This monitor was everything I expected from a brand like Samsung. I highly recommend it for anything from gaming to graphic design, but it is important that you fully understand what you’re getting with this monitor.
Packaging:
The packaging was great, despite the box having a decent bit of damage from shipping, nothing inside was even remotely damaged thanks to the thick cardboard box and fairly hefty styrofoam it comes in.
Build:
The panel I received was flawless, it didn’t have a single dead pixel or scratch. The overall build quality is very good, the bezels are a little large for a fairly high-end monitor but they aren’t at all intrusive and they don’t seem out of place due to the overall size of the (32”) monitor. I also really appreciate that the bezels are matte and not glossy which stops them from holding onto fingerprints, unlike many other monitors I have owned. The stand is strong and feels good to adjust and move. The stand is also very adjustable and the only thing which is a little annoying about it is that it lets the monitor wiggle a bit when you jostle the desk. The stand also takes up a lot of space compared to any other monitor stand I have used before. Because of the area behind the monitor taken up by the stand I recommend planning on having roughly a foot to fourteen inches of open desk space behind where you want the panel to be, or else you will end up with the monitor a bit too close for comfort.
Panel:
The panel is hands down the best part of the monitor, and is easily my personal favorite out of any I have owned. It has top end brightness that will have you going blind at an early age if you’re too close (which I promise is a good thing), mixed with those deep blacks of HDR allow its signature contrast to stand out despite not being the best out there. Color is beautiful, coming with great accuracy out of the box and a very wide color gamut, though a bit of tinkering in the settings is required to tune the presets to better fit your use. The 32” panel has been reported to use backlight strobing which although imperceptible, does tend to cause eye strain to those who are particularly sensitive to it. I personally did not experience any eye strain from the backlight strobing. The major caveat to this monitor is that you can’t use HDR with the 1ms response mode. I really didn’t care about that at all and knew it before I purchased the monitor. I use HDR and freesync (which now works with most new Nvidia cards but double check yours) and the response times are completely fine, usually closer to 2-5ms.
Hardware:
It is essential that your PC can consistently push at least 120 FPS or this monitor will have all kinds of issues, such as visible flickering caused by freesync. Don’t even go close to this thing with an HDMI cable.
Conclusion:
This monitor is great, if it fits your use case and personal preference. It gets so much right that it’s easier to just mention the potential issues: watch out for the space requirement with the stand and make sure that the PC you’re using is capable of sufficiently powering this monitor and it should serve you well.
| Standing screen display size | 31.5 Inches |
|---|---|
| Screen Resolution | 2560x1440 |
| Max Screen Resolution | 2560 x 1440 Pixels |
