Samsung officially presented the huge gaming monitor Odyssey Ark, which it first announced at CES 2022 in January, to the world. However, the manufacturer only briefly talked about this wonder of the high-tech world, now the model is officially gone. It is on sale and ready to surprise the audience with its 55 inch diagonal curved screen. It is worth noting right away that manufacturers sometimes produce large-format monitors that also have a large diagonal “on paper”, but in fact these are just two 27-inch screens combined. But with the Odyssey Ark, the story is completely different – a screen with an aspect ratio of 16:9.

Accordingly, the same TV with a diagonal of 55 inches is only in the form of a gaming monitor with a curved matrix and a resolution of 3840×2160 pixels. The monitor also supports HDR10+ and AMD FreeSync Premium Pro technology, has a response time of 1 ms (gray to gray), a refresh rate of 165 Hz and a brightness of 1000 cd/m2. Additionally, the Quantum Mini LED technology that was talked about a lot at CES 2022 has actually reached production, so the image quality on the VA matrix should be simply awesome. In addition, the developers implemented a screen rotation mode that turns the monitor into an advertising banner.

The fact is that the monitor stand, when the carousel is activated, can tilt the screen in a vertical direction for comfortable working with documents, tables, various data or turning web pages in certain scenarios. In this mode, you can adjust the angle of inclination and height of the stand, it looks quite convincing, but probably the user’s neck will get tired faster than he will appreciate the advantages of such a diagonal. The manufacturer has also placed an advanced Sound Dome sound system that supports AI Sound Booster and Dolby Atmos technologies in the monitor chassis for surround sound of all speakers (total power 60 W).

The cost of the Samsung Odyssey Ark monitor is the highly anticipated $3,500 with such a set of features and a huge diagonal. No one thought this game monster would exist. And for this money, the user gets the Ark Dial wireless controller with many functions, which in itself costs at least a hundred dollars.