{"video_id":"fp_pairmmmi2I","title":"Unreleased LTT - Unboxing and Reviewing Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 G95NC","channel":"FP Exclusives","show":"FP Exclusives","published_at":"2024-11-27T20:00:00.028Z","duration_s":831,"segments":[{"start_s":2.202,"end_s":4.938,"text":"Linus: Oh, hey, sorry, I didn't see you guys there. 2 00:00:05.138 --> 00:00:07.040 I wanna give you some context for this video. 3 00:00:07.340 --> 00:00:09.275 It was originally shot a year ago, 4 00:00:09.275 --> 00:00:13.313 and was essentially ready to go with just a couple of assets missing. 5 00:00:13.346 --> 00:00:17.751 And then Samsung, who was sponsoring the video, dropped out for 6 00:00:17.751 --> 00:00:22.389 reasons that I'm sure you could infer based on the approximate timeline. 7 00:00:22.622 --> 00:00:24.224 Well, it's been sitting on hold ever since 8 00:00:24.224 --> 00:00:27.394 and we kind of forgot about it, until a few weeks ago when Sammy found it. 9 00:00:27.560 --> 00:00:31.831 Now, instead of letting it go to waste, we decided to cut out some of the more 10 00:00:32.265 --> 00:00:36.403 corporate fluffery sponsor points, and upload the rest of it to Floatplane, 11 00:00:36.403 --> 00:00:37.971 since we thought it was a pretty fun video. 12 00:00:38.304 --> 00:00:44.177 So please sit back, relax, and enjoy our unboxing of the Samsung Odyssey Neo G9. 13 00:00:46.279 --> 00:00:47.847 There's no puck, are they gonna notice that? 14 00:00:48.515 --> 00:00:50.283 Linus: Oh my God, I'm gonna need a paid friend. 15 00:00:50.717 --> 00:00:51.451 Quick, get an end! 16 00:00:51.518 --> 00:00:52.452 David: Quick, paid friend! 17 00:00:54.487 --> 00:00:57.690 Linus: This is the kind of monitor that you can only afford 18 00:00:57.690 --> 00:01:01.494 if you can also afford someone to help you move it into your house; 19 00:01:01.895 --> 00:01:07.100 but with not one, but two world's first mentions in the marketing material, 20 00:01:07.100 --> 00:01:11.371 it's gonna have at least a chance of justifying the hefty price tag. 21 00:01:11.471 --> 00:01:16.776 We are gonna be showcasing the latest and greatest from their Odyssey lineup, 22 00:01:18.211 --> 00:01:24.350 the Neo G9; that's right my friends, this was not a normal sized monitor 23 00:01:24.350 --> 00:01:26.319 with a whole bunch of accessories in the box. 24 00:01:26.319 --> 00:01:32.959 This is the biggest, baddest, boldest, the G95NC; 25 00:01:33.126 --> 00:01:43.269 it's way curved, 32:9, and runs at a whopping 7680 by 2160 resolution. 26 00:01:43.470 --> 00:01:48.374 This is wild, like look, you could basically like sit inside it. 27 00:01:48.775 --> 00:01:51.978 All right, now they have a guide, I think, for how to put the stand on, and 28 00:01:51.978 --> 00:01:54.380 I think it involves leaving it in the styrofoam, 29 00:01:54.380 --> 00:01:54.814 Plouffe: Yeah. 30 00:01:54.848 --> 00:01:56.616 Linus: so that you don't damage the front of the- 31 00:01:56.683 --> 00:01:57.417 Plouffe: You click it in. 32 00:01:57.450 --> 00:02:00.253 Linus: Yeah, so could you get the styrofoam, please? Plouffe: Oh my God... 33 00:02:00.820 --> 00:02:01.454 Plouffe: Struggle... 34 00:02:01.955 --> 00:02:02.455 Linus: Ayyy! 35 00:02:03.156 --> 00:02:03.923 Plouffe: It's okay. 36 00:02:04.190 --> 00:02:05.625 Linus: Okay I-uhhh... 37 00:02:07.127 --> 00:02:08.895 Linus: Okay, there we go. 38 00:02:10.597 --> 00:02:12.365 Linus: 57 inches. 39 00:02:12.365 --> 00:02:16.569 Now, obviously, that 57 inches is not quite comp- 40 00:02:17.604 --> 00:02:20.340 When do I ever not have an LTT screwdriver in my back pocket? 41 00:02:21.074 --> 00:02:27.080 You too should always have an LTT screwdriver on hand, LTTStore.com. 42 00:02:27.647 --> 00:02:32.619 Anyway, the point is, it's not comparable to a 57 inch, 16:9 TV; 43 00:02:32.619 --> 00:02:38.925 because when it's this wide, you're not really drawing a diagonal anymore are you? 44 00:02:39.192 --> 00:02:40.360 You're drawing a line. 45 00:02:40.527 --> 00:02:41.494 Plouffe: Might as well be, yeah. 46 00:02:41.661 --> 00:02:43.229 Plouffe: Yeah, it's 32:9? 47 00:02:43.329 --> 00:02:48.101 Linus: 32:9, what does that work out to in like numbers I can even sort of understand it? 48 00:02:48.134 --> 00:02:49.569 Plouffe: Super ultra wide, that's it. 49 00:02:49.602 --> 00:02:52.071 Just think of the name, that's all you gotta worry about. 50 00:02:52.105 --> 00:02:54.140 Linus: Super ultra, yeah, okay, fine, fine, fine, fine, fine. 51 00:02:54.140 --> 00:02:55.341 Plouffe: Hahahahaha- 52 00:02:55.441 --> 00:02:59.412 Plouffe: It's two 4K displays side by side. 53 00:02:59.412 --> 00:03:05.818 Linus: It's literally only for gaming; there is no other content that exists. Plouffe: Well... 54 00:03:06.052 --> 00:03:06.819 Linus: Come on. 55 00:03:06.819 --> 00:03:08.087 Plouffe: yeah, yeah, okay... 56 00:03:08.087 --> 00:03:08.721 Linus: What movie- 57 00:03:09.556 --> 00:03:13.526 Linus: What movie are you watching where the director was this cinematic? 58 00:03:13.927 --> 00:03:16.863 Plouffe: It can do picture in picture, and PBP. 59 00:03:17.197 --> 00:03:17.764 Linus: Okay, cool. 60 00:03:17.797 --> 00:03:19.632 Plouffe: So you can game and watch a movie on- 61 00:03:20.066 --> 00:03:21.935 You know, you've got two 4K monitors basically. 62 00:03:21.935 --> 00:03:22.835 Linus: Essentially, yeah. 63 00:03:23.136 --> 00:03:28.107 It's the multi monitor setup for people who hate having two monitors. 64 00:03:29.108 --> 00:03:31.477 First, let's experience it. 65 00:03:31.844 --> 00:03:32.779 Height adjust! 