Samsung Electronics today announced the global debut of its all-new large-screen Odyssey G7 monitors at Gamescom 2025, the world's largest gaming event held in Cologne, Germany from Aug. 20th to Aug. 24th. Alongside the new G7 models, Samsung is also showcasing its growing glasses-free Odyssey 3D gaming ecosystem and new partnerships with major game publishers and developers and leading game studios.

"We are thrilled to unveil our latest products and new gaming partnerships at a world-leading event like Gamescom," said Hoon Chung, Executive Vice President and Head of Enterprise Business Team of the Visual Display (VD) Business at Samsung Electronics. "Our recent collaborations will deliver more authentic gameplay through optimized 3D effects tailored to each title. We will continue to lead the premium gaming monitor market by enhancing hardware performance and deepening game partnerships like these."

Normally Samsung has global launches of new products, but it seems like its Malaysian branch decided to go its own way and launch the Odyssey G7 G75F 37-inch 4K gaming monitor on its own. This appears to be a smaller and somewhat cheaper version of the 40-inch variant that is also about to launch, although both SKUs carry the same branding, which is a tad confusing. There are quite a few differences between the two, with the 37-inch G75F sporting a curved 1000R 16:9 VA panel with a resolution of 3,480 x 2,160 pixels and a maximum refresh rate of 165 Hz. The 40-inch version gets a 21:9 1000R VA panel with a 5,120 x 2,160 resolution and a higher max refresh rate of 180 Hz.

Common features include VESA DisplayHDR 600 support, an SDR brightness of 350 nits, a 3000:1 contrast ratio and a 1 ms response time. Both SKUs also have a single DisplayPort 1.4 and a pair of HDMI 2.1 ports, as well as a USB 3.2 Gen 1 two port USB hub and a headphone jack. AMD FreeSync Premium Pro is also part of the package, but there doesn't appear to be support for G-Sync compatibility. The stand is height, tilt and swivel adjustable. The 37-inch model has a list price of RM 4,399 or around US$1,030, but it's already for sale for RM 3,499 or around US$825. The 40-inch model is listed for US$1,200 at B&H Photo, but doesn't have a final launch date as yet.

Samsung Electronics today unveiled its 2025 Smart Monitor, Odyssey Gaming Monitor and ViewFinity Monitor lineups, all of which will be on display at Samsung's First Look at CES on January 5. The 2025 models raise the bar for monitors by bringing AI features, industry-first sizes in the OLED market and new form factors that ignite the passions of users worldwide—whether they're working, gaming or creating.

"With the new monitors in our industry-leading lineups, we're giving people more ways to explore the content and connections that they love in new ways," said Hoon Chung, Executive Vice President of Visual Display Business at Samsung Electronics. "Because of our new AI capabilities and size options, 2025 will see users across the world find the right monitor that fits them."

LG has released a behemoth of a new monitor that aims to deliver the same image quality as a standard 4K panel in a much, much wider package. The 38WK95C is a 37" monitor with a staggeringly wide 24:10 ratio, which delivers its 3840x1600 pixels in an ultrawide field of view that's sure to be a powerhouse of a working environment. There's even FreeSync support, as is the case for many LG monitors, so that users who want to try and catch some gaming can do so at a buttery-smooth frame rate - if they can find some games that get around the ultrawide aspect ratio and can actually play with no distracting graphical glitches, that is.

The panel is an IPS affair with 5 ms gray-to-gray response time and 75 Hz refresh rate - somewhat adequate to the resolution this monitor will be used at. LG does seem to be back at their misleading HDR badges, though, as they claim HDR10 support, despite the fact that brightness is set at a pretty low 300 cd/m² brightness. The bare minimum that AMD considers for an entry-level HDR-capable display is 400 nits of brightness, so LG seems to be merely quoting support for HDR inputs - there's likely no real HDR image quality enhancement at play here. The panel is being quoted as being 10 bit (8-bit+FRC) color capable. As for inputs, there are 1x HDMI 2.0, 1x DisplayPort 1.2 and 1x USB Type-C connectors; the monitor includes 2x 10 W speakers, a headphone jack and 2x USB 3.0 ports, and will enter the market at a $1,499 asking price.