Samsung stops selling giant Odyssey G9 gaming monitor due to manufacturing defect

[sgteaglefort]

Summary

Samsung will supposedly stop selling Odyssey G9.

 

Quotes From PHONEMANTRA

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 Some Reddit users have complained about the unavailability of the new Samsung Odyssey G9 Ultra Wide 49-inch Curved Gaming Monitor. Recall that for the Russian market, the manufacturer rated this model at 109,990 rubles. Some Western retailers announced a delay in the delivery of new items, others completely suspended its implementation. As it turned out, the reason for this is a manufacturing defect.

 

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However, ComputerBase was still able to get a comment from Samsung representatives. They said that all Odyssey G9 monitors that have already been ordered but have not yet been handed over to end-users should be subjected to additional quality checks, and delays in deliveries are expected. “To ensure optimal performance for Samsung Odyssey G9 monitors, Samsung has improved the manufacturing process for assembling them. All buyers ordered the monitors, which have not yet been delivered, starting from July 15, will undergo new quality control, which may affect the delay of delivery “ – said in a statement the company.

 

My thoughts

 I haven't been able to find a solid article on the one defect of this monitor. Looking through a few reviews I saw a range of issues from, "dead areas of the screen" to "the LED back light not working" and "the back panel separating from the front".

 

Reddit also has an image of notice from micro center saying Samsung recommends the product not be released for sale. If that is true, then I am happy to see a company doing something beside releasing a product and waiting for the RMA's to stack up and make the user deal with this.

 

I don't know if LMG staff know about this, and that is why we haven't seen a review of G9 outside of short circuit. 

 

BHphotovideo has this listed as shipping FRI Jan 1, 2021 and only available for pre-order.

 

Sources

 https://phonemantra.com/samsung-stops-selling-giant-odyssey-g9-gaming-monitor-due-to-manufacturing-defect/

 

https://www.computerbase.de/2020-07/samsung-odyssey-g9-gaming-monitor-problem/

 

 

[schwellmo92]

The most concerning thing about your post is that I found out ultrawide people think they’re a masterrace 

[sgteaglefort]

1 minute ago, schwellmo92 said:

The most concerning thing about your post is that I found out ultrawide people think they’re a masterrace 

Awww come on, always a few in every group right?

[wamred]

The funny thing about this is the fact that I just watched a MKBHD video of him displaying this monitor.

[SansVarnic]

1 hour ago, schwellmo92 said:

The most concerning thing about your post is that I found out ultrawide people think they’re a masterrace 

How is 60inches not?

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[SpaceGhostC2C]

1 hour ago, schwellmo92 said:

The most concerning thing about your post is that I found out ultrawide people think they’re a masterrace 

Salute your new overlords:

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1 hour ago, sgteaglefort said:

If that is true, then I am happy to see a company doing something beside releasing a product and waiting for the RMA's to stack up and make the user deal with this.

 

 

Can't help to have this play in my mind, every single time  

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[Dabombinable]

3 hours ago, schwellmo92 said:

The most concerning thing about your post is that I found out ultrawide people think they’re a masterrace 

Dual screens FTW (confuses the hell out of people in Discord).

[Doobeedoo]

Can Samsung release something that doesn't use VA though? 

[Guest]

14 hours ago, SansVarnic said:

How is 60inches not?

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That tubby guy in the middle is eyeing up your chips like nothing else.

[pythonmegapixel]

49 inches? That's TV size! Didn't know monitors went up that high!

[cj09beira]

7 hours ago, Doobeedoo said:

Can Samsung release something that doesn't use VA though? 

you dont like Va?, it seems like one of the best base techs, it has much better blacks than the others which is a great plus, and colors are pretty good

[Doobeedoo]

26 minutes ago, cj09beira said:

you dont like Va?, it seems like one of the best base techs, it has much better blacks than the others which is a great plus, and colors are pretty good

It's worse than IPS in color and it's slower than TN and even IPS too. Blacks are still a far cry from actual OLED so it's whatever.

[Trik'Stari]

18 hours ago, schwellmo92 said:

The most concerning thing about your post is that I found out ultrawide people think they’re a masterrace 

*Laughs in Triple Monitor*

[Doobeedoo]

6 minutes ago, valdyrgramr said:

Not always true.  Your primary difference between VA and IPS is viewing angles.   Color and speeds vary on the monitor themselves.  You can get a VA up to 240hz and 1ms.

Nope, IPS has better color than VA and yes there are 240Hz of both, but that and 1ms don't mean anything. Thing is VA is the slowest and can't really keep up for 240Hz more blur will be present.

