#ultrawide-219

#ultrawide-219

Store mode, also known as Demo Mode or Retail Mode, boosts contrast, brightness, and motion smoothing to create a bold image that attracts attention in stores. This setting often results in overly saturated colors and exaggerated brightness, which may not reflect the TV's true performance in a home environment.

Samsung just announced that 120 games will be playable via its Odyssey 3D Hub platform by the end of the year. This is the platform that provides content for glasses-free 3D monitors like recent Odyssey displays. The company made this claim at, while also noting that the platform currently offers around 60 playable titles.

Traits I look for in a large TV include good brightness and contrast, advanced local dimming (read: good backlighting) to reduce light bleed from bright objects on dark backgrounds, accuracy to the director's intent, and impressive color saturation, especially for HDR (High Dynamic Range) content.

Is 8K TV finally dead? Maybe not officially, but the technology that never quite caught on certainly seems to be on the way out as another manufacturer has pulled the plug. According to a report from flatpanelshd.com, LG is officially halting production on all 8K TVs. From what I can tell, this leaves Samsung as the only remaining manufacturer -- and its 2026 lineup announcement at CES last month made no mention of 8K.

A curved monitor is really something you need to experience firsthand to fully appreciate its advantages. The Asus 34-inch monitor features a 1,500R curvature designed to mirror the natural curve of human vision and how we perceive our surroundings. When placed at the optimal viewing distance, this curvature delivers a level of immersion that flat monitors simply can't replicate, filling your peripheral with what's happening on screen.

Calling the Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 "ultra-wide" barely scratches the surface. This thing is enormous. At 49 inches across, it can dominate an entire desk. It's the kind of monitor that makes dual-screen setups look quaint, delivering a single, seamless canvas that stretches far into your peripheral vision. Right now, it's also far more affordable than usual. The Odyssey OLED G9 normally sells for $1,249, but Amazon has dropped the price to $900, knocking a hefty $349 off the total for a limited time.