66 00:03:32.812 --> 00:03:33.213 Plouffe: Yeah. 67 00:03:33.246 --> 00:03:33.613 Linus: Alright. 68 00:03:34.013 --> 00:03:38.218 Linus: Unlike the Odyssey Ark, you're not gonna be swiveling this into portrait mode, 69 00:03:38.218 --> 00:03:43.056 Linus: but let's be realistic; physics does have rules and we need to abide by them. 70 00:03:43.323 --> 00:03:46.025 She's got some momentum when she swivels. 71 00:03:47.227 --> 00:03:48.661 Oh, we got tilt as well. 72 00:03:48.828 --> 00:03:52.732 We've got not one, not two, but three HDMI ports. 73 00:03:52.765 --> 00:03:57.570 One of them HDMI 2.1, meaning that it has support for 120 Hertz inputs; 74 00:03:57.770 --> 00:03:59.772 and then we've got a single DisplayPort. 75 00:03:59.806 --> 00:04:07.180 And then we've got, oh wow, USB service port, as well as two USB-B uplinks? 76 00:04:08.047 --> 00:04:11.651 Oh, it's got a built-in KVM, super cool! 77 00:04:11.951 --> 00:04:19.058 That actually makes a ton of sense, because you might very well want two computers hooked up to it; 78 00:04:19.359 --> 00:04:21.694 one here, one here, you pull your laptop up and its like, 79 00:04:21.694 --> 00:04:24.130 oh yeah, I'm gonna get the other half of my monitor. 80 00:04:24.430 --> 00:04:28.601 Our computer can't just be any run-of-the-mill machine either. 81 00:04:28.701 --> 00:04:33.273 Not only do we need the performance to drive all of these pixels, 82 00:04:33.539 --> 00:04:38.111 essentially half of what it would take to drive 8K, right? 83 00:04:38.111 --> 00:04:43.716 Because it's kind of a sliced in half horizontally 8K display, 84 00:04:43.883 --> 00:04:50.156 but we also can't run NVIDIA; because if we wanna get the most out of it anyway, 85 00:04:50.590 --> 00:04:55.695 NVIDIA doesn't support its full capabilities because they're still stuck with DisplayPort 1.4. 86 00:04:55.995 --> 00:05:00.600 So we're running an AMD Radeon 7900 XTX. 87 00:05:00.867 --> 00:05:08.508 We are going from a pixel density of 106 pixels per inch in the last one, to 140. 88 00:05:09.042 --> 00:05:14.847 That is a huge increase in density that should result in a big difference in sharpness. 89 00:05:15.381 --> 00:05:18.518 I guess we should have the monitor hooked up, which we haven't done yet, 90 00:05:18.518 --> 00:05:21.054 but we couldn't help noticing the included cable 91 00:05:21.621 --> 00:05:23.956 is pretty short considering the girth of the monitor. 92 00:05:23.990 --> 00:05:25.024 Plouffe: Yeah, it's like four feet? 93 00:05:25.058 --> 00:05:26.526 Linus: That actually makes sense, 94 00:05:26.592 --> 00:05:31.798 because if you're gonna have any hope of pushing the kind of bandwidth that DisplayPort 2.1 can do? 95 00:05:32.799 --> 00:05:34.167 This not only is short but- 96 00:05:34.167 --> 00:05:34.934 Plouffe: It's thick. 97 00:05:35.001 --> 00:05:36.502 Linus: It's fat. 98 00:05:36.536 --> 00:05:39.405 Linus: Look at this other DP cable that we had here on the set; 99 00:05:39.672 --> 00:05:41.074 don't talk to me or my son again. 100 00:05:41.074 --> 00:05:43.609 Plouffe: DP 2.1! Linus: Let's goooo. 101 00:05:43.643 --> 00:05:46.713 Am I imagining it or is this one bigger than the last one? 102 00:05:46.879 --> 00:05:51.551 Plouffe: Yep, a whole eight more inches. Linus: Oh that's right! They were only 49 inches before. 103 00:05:51.718 --> 00:05:53.786 It didn't even dawn on me; 104 00:05:53.786 --> 00:05:55.588 yeah, that's why it's so much freaking heavier, 105 00:05:55.588 --> 00:05:58.725 because I didn't have that much trouble moving the last one around. 106 00:05:58.991 --> 00:06:00.760 Five button navigation in the bottom... 107 00:06:01.561 --> 00:06:04.931 by default, you've got your picture in picture, picture by picture on the right, 108 00:06:04.964 --> 00:06:09.769 power on the bottom, your menu on the top, and then your source on the left. 109 00:06:09.802 --> 00:06:10.570 Hey, there it is. 110 00:06:10.603 --> 00:06:14.907 Wow, that is hilarious, that is very stretched. 111 00:06:15.007 --> 00:06:19.879 With the 1000R curvature though, that means that even at the very edges of the screen, 112 00:06:19.879 --> 00:06:21.414 you're gonna have a pretty good experience. 113 00:06:21.447 --> 00:06:24.484 It's got, what is it? Like 2300 backlight zones? 114 00:06:24.484 --> 00:06:25.718 Plouffe: Almost 2400. 115 00:06:25.718 --> 00:06:26.986 Linus: Almost 2400. 116 00:06:27.320 --> 00:06:28.855 Linus: What do we wanna start with? 117 00:06:29.188 --> 00:06:35.361 I mean, obviously I just wanna play Halo at freaking half of 8K and 240 hertz; 118 00:06:35.395 --> 00:06:38.698 did I even mention that yet? What compromises are we making here? 119 00:06:38.731 --> 00:06:42.969 Plouffe: Almost none, kind of the only minor issue is that it's a VA panel; 120 00:06:43.336 --> 00:06:46.272 so you might have some viewing angle issues, you know if you're off axis or whatever. 121 00:06:46.272 --> 00:06:47.573 Linus: Why are you off axis? 122 00:06:48.307 --> 00:06:50.643 Oh wow, I forgot about this; 123 00:06:50.676 --> 00:06:54.480 Linus: the sound dome that you're sitting in when you're in front of it. 124 00:06:54.647 --> 00:06:56.616 Plouffe: Well, that's an Ark; that's for the Odyssey Ark. 125 00:06:56.649 --> 00:06:57.884 Plouffe: Hahahahaha. 126 00:06:58.618 --> 00:06:59.952 Linus: I wouldn't wanna be up here. 127 00:07:00.119 --> 00:07:05.458 I can really see the bloom on this loading bar, but I shouldn't be here, I should be here. 128 00:07:05.925 --> 00:07:10.163 Okay, I can make it out, but it's not distracting. 