[Doobeedoo]

22 minutes ago, valdyrgramr said:

Again, depends on the models.   Not every VA panel has blur that will be noticable, or is worse than every TN and IPS.   Not every IPS panel has better colors than every VA.

Every LCD has blur though, the fastest 240Hz panels that are TN and now IPS are faster than VA period. They have faster transitions. Obviously cheap IPS monitor will have off color than higher end VA but still, it's IPS tech though. It's all LCDs anyway, a lot of limitations in speed and color, contrast.

[cj09beira]

14 hours ago, Doobeedoo said:

It's worse than IPS in color and it's slower than TN and even IPS too. Blacks are still a far cry from actual OLED so it's whatever.

 

11 hours ago, Doobeedoo said:

Every LCD has blur though, the fastest 240Hz panels that are TN and now IPS are faster than VA period. They have faster transitions. Obviously cheap IPS monitor will have off color than higher end VA but still, it's IPS tech though. It's all LCDs anyway, a lot of limitations in speed and color, contrast.

not always true hardware unboxed just looked at one VA panel that was faster than all ips they had tested, or at least faster than most, though not a perfect monitor as it had problems of backlight bleed probably due to its curve

[JZStudios]

On 7/18/2020 at 9:27 PM, SansVarnic said:

How is 60inches not?

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I'd honestly rather have the single monitor double wide just to remove the bezels and use ALL of the screen instead of portions. And the smooth curve. At least until they make a triple wide monitor.

But your picture really reminds me that I need to get a much taller center post for my stand so I'm not looking down at them or leaning back.

[Doobeedoo]

7 hours ago, cj09beira said:

 

not always true hardware unboxed just looked at one VA panel that was faster than all ips they had tested, or at least faster than most, though not a perfect monitor as it had problems of backlight bleed probably due to its curve

Yeah that one just showed up, so that Samsung VA is one of the best, but it's still a VA panel. That initial test that's an average gtg though, dark level transitions are around average, so smearing, far from TN ones. General slow dark transitions, has some inverse ghosting. It still can't have 100% transitions for true 240Hz even though it's solid, still. Strobing is not good or tunable. Overall specs are very good but it costs €700/€800 for 27"/32" so it's rather expensive. 

[cj09beira]

5 hours ago, JZStudios said:

I'd honestly rather have the single monitor double wide just to remove the bezels and use ALL of the screen instead of portions. And the smooth curve. At least until they make a triple wide monitor.

But your picture really reminds me that I need to get a much taller center post for my stand so I'm not looking down at them or leaning back.

problem with simple monitors that wide is that windows and programs in general dont handle them very well, with multiple monitors its easier to separate windows neatly (i run (1920+2560+1920)*1080p myself)

[JZStudios]

17 hours ago, cj09beira said:

problem with simple monitors that wide is that windows and programs in general dont handle them very well, with multiple monitors its easier to separate windows neatly (i run (1920+2560+1920)*1080p myself)

It has an app or something that splits the monitor in a bunch of different ways to get around that. Don't think it would be that hard to tell it to split the monitor in half while still not having bezels, and then I could just play games native instead of messing around with NV Surround which screws up every time. And no, I'm not paying for Display Fusion to fix a problem that NV should've solved years ago.

[Donut417]

On 7/18/2020 at 11:15 PM, schwellmo92 said:

The most concerning thing about your post is that I found out ultrawide people think they’re a masterrace 

Once you got ultrawide you don't go back. LOL. 

 

I have a 21:9 panel and a 16:9 panel. The 21:9 is nice. Great for productivity and for surfing the web. The other panel I use for videos mainly. I myself have not tried 32:9, was considering buying one, but I was talked out of it. 

[schwellmo92]

5 hours ago, Donut417 said:

Once you got ultrawide you don't go back. LOL. 

 

I have a 21:9 panel and a 16:9 panel. The 21:9 is nice. Great for productivity and for surfing the web. The other panel I use for videos mainly. I myself have not tried 32:9, was considering buying one, but I was talked out of it. 

I had an ultrawide, I went back.

[Donut417]

4 hours ago, schwellmo92 said:

I had an ultrawide, I went back.

Not sure why. The extra real estate is quite nice. 

[David Ogletree]

I have the 27" G7 and I love it.  I was just looking around to upgrade to G9 and I can't find it anywhere.  B&H has it listed as coming soon.  Is there any update on this?

[CarlBar]

On 7/19/2020 at 5:27 AM, SansVarnic said:

How is 60inches not?

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Lucky git having enough free real estate for that.