Imagine being surrounded by a monitor. A monitor over four feet surrounds your face as you play "Doom Eternal," glory-killing demons with a chainsaw, subwoofers on full blast.
The Odyssey Ark monitor was Samsung's pitch to tech enthusiasts at CES 2022 in Las Vegas earlier this year. It lives up to its reputation.
When you examine the Samsung Odyssey Ark in person, it feels every bit as large as its 55-inch diagonal size suggests, even when you turn it to a vertical orientation.
An Xbox Series X and a PC with a premium graphics card (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti) connected to such a massive display is an unusual and somewhat overwhelming experience.
Samsung employees joked about daisy-chaining a whole room full of monitors together to make a tidal wave.
Samsung's representatives also suggested Wall Street traders using the humongous monitors, perhaps at the New York Stock Exchange, just a few blocks from the August demonstration.
It features 4K resolution and 165Hz refresh rate, a combination typically found in higher-end monitors.
A typical competitive gaming display has a higher refresh rate, such as 240Hz or 360Hz, but a lower resolution quality, such as 1080P. In contrast, the Ark has four speakers and two built-in woofers.
A matte anti-glare display and cockpit mode are among the features of the Ark monitor, which retails for $3,499.99.
It can display Wikipedia entries for Rio de Janeiro and Microsoft Flight Simulator. With the remote that comes with the display, users can adjust the size of each window.
Often, gamers who build their own computers purchase PC parts and separate displays. When compared to those elaborate setups that cost thousands, console gaming can seem relatively low-end.
There will be a release date for the Samsung Ark in early September, and preorders will begin on August 15th.