129 00:07:10.296 --> 00:07:13.533 Not bad, not bad. 130 00:07:14.467 --> 00:07:19.439 Obviously, you know, Samsung has other display technologies with emissive pixels, 131 00:07:19.439 --> 00:07:21.574 where you're not gonna get any of th- 132 00:07:21.607 --> 00:07:25.611 I shouldn't say not any of that, because your eyes are actually susceptible to just 133 00:07:25.611 --> 00:07:30.349 bloom going from black to white as well; but, where you get not nearly as much of that, 134 00:07:30.383 --> 00:07:34.053 but those displays do come with their downsides as well. 135 00:07:34.053 --> 00:07:38.424 For example, you're not gonna hit 1350 nits on one of those displays. 136 00:07:38.758 --> 00:07:41.694 On this, we did; and that's not a Samsung claim, 137 00:07:41.894 --> 00:07:43.796 that's something we measured in the lab. 138 00:07:44.197 --> 00:07:44.864 That's right, guys. 139 00:07:45.064 --> 00:07:50.703 Sponsored, showcase or not, now that the lab is beefing up their display testing capabilities, 140 00:07:50.703 --> 00:07:56.175 I am so excited to be able to just bring you guys the numbers, not some numbers. 141 00:07:56.809 --> 00:07:59.612 Plouffe: Wow, 7680 by 2160! It's real. 142 00:07:59.612 --> 00:08:01.047 Linus: Not capping, we're in game. 143 00:08:01.481 --> 00:08:07.019 Linus: This is a lot more than 4K, which is already very demanding. 144 00:08:07.053 --> 00:08:07.720 Plouffe: Crazy. 145 00:08:07.753 --> 00:08:08.955 Linus: I'm gonna turn this down. 146 00:08:08.955 --> 00:08:10.857 Plouffe: Yeah, try low, try low. 147 00:08:10.923 --> 00:08:12.058 Linus: No, no, no, no, no, no, no; 148 00:08:12.058 --> 00:08:13.392 Linus: I think I can do high, I think I can do high. 149 00:08:13.392 --> 00:08:15.094 Plouffe: You're not gonna get anywhere close to 240. 150 00:08:15.094 --> 00:08:16.295 Linus: Yeah, but we've got FreeSync, 151 00:08:16.562 --> 00:08:17.997 Plouffe: Yeah, FreeSync Premium Pro. 152 00:08:18.164 --> 00:08:19.732 Linus: Even when your frame rate dips, 153 00:08:19.799 --> 00:08:24.570 it's gonna run smoother than if you don't have variable frame rate technology of some sort. 154 00:08:24.804 --> 00:08:26.806 Whoa, my game's lagging though. 155 00:08:26.973 --> 00:08:28.841 Your monitor can't help you with that. 156 00:08:29.742 --> 00:08:31.410 Okay, I will try it at low. 157 00:08:31.577 --> 00:08:32.945 Linus: This is definitely smoother. 158 00:08:32.979 --> 00:08:35.681 Plouffe: Yeah, you're getting like 75, 80 FPS. 159 00:08:35.681 --> 00:08:37.650 David: Oh my god, there's actually a frame counter up? 160 00:08:37.650 --> 00:08:39.118 Linus: Yeah, in Steam. David: It's so small! 161 00:08:39.118 --> 00:08:41.153 David and Plouffe: *Laughs* Linus: Yeah, I know. 162 00:08:42.588 --> 00:08:45.491 Linus: Okay, we're on the extreme preset; well, that shouldn't be a problem at- 163 00:08:45.491 --> 00:08:47.226 Oh, oh. 164 00:08:47.693 --> 00:08:50.029 While we're in here, the Labs measured some great stuff 165 00:08:50.029 --> 00:08:52.899 that you won't find on Samsung's spec sheet that we can talk about. 166 00:08:53.132 --> 00:08:58.671 For example, we measured that their full array local dimming does not increase latency, which is a huge plus; 167 00:08:59.038 --> 00:09:01.841 and it has three different modes, low, standard and high. 168 00:09:02.141 --> 00:09:06.279 At high, you're gonna get those super, super cranked lights, 169 00:09:06.279 --> 00:09:09.081 and you're gonna get the deepest blacks that they can handle, 170 00:09:09.115 --> 00:09:11.017 though it comes at the cost of some blooming. 171 00:09:11.017 --> 00:09:15.488 Whereas at low, it caps it at 750 nits, brings the blacks up a little bit, 172 00:09:15.488 --> 00:09:19.458 but significantly reduces blooming; so it basically comes down to your tolerance for it. 173 00:09:19.592 --> 00:09:22.461 It managed 99% of the sRGB color space, 174 00:09:22.495 --> 00:09:29.435 and anywhere from 90 to 93% of the UHDA color space, which is very less saturated, 175 00:09:29.502 --> 00:09:35.641 but not oversaturated; it was very accurate out of the box, managing an average Delta E of 1.77. 176 00:09:35.675 --> 00:09:39.579 HDR color accuracy was lower at an average Delta E of 17, 177 00:09:39.579 --> 00:09:45.885 but that's very typical these days; and what's not typical is that they maxed out at 22. 178 00:09:46.052 --> 00:09:50.756 We've seen as high as like 40, even on pretty high quality displays. 179 00:09:50.790 --> 00:09:54.493 But what none of that communicates is the sheer immersiveness of it; 180 00:09:54.493 --> 00:09:59.231 it's obviously not a VR headset, but not everybody wants to game on a VR headset, 181 00:09:59.498 --> 00:10:03.836 and this is about as full field of view occupying as you can get- 182 00:10:03.836 --> 00:10:05.538 Well, okay, unless you buy an Ark. 183 00:10:06.439 --> 00:10:08.975 Back to the Labs technical stuff again, 184 00:10:09.141 --> 00:10:13.579 the EOTF, or electro optical transfer function curve tracks very nicely; 185 00:10:13.613 --> 00:10:19.685 so while our colors might not be perfect, our brightness in different scenes should be pretty close. 186 00:10:20.119 --> 00:10:24.023 Now in fairness, we're testing on a 10% window size in our test patterns, 187 00:10:24.023 --> 00:10:26.792 but it looks incredible in full screen as well. 188 00:10:27.093 --> 00:10:30.062 There's a little bit of dark shadow detail that's being crushed; 189 00:10:30.196 --> 00:10:32.598 I mean, it's mini LED, it's not OLED, but 190 00:10:32.598 --> 00:10:35.234 wow, it's really nice. 191 00:10:35.635 --> 00:10:39.005 Can we find a game where I can take advantage of the 240 Hertz refresh rate? 192 00:10:39.038 --> 00:10:40.406 Plouffe: Try Counter-Strike. 