one again, without blinking. Hope this helps.

Expensive?Yes, but it's also the best monitor you can get and that you will need until some 4D future "display".Why best monitor?Perfect size. bigger will NOT be better. This is maximum in width and perfect vertical size you will ever want.Resolution?Finally crispy txt, no compromise, maximum resolution that you will ever want, more pixel will NOT look any better than this.Refresh rate?240hz, more than you need, everything above 120hz is done deal.Display?Its a micro led screen, closest to OLED without having to think every time you use a monitor if that taskbar is going to burn in. Too many zones to notice any blooming.Immersion?Again, Samsung gave you maximum there too, 1000R. This is it. All in one, all the best monitor and it performs just like that, I love it.So why 4 stars then?Because... Samsung. I don't understand the top management not firing weak people that dont see the big picture. Such a big monster monitor, it will take all the space on the table and more, you will not be able to have a tower next to it... yet again somehow someone thought shipping SHORTEST dp cable ever would be totally ok, to be expected for a monster $2500 monitor. It's a 3ft cable! 3ft! You preorder a $2500 monitor, get excited, wait for it.... get it and you will NOT be able to set it up that day. You have to spend another $30 for a cable and wait more so you can finally set it up the way you like it, meaning without a desktop tower sitting on the monitor so cable reaches it. Such a cheap way to take away customer satisfaction which is so important nowdays as products become more and more similar and overall experience is the only thing to make yourself stand out.EDIT:Still great monitor if it was not Samsung. This brand is seriously losing it on QC. When you turn the monitor on, it makes popping sound. Imagine those old mechanical clocks you hate... well now you have one built in I guess. It pops every few seconds and it's so annoying every time it pops you think about $2500 you spent on it. And yes, returned it, bought one from Samsung.com so they get the hit if they send me another annoying one. The new batch is coming at the end of December, hopefully its because they are woking on the issues.