Samsung announced its giant “Odyssey Ark” curved gaming monitor at CES 2022. It comes with a 55-inch 4K panel and a massive 1000R curvature.
At CES 2022, Samsung announced its giant “Odyssey Ark” curved gaming monitor with a 55-inch 4K panel and massive 1000R curvature. Curved gaming monitors have grown in popularity over the past few years, and Samsung has already launched several smaller ones before releasing the new device.
One of the main reasons for the growing popularity of curved gaming monitors is that they’re designed to immerse gamers in content by taking up most of their field of view, helping them become one with the game. ‘action. Samsung, however, doesn’t view the Odyssey Ark solely as a gaming monitor, as it has some neat tricks that aim squarely at multitasking.
The Odyssey Ark features a 55-inch 4K mini quantum LED display with 1000R curvature. The device offers a 1ms response time and a 165Hz refresh rate. It also has a standard 16:9 aspect ratio rather than 21:9 which most monitors have. ultra-wide market. This is good news for console gamers, as neither the PS5 nor the Xbox Series X officially support ultrawide monitors. One of the main features of the new monitor is that it can be flipped to a vertical orientation by flipping it 90 degrees to the side, although the curvature might make it a little impractical for any real-life use in portrait mode.
Samsung Odyssey Ark price and availability
For more on the Odyssey Ark, it will have a height-adjustable stand, as well as swivel and tilt functionality (in addition to other gamer-oriented design elements). It will also have a wireless dial controller to manage lighting and interface. For gaming enthusiasts worried about scaling, Samsung has created the so-called “Multiview options” which it claims will allow users to adjust the Odyssey Ark to a fully adaptable screen size. To further emphasize its gaming strengths, the monitor is also rumored to feature lighting hardware, although details on that are still hazy at this time.
Samsung has yet to announce a concrete release date for the monitor, but it is said to arrive later in 2022. Pricing also remains a mystery, but one would imagine that Samsung will announce all of this information when the Odyssey Ark will finally be launched. However, based on the prices of some of the available curved monitors already available, it’s safe to say that the Odyssey Ark won’t be exactly affordable. For reference, Samsung Its own 49-inch Odyssey G9 curved gaming monitor launched for a whopping $2,500 last year, and it underperforms the Ark. In other words, if you want the Odyssey Ark to be your next monitor, you better start saving now.
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