193 00:10:40.640 --> 00:10:41.340 Linus: Let's try Counter-Strike. 194 00:10:41.607 --> 00:10:42.742 Plouffe: I don't know if it'll do ultra wide. 195 00:10:42.742 --> 00:10:43.509 Linus: Crysis 1! 196 00:10:43.509 --> 00:10:44.210 Plouffe: Oh my God. 197 00:10:44.210 --> 00:10:46.212 Linus: Crysis 1, let's goooo! 198 00:10:46.212 --> 00:10:48.114 Plouffe: Does it even support 32:9? 199 00:10:49.448 --> 00:10:53.219 Linus: Maximum immersion, here we go! 200 00:10:53.252 --> 00:10:54.286 Plouffe: It worked! Oh my God! 201 00:10:54.286 --> 00:10:59.558 Linus: It's running at 160, 170 FPS; let's fricking go! 202 00:10:59.592 --> 00:11:02.161 Linus: It actually looks fine. 203 00:11:02.294 --> 00:11:02.928 Plouffe: Yeah, it looks great. 204 00:11:02.962 --> 00:11:04.897 Linus: It looks fricking great. 205 00:11:05.665 --> 00:11:08.701 Man, this game has aged incredibly well. 206 00:11:09.035 --> 00:11:13.773 While I'm hiking for that really cool moment where the beautiful landscape opens up in front of us, 207 00:11:13.773 --> 00:11:17.610 remember how I said that I would get back to DisplayPort 2.1 and UHBR? 208 00:11:18.310 --> 00:11:20.546 Well, I lied; Plouffe's gonna do it. 209 00:11:20.579 --> 00:11:23.082 Plouffe: Wow, thanks; yeah, it's pretty cool. 210 00:11:23.082 --> 00:11:23.582 Linus: I'm gaming. 211 00:11:25.551 --> 00:11:28.854 Plouffe: Yeah, it's a transmission mode spread out across four lanes, 212 00:11:28.854 --> 00:11:33.793 and the number actually represents the number of gigabits per second of bandwidth each variant has; 213 00:11:33.826 --> 00:11:40.332 so UHBR 13.5 can do 13.5 gigabits per lane, quadruple that and you get 54 gigabits, 214 00:11:40.700 --> 00:11:45.571 which is pretty high, but it's not the 80 that DP 2.1 specs for, still good. 215 00:11:45.571 --> 00:11:48.941 Linus: Can the USB guys please talk to the DisplayPort guys about how to name stuff? 216 00:11:48.941 --> 00:11:49.809 Plouffe: Yeah it sounds so simple, right? 217 00:11:49.809 --> 00:11:50.576 Linus: Thank you. 218 00:11:50.643 --> 00:11:52.712 Plouffe: The number means what it can do; yeah, it's great. 219 00:11:52.745 --> 00:11:55.114 Now, normally, according to DisplayPort 2.0 specs, 220 00:11:55.147 --> 00:11:59.351 13.5 actually caps out at 99 Hertz on a panel of this resolution. 221 00:11:59.652 --> 00:12:01.387 So how are we getting 240? 222 00:12:02.288 --> 00:12:03.756 Linus: Uh, display stream compression! 223 00:12:03.756 --> 00:12:04.390 Plouffe: Yes! 224 00:12:04.390 --> 00:12:09.295 At our dual UHD resolution with 10 bit color, we need a DSC ratio of 3, 225 00:12:09.328 --> 00:12:13.132 to hit 275 Hertz, or the 240 that's offered on this guy. 226 00:12:13.132 --> 00:12:16.035 This compression should be indiscernible to the human eye. 227 00:12:16.068 --> 00:12:19.371 You know, maybe we'll test those claims later, but for now, 228 00:12:19.839 --> 00:12:20.706 Linus: Here it is. 229 00:12:20.740 --> 00:12:21.273 Plouffe: it looks pretty good. 230 00:12:21.273 --> 00:12:25.778 Linus: Here it is, let's go! It's a beautiful day! 231 00:12:27.580 --> 00:12:30.116 Plouffe: Hahahaha, it's trying to- 232 00:12:30.116 --> 00:12:30.883 Linus: No way! 233 00:12:30.950 --> 00:12:32.418 Plouffe: It's trying to do widescreen on the- 234 00:12:32.418 --> 00:12:36.956 Linus: I am already more cinematic than you can make me be Crytek. 235 00:12:37.256 --> 00:12:39.325 Linus: I'm getting like 120 FPS! 236 00:12:39.358 --> 00:12:40.192 Plouffe: That's pretty good. 237 00:12:40.559 --> 00:12:42.394 Linus: For Dual 4K? Yeah, I should think so. 238 00:12:42.394 --> 00:12:44.997 Plouffe: Right? It's like 16 million pixels. 239 00:12:45.331 --> 00:12:50.770 Linus: And you know what? I'm not even using any of AMD's FSR Tomfoolery or anything like that. 240 00:12:50.803 --> 00:12:51.704 Plouffe: Oh yeah, it's native. 241 00:12:51.871 --> 00:12:52.238 Linus: Yep. 242 00:12:52.271 --> 00:12:54.573 Plouffe: That's pretty insane. 243 00:12:54.607 --> 00:12:55.741 Linus: So it looks really clean. 244 00:12:55.775 --> 00:12:56.542 Plouffe: It does. 245 00:12:57.376 --> 00:12:58.310 Plouffe: Oh my god. 246 00:12:58.310 --> 00:13:00.212 Linus: Hold on a second though, I don't know if HDR is on. 247 00:13:00.279 --> 00:13:01.313 Linus: Oh! Here we go. 248 00:13:01.380 --> 00:13:02.948 Plouffe: Ooooh. 249 00:13:03.015 --> 00:13:06.452 Linus: Oh, it looks so good! Ah, look at how pretty everything is! 250 00:13:06.485 --> 00:13:09.722 Okay, but seriously, there are some things we need to talk about;. 251 00:13:09.789 --> 00:13:12.558 It's an absolute beast, it kind of does it all, 252 00:13:12.558 --> 00:13:17.363 but at this price it should, $2500 is a lot of cheese; 253 00:13:17.496 --> 00:13:22.902 with that said, it's also the sort of product that you buy and then use for 10 years. 254 00:13:23.035 --> 00:13:28.140 Buy it once, cry once; and what's kind of cool watching videos like this is 255 00:13:28.140 --> 00:13:31.177 even if you don't have $2500 to spend on a monitor, 256 00:13:31.310 --> 00:13:34.947 well, the way that companies like Samsung keep developing their panel technology 257 00:13:34.947 --> 00:13:37.716 to bring prices down, and sizes up, 258 00:13:37.817 --> 00:13:42.388 I mean, at some point, hey, it could be coming. 