Power on for instant play. With Auto Source Switch+, your monitor detects when connected devices are turned on and instantly switches to the new source signal. This helps you get to your game action faster without flipping through multiple input sources. Reach the height of winning. Swivel, tilt, and adjust your monitor until all enemies are in perfect view. Your display can be moved freely so you can find total gaming comfort. Given Samsung's recent history of quality control issues, we wanted to test this display to see if any of the same issues are present. Instead of arranging this review sample from Samsung, we bought this monitor from retail for testing. Colors were vibrant and beautiful, and HDR – while likely not on par with the TV in your living room – is still worth using in games that support it, for those extra highlights and more accurate colors (since SDR will be a tad oversaturated on wide gamut displays like this). Shadow of the Tomb Raider is still one of my favorite examples of HDR done well, whether you’re in the colorful Peruvian jungle or watching light stream through a hole in the wall of a dark cave. The panel and overall experience is nicely optimized for gaming and there's no area I can point to that significantly harms this experience. Adaptive sync works, the resolution is great and this sort of display is highly specced, so it should last for a while.

It's a bit of a much of a muchness to be honest and all three will be virtually identical while gaming. The Odyssey also ends up marginally ahead of the Eve Spectrum 4K, which uses an LG panel, while performance is much better than most of today's 32" 4K monitors. Seize winning control. The incredibly-low 2ms input lag brings never-before-experienced response accuracy to catch notoriously-agile enemies. It's so fast, that action begins instantly when you turn on the screen, with virtually no delay between your peripherals and the game. Find more with extended view. Discover hidden gems or flank enemies in full stealth with the ultrawide 21:9 aspect ratio. Extra context in every match brings you closer to the top of the leaderboard. The contrast ratio I recorded with my Odyssey G7 S28 unit was very good for an IPS monitor, at 1160:1, better than the Gigabyte M28U and especially Asus VG28UQL1A. This panel clearly has some variance to it, so perhaps don't expect every model to come with this contrast ratio.Looking at response times, the Odyssey G7 S28 is similar to other Odyssey monitors in that you cannot adjust the overdrive settings when adaptive sync is enabled. The vast majority of buyers will be using adaptive sync with this display when hooked up to a PC, so we're only going to test this mode. I do like the design on the rear, Samsung have gone with the same type of "gamer" influenced style but the patterning is pleasing and the RGB LED core lighting element in the center looks pretty cool, certainly a better-than-average implementation of RGB. If you want a high refresh rate for buttery-smooth graphics or to give you an edge in competitive titles like Apex Legends and Call Of Duty: Warzone then you're usually limited to a 1080p resolution. On the flip side, anyone wanting to enjoy crazy 4K graphics on games like Red Dead Redemption 2 will have to reel in that refresh rate to something around the 60Hz mark, The new Odyssey G7 brings to the table a 28-inch 4K 144Hz IPS panel aimed at gamers. It's called the LS28AG700 (usually with even more letters and numbers after that depending on your region), but for this review we'll be shortening it to the S28 model. Samsung also advertises it as the "Odyssey G70A 28-inch" or the "Odyssey G7 UHD 28-inch" in various countries.

You can adjust the overdrive when the FreeSync option is disabled in the OSD, but I don't think any of those settings are relevant. Unsurprisingly, the basic local dimming doesn’t work wonders. With only eight zones, it’s simply not refined enough to make amends for the IPS panel’s low native contrast ratio. It does make me wonder why the G70A doesn’t use the same HDR 600-certified QLED Quantum Dot panel as the Odyssey G7, but I suspect it’s an effort to keep the price down. Samsung provides true HDMI 2.1 support so there's no compatibility issues with today's consoles. And then on top of this, the color experience is generally decent, it's a nice flat IPS panel with great viewing angles and an above average contrast ratio for an IPS. It also has a functional sRGB mode to tame the wide gamut so the monitor looks good for SDR content consumption. That said, the Samsung Odyssey G70A remains a capable gaming monitor that’s thoroughly enjoyable to use. The 28in panel is vibrant, pin-sharp and exceptionally responsive, and while HDR disappoints, the SDR image quality is excellent. Factor in the presence of HDMI 2.1 support and – if you find it for the right price – this could be a great buy.

In contrast, the original G7 is a 1440p 240Hz 27" curved VA display, otherwise known as the LC27G75T, so clearly these are two very different products and you don't want to be confusing the C27G7 with the S28AG7 model. Surround yourself in every scene. With core lighting, add personality to your setup with multiple color modes that leap off the screen and into your reality. Gaming escapes beyond the screen with CoreSync technology that matches your game's on-screen colors for world-blending immersion. SDR brightness is mediocre, topping out at just 313 nits. This should still be fine for most use cases, but those in really bright environments may not find that to be enough. Minimum brightness is good though, sufficient for use in dark environments. There are some weaknesses to this monitor though. While the IPS panel is decent, it's not the most versatile for content creation due to its more limited wide gamut support. Monitors such as the Eve Spectrum 4K provide near-full P3 coverage where the G7 S28 does not. Personalize the center of your setup. Bold designs recreate real-time game lighting to surround you in the scenery on and off screen with CoreSync.

Down at 60Hz, the inverse ghosting rate is at 32% which is around the level you will notice some inverse ghosting artifacts in practice. However based on my observations any inverse ghost trails are faint and hard to notice while gaming, which is reflected in a cumulative deviation value that isn't too high compared to what some high-overshoot monitors may have. READ MORE: These are the best wired and wireless gaming mice Samsung Odyssey G70A (S28AG70) review: Should you buy it? The Odyssey G7 S28 also does not clamp the wide color gamut down to sRGB or Rec.709 by default, so there is a bit of saturation for everyday SDR content like YouTube videos. I wouldn't describe it as significant oversaturation, but it's not accurate going on the deltaE results from our testing.

At 120Hz the G7 S28 delivers great performance, so if you're thinking of using this display with a modern console, it's a great choice. Once again it's not really any different to other monitors that use the same panel, but it's still decent. At 60Hz, same story, overshoot is a little high for my liking but performance overall is great and overshoot artifacts are minimal. Hyper action made seamless. G-Sync compatibility keeps the GPU and panel synced up to eliminate choppiness, screen-lag, and image tears. Fast-action and complex game scenes are stable and stutter-free with AMD FreeSync Premium Pro for your competitive edge. There is a good argument that anything over 144Hz is excessive given how little different you'll see in the jump between 144-240Hz, but with the latest graphics cards from Nvidia and AMD powering gaming PCs you can expect many low-demand titles easily smashing past 144fps. Whether you'd actually notice the difference is an open question, but you'll have the peace of mind knowing that if you're hitting up to 240fps in your favorite game then your monitor is keeping up.