259 00:13:43.155 --> 00:13:47.560 So hey, thank you to all the people who do buy it for $2500, 260 00:13:47.693 --> 00:13:51.530 funding the development, so that the prices come down for everyone else later.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"Linus: Oh, hey, sorry, I didn't see you guys there. 2 00:00:05.138 --> 00:00:07.040 I wanna give you some context for this video. 3 00:00:07.340 --> 00:00:09.275 It was originally shot a year ago, 4 00:00:09.275 --> 00:00:13.313 and was essentially ready to go with just a couple of assets missing. 5 00:00:13.346 --> 00:00:17.751 And then Samsung, who was sponsoring the video, dropped out for 6 00:00:17.751 --> 00:00:22.389 reasons that I'm sure you could infer based on the approximate timeline. 7 00:00:22.622 --> 00:00:24.224 Well, it's been sitting on hold ever since 8 00:00:24.224 --> 00:00:27.394 and we kind of forgot about it, until a few weeks ago when Sammy found it. 9 00:00:27.560 --> 00:00:31.831 Now, instead of letting it go to waste, we decided to cut out some of the more 10 00:00:32.265 --> 00:00:36.403 corporate fluffery sponsor points, and upload the rest of it to Floatplane, 11 00:00:36.403 --> 00:00:37.971 since we thought it was a pretty fun video. 12 00:00:38.304 --> 00:00:44.177 So please sit back, relax, and enjoy our unboxing of the Samsung Odyssey Neo G9. 13 00:00:46.279 --> 00:00:47.847 There's no puck, are they gonna notice that? 14 00:00:48.515 --> 00:00:50.283 Linus: Oh my God, I'm gonna need a paid friend. 15 00:00:50.717 --> 00:00:51.451 Quick, get an end! 16 00:00:51.518 --> 00:00:52.452 David: Quick, paid friend! 17 00:00:54.487 --> 00:00:57.690 Linus: This is the kind of monitor that you can only afford 18 00:00:57.690 --> 00:01:01.494 if you can also afford someone to help you move it into your house; 19 00:01:01.895 --> 00:01:07.100 but with not one, but two world's first mentions in the marketing material, 20 00:01:07.100 --> 00:01:11.371 it's gonna have at least a chance of justifying the hefty price tag. 21 00:01:11.471 --> 00:01:16.776 We are gonna be showcasing the latest and greatest from their Odyssey lineup, 22 00:01:18.211 --> 00:01:24.350 the Neo G9; that's right my friends, this was not a normal sized monitor 23 00:01:24.350 --> 00:01:26.319 with a whole bunch of accessories in the box. 24 00:01:26.319 --> 00:01:32.959 This is the biggest, baddest, boldest, the G95NC; 25 00:01:33.126 --> 00:01:43.269 it's way curved, 32:9, and runs at a whopping 7680 by 2160 resolution. 26 00:01:43.470 --> 00:01:48.374 This is wild, like look, you could basically like sit inside it. 27 00:01:48.775 --> 00:01:51.978 All right, now they have a guide, I think, for how to put the stand on, and 28 00:01:51.978 --> 00:01:54.380 I think it involves leaving it in the styrofoam, 29 00:01:54.380 --> 00:01:54.814 Plouffe: Yeah. 30 00:01:54.848 --> 00:01:56.616 Linus: so that you don't damage the front of the- 31 00:01:56.683 --> 00:01:57.417 Plouffe: You click it in. 32 00:01:57.450 --> 00:02:00.253 Linus: Yeah, so could you get the styrofoam, please? Plouffe: Oh my God... 33 00:02:00.820 --> 00:02:01.454 Plouffe: Struggle... 34 00:02:01.955 --> 00:02:02.455 Linus: Ayyy! 35 00:02:03.156 --> 00:02:03.923 Plouffe: It's okay. 36 00:02:04.190 --> 00:02:05.625 Linus: Okay I-uhhh... 37 00:02:07.127 --> 00:02:08.895 Linus: Okay, there we go. 38 00:02:10.597 --> 00:02:12.365 Linus: 57 inches. 39 00:02:12.365 --> 00:02:16.569 Now, obviously, that 57 inches is not quite comp- 40 00:02:17.604 --> 00:02:20.340 When do I ever not have an LTT screwdriver in my back pocket? 41 00:02:21.074 --> 00:02:27.080 You too should always have an LTT screwdriver on hand, LTTStore.com. 42 00:02:27.647 --> 00:02:32.619 Anyway, the point is, it's not comparable to a 57 inch, 16:9 TV; 43 00:02:32.619 --> 00:02:38.925 because when it's this wide, you're not really drawing a diagonal anymore are you? 44 00:02:39.192 --> 00:02:40.360 You're drawing a line. 45 00:02:40.527 --> 00:02:41.494 Plouffe: Might as well be, yeah. 46 00:02:41.661 --> 00:02:43.229 Plouffe: Yeah, it's 32:9? 47 00:02:43.329 --> 00:02:48.101 Linus: 32:9, what does that work out to in like numbers I can even sort of understand it? 48 00:02:48.134 --> 00:02:49.569 Plouffe: Super ultra wide, that's it. 49 00:02:49.602 --> 00:02:52.071 Just think of the name, that's all you gotta worry about. 50 00:02:52.105 --> 00:02:54.140 Linus: Super ultra, yeah, okay, fine, fine, fine, fine, fine. 51 00:02:54.140 --> 00:02:55.341 Plouffe: Hahahahaha- 52 00:02:55.441 --> 00:02:59.412 Plouffe: It's two 4K displays side by side. 53 00:02:59.412 --> 00:03:05.818 Linus: It's literally only for gaming; there is no other content that exists. Plouffe: Well... 54 00:03:06.052 --> 00:03:06.819 Linus: Come on. 55 00:03:06.819 --> 00:03:08.087 Plouffe: yeah, yeah, okay... 56 00:03:08.087 --> 00:03:08.721 Linus: What movie- 57 00:03:09.556 --> 00:03:13.526 Linus: What movie are you watching where the director was this cinematic? 58 00:03:13.927 --> 00:03:16.863 Plouffe: It can do picture in picture, and PBP. 59 00:03:17.197 --> 00:03:17.764 Linus: Okay, cool. 60 00:03:17.797 --> 00:03:19.632 Plouffe: So you can game and watch a movie on- 61 00:03:20.066 --> 00:03:21.935 You know, you've got two 4K monitors basically. 62 00:03:21.935 --> 00:03:22.835 Linus: Essentially, yeah. 63 00:03:23.136 --> 00:03:28.107 It's the multi monitor setup for people who hate having two monitors. 64 00:03:29.108 --> 00:03:31.477 First, let's experience it. 65 00:03:31.844 --> 00:03:32.779 Height adjust! 66 00:03:32.812 --> 00:03:33.213 Plouffe: Yeah. 67 00:03:33.246 --> 00:03:33.613 Linus: Alright. 68 00:03:34.013 --> 00:03:38.218 Linus: Unlike the Odyssey Ark, you're not gonna be swiveling this into portrait mode, 69 00:03:38.218 --> 00:03:43.056 Linus: but let's be realistic; physics does have rules and we need to abide by them. 70 00:03:43.323 --> 00:03:46.025 She's got some momentum when she swivels. 71 00:03:47.227 --> 00:03:48.661 Oh, we got tilt as well. 72 00:03:48.828 --> 00:03:52.732 We've got not one, not two, but three HDMI ports. 73 00:03:52.765 --> 00:03:57.570 One of them HDMI 2.1, meaning that it has support for 120 Hertz inputs; 74 00:03:57.770 --> 00:03:59.772 and then we've got a single DisplayPort. 75 00:03:59.806 --> 00:04:07.180 And then we've got, oh wow, USB service port, as well as two USB-B uplinks? 76 00:04:08.047 --> 00:04:11.651 Oh, it's got a built-in KVM, super cool! 77 00:04:11.951 --> 00:04:19.058 That actually makes a ton of sense, because you might very well want two computers hooked up to it; 78 00:04:19.359 --> 00:04:21.694 one here, one here, you pull your laptop up and its like, 79 00:04:21.694 --> 00:04:24.130 oh yeah, I'm gonna get the other half of my monitor. 80 00:04:24.430 --> 00:04:28.601 Our computer can't just be any run-of-the-mill machine either. 81 00:04:28.701 --> 00:04:33.273 Not only do we need the performance to drive all of these pixels, 82 00:04:33.539 --> 00:04:38.111 essentially half of what it would take to drive 8K, right? 83 00:04:38.111 --> 00:04:43.716 Because it's kind of a sliced in half horizontally 8K display, 84 00:04:43.883 --> 00:04:50.156 but we also can't run NVIDIA; because if we wanna get the most out of it anyway, 85 00:04:50.590 --> 00:04:55.695 NVIDIA doesn't support its full capabilities because they're still stuck with DisplayPort 1.4. 86 00:04:55.995 --> 00:05:00.600 So we're running an AMD Radeon 7900 XTX. 87 00:05:00.867 --> 00:05:08.508 We are going from a pixel density of 106 pixels per inch in the last one, to 140. 88 00:05:09.042 --> 00:05:14.847 That is a huge increase in density that should result in a big difference in sharpness. 89 00:05:15.381 --> 00:05:18.518 I guess we should have the monitor hooked up, which we haven't done yet, 90 00:05:18.518 --> 00:05:21.054 but we couldn't help noticing the included cable 91 00:05:21.621 --> 00:05:23.956 is pretty short considering the girth of the monitor. 92 00:05:23.990 --> 00:05:25.024 Plouffe: Yeah, it's like four feet? 93 00:05:25.058 --> 00:05:26.526 Linus: That actually makes sense, 94 00:05:26.592 --> 00:05:31.798 because if you're gonna have any hope of pushing the kind of bandwidth that DisplayPort 2.1 can do? 95 00:05:32.799 --> 00:05:34.167 This not only is short but- 96 00:05:34.167 --> 00:05:34.934 Plouffe: It's thick. 97 00:05:35.001 --> 00:05:36.502 Linus: It's fat. 98 00:05:36.536 --> 00:05:39.405 Linus: Look at this other DP cable that we had here on the set; 99 00:05:39.672 --> 00:05:41.074 don't talk to me or my son again. 100 00:05:41.074 --> 00:05:43.609 Plouffe: DP 2.1! Linus: Let's goooo. 101 00:05:43.643 --> 00:05:46.713 Am I imagining it or is this one bigger than the last one? 102 00:05:46.879 --> 00:05:51.551 Plouffe: Yep, a whole eight more inches. Linus: Oh that's right! They were only 49 inches before. 103 00:05:51.718 --> 00:05:53.786 It didn't even dawn on me; 104 00:05:53.786 --> 00:05:55.588 yeah, that's why it's so much freaking heavier, 105 00:05:55.588 --> 00:05:58.725 because I didn't have that much trouble moving the last one around. 106 00:05:58.991 --> 00:06:00.760 Five button navigation in the bottom... 107 00:06:01.561 --> 00:06:04.931 by default, you've got your picture in picture, picture by picture on the right, 108 00:06:04.964 --> 00:06:09.769 power on the bottom, your menu on the top, and then your source on the left. 109 00:06:09.802 --> 00:06:10.570 Hey, there it is. 110 00:06:10.603 --> 00:06:14.907 Wow, that is hilarious, that is very stretched. 111 00:06:15.007 --> 00:06:19.879 With the 1000R curvature though, that means that even at the very edges of the screen, 112 00:06:19.879 --> 00:06:21.414 you're gonna have a pretty good experience. 113 00:06:21.447 --> 00:06:24.484 It's got, what is it? Like 2300 backlight zones? 114 00:06:24.484 --> 00:06:25.718 Plouffe: Almost 2400. 115 00:06:25.718 --> 00:06:26.986 Linus: Almost 2400. 116 00:06:27.320 --> 00:06:28.855 Linus: What do we wanna start with? 117 00:06:29.188 --> 00:06:35.361 I mean, obviously I just wanna play Halo at freaking half of 8K and 240 hertz; 118 00:06:35.395 --> 00:06:38.698 did I even mention that yet? What compromises are we making here? 119 00:06:38.731 --> 00:06:42.969 Plouffe: Almost none, kind of the only minor issue is that it's a VA panel; 120 00:06:43.336 --> 00:06:46.272 so you might have some viewing angle issues, you know if you're off axis or whatever. 121 00:06:46.272 --> 00:06:47.573 Linus: Why are you off axis? 122 00:06:48.307 --> 00:06:50.643 Oh wow, I forgot about this; 123 00:06:50.676 --> 00:06:54.480 Linus: the sound dome that you're sitting in when you're in front of it. 124 00:06:54.647 --> 00:06:56.616 Plouffe: Well, that's an Ark; that's for the Odyssey Ark. 125 00:06:56.649 --> 00:06:57.884 Plouffe: Hahahahaha. 126 00:06:58.618 --> 00:06:59.952 Linus: I wouldn't wanna be up here. 127 00:07:00.119 --> 00:07:05.458 I can really see the bloom on this loading bar, but I shouldn't be here, I should be here. 128 00:07:05.925 --> 00:07:10.163 Okay, I can make it out, but it's not distracting. 129 00:07:10.296 --> 00:07:13.533 Not bad, not bad. 130 00:07:14.467 --> 00:07:19.439 Obviously, you know, Samsung has other display technologies with emissive pixels, 131 00:07:19.439 --> 00:07:21.574 where you're not gonna get any of th- 132 00:07:21.607 --> 00:07:25.611 I shouldn't say not any of that, because your eyes are actually susceptible to just 133 00:07:25.611 --> 00:07:30.349 bloom going from black to white as well; but, where you get not nearly as much of that, 134 00:07:30.383 --> 00:07:34.053 but those displays do come with their downsides as well. 135 00:07:34.053 --> 00:07:38.424 For example, you're not gonna hit 1350 nits on one of those displays. 136 00:07:38.758 --> 00:07:41.694 On this, we did; and that's not a Samsung claim, 137 00:07:41.894 --> 00:07:43.796 that's something we measured in the lab. 138 00:07:44.197 --> 00:07:44.864 That's right, guys. 139 00:07:45.064 --> 00:07:50.703 Sponsored, showcase or not, now that the lab is beefing up their display testing capabilities, 140 00:07:50.703 --> 00:07:56.175 I am so excited to be able to just bring you guys the numbers, not some numbers. 141 00:07:56.809 --> 00:07:59.612 Plouffe: Wow, 7680 by 2160! It's real. 142 00:07:59.612 --> 00:08:01.047 Linus: Not capping, we're in game. 143 00:08:01.481 --> 00:08:07.019 Linus: This is a lot more than 4K, which is already very demanding. 144 00:08:07.053 --> 00:08:07.720 Plouffe: Crazy. 145 00:08:07.753 --> 00:08:08.955 Linus: I'm gonna turn this down. 146 00:08:08.955 --> 00:08:10.857 Plouffe: Yeah, try low, try low. 147 00:08:10.923 --> 00:08:12.058 Linus: No, no, no, no, no, no, no; 148 00:08:12.058 --> 00:08:13.392 Linus: I think I can do high, I think I can do high. 149 00:08:13.392 --> 00:08:15.094 Plouffe: You're not gonna get anywhere close to 240. 150 00:08:15.094 --> 00:08:16.295 Linus: Yeah, but we've got FreeSync, 151 00:08:16.562 --> 00:08:17.997 Plouffe: Yeah, FreeSync Premium Pro. 152 00:08:18.164 --> 00:08:19.732 Linus: Even when your frame rate dips, 153 00:08:19.799 --> 00:08:24.570 it's gonna run smoother than if you don't have variable frame rate technology of some sort. 154 00:08:24.804 --> 00:08:26.806 Whoa, my game's lagging though. 155 00:08:26.973 --> 00:08:28.841 Your monitor can't help you with that. 156 00:08:29.742 --> 00:08:31.410 Okay, I will try it at low. 157 00:08:31.577 --> 00:08:32.945 Linus: This is definitely smoother. 158 00:08:32.979 --> 00:08:35.681 Plouffe: Yeah, you're getting like 75, 80 FPS. 159 00:08:35.681 --> 00:08:37.650 David: Oh my god, there's actually a frame counter up? 160 00:08:37.650 --> 00:08:39.118 Linus: Yeah, in Steam. David: It's so small! 161 00:08:39.118 --> 00:08:41.153 David and Plouffe: *Laughs* Linus: Yeah, I know. 162 00:08:42.588 --> 00:08:45.491 Linus: Okay, we're on the extreme preset; well, that shouldn't be a problem at- 163 00:08:45.491 --> 00:08:47.226 Oh, oh. 164 00:08:47.693 --> 00:08:50.029 While we're in here, the Labs measured some great stuff 165 00:08:50.029 --> 00:08:52.899 that you won't find on Samsung's spec sheet that we can talk about. 166 00:08:53.132 --> 00:08:58.671 For example, we measured that their full array local dimming does not increase latency, which is a huge plus; 167 00:08:59.038 --> 00:09:01.841 and it has three different modes, low, standard and high. 168 00:09:02.141 --> 00:09:06.279 At high, you're gonna get those super, super cranked lights, 169 00:09:06.279 --> 00:09:09.081 and you're gonna get the deepest blacks that they can handle, 170 00:09:09.115 --> 00:09:11.017 though it comes at the cost of some blooming. 171 00:09:11.017 --> 00:09:15.488 Whereas at low, it caps it at 750 nits, brings the blacks up a little bit, 172 00:09:15.488 --> 00:09:19.458 but significantly reduces blooming; so it basically comes down to your tolerance for it. 173 00:09:19.592 --> 00:09:22.461 It managed 99% of the sRGB color space, 174 00:09:22.495 --> 00:09:29.435 and anywhere from 90 to 93% of the UHDA color space, which is very less saturated, 175 00:09:29.502 --> 00:09:35.641 but not oversaturated; it was very accurate out of the box, managing an average Delta E of 1.77. 176 00:09:35.675 --> 00:09:39.579 HDR color accuracy was lower at an average Delta E of 17, 177 00:09:39.579 --> 00:09:45.885 but that's very typical these days; and what's not typical is that they maxed out at 22. 178 00:09:46.052 --> 00:09:50.756 We've seen as high as like 40, even on pretty high quality displays. 179 00:09:50.790 --> 00:09:54.493 But what none of that communicates is the sheer immersiveness of it; 180 00:09:54.493 --> 00:09:59.231 it's obviously not a VR headset, but not everybody wants to game on a VR headset, 181 00:09:59.498 --> 00:10:03.836 and this is about as full field of view occupying as you can get- 182 00:10:03.836 --> 00:10:05.538 Well, okay, unless you buy an Ark. 183 00:10:06.439 --> 00:10:08.975 Back to the Labs technical stuff again, 184 00:10:09.141 --> 00:10:13.579 the EOTF, or electro optical transfer function curve tracks very nicely; 185 00:10:13.613 --> 00:10:19.685 so while our colors might not be perfect, our brightness in different scenes should be pretty close. 186 00:10:20.119 --> 00:10:24.023 Now in fairness, we're testing on a 10% window size in our test patterns, 187 00:10:24.023 --> 00:10:26.792 but it looks incredible in full screen as well. 188 00:10:27.093 --> 00:10:30.062 There's a little bit of dark shadow detail that's being crushed; 189 00:10:30.196 --> 00:10:32.598 I mean, it's mini LED, it's not OLED, but 190 00:10:32.598 --> 00:10:35.234 wow, it's really nice. 191 00:10:35.635 --> 00:10:39.005 Can we find a game where I can take advantage of the 240 Hertz refresh rate? 192 00:10:39.038 --> 00:10:40.406 Plouffe: Try Counter-Strike. 193 00:10:40.640 --> 00:10:41.340 Linus: Let's try Counter-Strike. 194 00:10:41.607 --> 00:10:42.742 Plouffe: I don't know if it'll do ultra wide. 195 00:10:42.742 --> 00:10:43.509 Linus: Crysis 1! 196 00:10:43.509 --> 00:10:44.210 Plouffe: Oh my God. 197 00:10:44.210 --> 00:10:46.212 Linus: Crysis 1, let's goooo! 198 00:10:46.212 --> 00:10:48.114 Plouffe: Does it even support 32:9? 199 00:10:49.448 --> 00:10:53.219 Linus: Maximum immersion, here we go! 200 00:10:53.252 --> 00:10:54.286 Plouffe: It worked! Oh my God! 201 00:10:54.286 --> 00:10:59.558 Linus: It's running at 160, 170 FPS; let's fricking go! 202 00:10:59.592 --> 00:11:02.161 Linus: It actually looks fine. 203 00:11:02.294 --> 00:11:02.928 Plouffe: Yeah, it looks great. 204 00:11:02.962 --> 00:11:04.897 Linus: It looks fricking great. 205 00:11:05.665 --> 00:11:08.701 Man, this game has aged incredibly well. 206 00:11:09.035 --> 00:11:13.773 While I'm hiking for that really cool moment where the beautiful landscape opens up in front of us, 207 00:11:13.773 --> 00:11:17.610 remember how I said that I would get back to DisplayPort 2.1 and UHBR? 208 00:11:18.310 --> 00:11:20.546 Well, I lied; Plouffe's gonna do it. 209 00:11:20.579 --> 00:11:23.082 Plouffe: Wow, thanks; yeah, it's pretty cool. 210 00:11:23.082 --> 00:11:23.582 Linus: I'm gaming. 211 00:11:25.551 --> 00:11:28.854 Plouffe: Yeah, it's a transmission mode spread out across four lanes, 212 00:11:28.854 --> 00:11:33.793 and the number actually represents the number of gigabits per second of bandwidth each variant has; 213 00:11:33.826 --> 00:11:40.332 so UHBR 13.5 can do 13.5 gigabits per lane, quadruple that and you get 54 gigabits, 214 00:11:40.700 --> 00:11:45.571 which is pretty high, but it's not the 80 that DP 2.1 specs for, still good. 215 00:11:45.571 --> 00:11:48.941 Linus: Can the USB guys please talk to the DisplayPort guys about how to name stuff? 216 00:11:48.941 --> 00:11:49.809 Plouffe: Yeah it sounds so simple, right? 217 00:11:49.809 --> 00:11:50.576 Linus: Thank you. 218 00:11:50.643 --> 00:11:52.712 Plouffe: The number means what it can do; yeah, it's great. 219 00:11:52.745 --> 00:11:55.114 Now, normally, according to DisplayPort 2.0 specs, 220 00:11:55.147 --> 00:11:59.351 13.5 actually caps out at 99 Hertz on a panel of this resolution. 221 00:11:59.652 --> 00:12:01.387 So how are we getting 240? 222 00:12:02.288 --> 00:12:03.756 Linus: Uh, display stream compression! 223 00:12:03.756 --> 00:12:04.390 Plouffe: Yes! 224 00:12:04.390 --> 00:12:09.295 At our dual UHD resolution with 10 bit color, we need a DSC ratio of 3, 225 00:12:09.328 --> 00:12:13.132 to hit 275 Hertz, or the 240 that's offered on this guy. 226 00:12:13.132 --> 00:12:16.035 This compression should be indiscernible to the human eye. 227 00:12:16.068 --> 00:12:19.371 You know, maybe we'll test those claims later, but for now, 228 00:12:19.839 --> 00:12:20.706 Linus: Here it is. 229 00:12:20.740 --> 00:12:21.273 Plouffe: it looks pretty good. 230 00:12:21.273 --> 00:12:25.778 Linus: Here it is, let's go! It's a beautiful day! 231 00:12:27.580 --> 00:12:30.116 Plouffe: Hahahaha, it's trying to- 232 00:12:30.116 --> 00:12:30.883 Linus: No way! 233 00:12:30.950 --> 00:12:32.418 Plouffe: It's trying to do widescreen on the- 234 00:12:32.418 --> 00:12:36.956 Linus: I am already more cinematic than you can make me be Crytek. 235 00:12:37.256 --> 00:12:39.325 Linus: I'm getting like 120 FPS! 236 00:12:39.358 --> 00:12:40.192 Plouffe: That's pretty good. 237 00:12:40.559 --> 00:12:42.394 Linus: For Dual 4K? Yeah, I should think so. 238 00:12:42.394 --> 00:12:44.997 Plouffe: Right? It's like 16 million pixels. 239 00:12:45.331 --> 00:12:50.770 Linus: And you know what? I'm not even using any of AMD's FSR Tomfoolery or anything like that. 240 00:12:50.803 --> 00:12:51.704 Plouffe: Oh yeah, it's native. 241 00:12:51.871 --> 00:12:52.238 Linus: Yep. 242 00:12:52.271 --> 00:12:54.573 Plouffe: That's pretty insane. 243 00:12:54.607 --> 00:12:55.741 Linus: So it looks really clean. 244 00:12:55.775 --> 00:12:56.542 Plouffe: It does. 245 00:12:57.376 --> 00:12:58.310 Plouffe: Oh my god. 246 00:12:58.310 --> 00:13:00.212 Linus: Hold on a second though, I don't know if HDR is on. 247 00:13:00.279 --> 00:13:01.313 Linus: Oh! Here we go. 248 00:13:01.380 --> 00:13:02.948 Plouffe: Ooooh. 249 00:13:03.015 --> 00:13:06.452 Linus: Oh, it looks so good! Ah, look at how pretty everything is! 250 00:13:06.485 --> 00:13:09.722 Okay, but seriously, there are some things we need to talk about;. 251 00:13:09.789 --> 00:13:12.558 It's an absolute beast, it kind of does it all, 252 00:13:12.558 --> 00:13:17.363 but at this price it should, $2500 is a lot of cheese; 253 00:13:17.496 --> 00:13:22.902 with that said, it's also the sort of product that you buy and then use for 10 years. 254 00:13:23.035 --> 00:13:28.140 Buy it once, cry once; and what's kind of cool watching videos like this is 255 00:13:28.140 --> 00:13:31.177 even if you don't have $2500 to spend on a monitor, 256 00:13:31.310 --> 00:13:34.947 well, the way that companies like Samsung keep developing their panel technology 257 00:13:34.947 --> 00:13:37.716 to bring prices down, and sizes up, 258 00:13:37.817 --> 00:13:42.388 I mean, at some point, hey, it could be coming. 259 00:13:43.155 --> 00:13:47.560 So hey, thank you to all the people who do buy it for $2500, 260 00:13:47.693 --> 00:13:51.530 funding the development, so that the prices come down for everyone else later."}