Gaming on Samsung Odyssey monitors has always been amazing but it’s even better with the new G8 OLED monitor. We have reviewed a range of Odyssey series gaming monitors on the blog, from the Odyssey G3 24″ to the amazing 55″ Odyssey Ark. These are all excellent gaming monitors. Whatever your needs, how much space you have for a monitor, or what features are important for you, you will find the right monitor for you in this series. This year we get the exciting introduction of OLED screens from Samsung. I’ll explain how this will affect gaming, and viewing in general, and then you can enter for a chance to win one!
Do gamers have an advantage using an OLED display
Let’s cut to the chase: will you win more games using an OLED display? After all, gaming is more fun when you’re pushing the limits of your skill … and winning! Gamers look for every advantage, no matter what game is played. OLED screens do offer a few advantages that can provide that competitive edge. Here are three advantages:
- Better contrast: OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) technology allows for deeper blacks and brighter whites, resulting in a higher contrast ratio. This can enhance the visual experience of games that rely on darker environments, such as horror or stealth games.
- Faster response time: OLED monitors have faster response times than LED monitors, which means that they can display fast-paced action scenes without any motion blur or ghosting.
- More vivid colours: OLED technology can produce a wider range of colours than LED, resulting in more vibrant and accurate colour reproduction. This can make games look more realistic and immersive.
You know with an OLED screen the picture will have amazing true blacks, and vivid colours. The G8 also has a curved screen for a much more immersive experience that is perfect for gaming. When you feel more involved in the story and the action you can’t help but perform better. Read more about this monitor in Jason Gorber’s detailed review on the Best Buy blog.
Add a Samsung Odyssey monitor for the ultimate gaming rig
What is your ultimate gaming setup? This spring is a great time to upgrade because the newest gaming computers and laptops are getting released with the newest Intel and AMD processors, and the newest graphics cards. Also, this spring we’ll see many new monitors arrive, including the Samsung Odyssey OLED G8 monitor we are giving away in this contest. Lastly, many of the new computer, monitors, and gaming peripheral accessories like mice and keyboards are on sale during Best Buy’s spring PC gaming event.
Imagine if you win the monitor we are giving away in this contest. You might decide to match this monitor upgrade with other upgrades to really boost your gaming performance and enjoyment. Best Buy even has a value priced bundle that includes the Samsung G8 monitor and 1TB internal M.2 solid state drive to store your downloaded games. What kind of upgrade would you want this spring? Consider that question as you enter this contest.
How to enter
Entering this contest is easy and you can enter in three different ways.
- In a comment below, tell us which of the features of the monitor we are giving away in this contest are you are looking forward to trying and what game(s) would you play first.
- For up to two (2) additional entries, create a public post on a social media channel (one entry per channel!) sharing with your friends and followers that you are entering a Best Buy Blog contest for a chance to win an OLED gaming monitor; include the hashtag #BestBuySamsungOLEDcontest, so we can find your post, and include the picture at the top of this article. Then return here and tell us in a comment below on which channel you posted it and the name of your channel (since many people use pseudonyms) so that we can check and verify your entry. You can use any social media channel (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, etc.), but the post must be public so we can verify it is there.
- BONUS ENTRY: If you happen to visit a Best Buy store, take a picture with your smartphone of any section of the store that clearly shows any Samsung products (monitors, televisions, etc). Then in an email to bestbuyblog@bestbuycanada.ca with the subject line “Samsung gaming monitor contest” tell us the location of the store (city, street) and attach the picture.
What you can win
At the end of this contest, we will randomly select one eligible entry to receive the Samsung 34″ Odyssey G8 OLED gaming monitor that Jason reviewed on the blog.
This contest runs from March 10th to March 23rd.
Remember you can enter in three different ways as discussed above. Tell your friends. Tell your family. Also, if you do visit a store, tell everyone in the store to take a photo of a Samsung product and send it to the blog: they’ll likely be surprised and happy to find out!
Win a Samsung G8 OLED gaming monitor Rules and Regulations
Good Luck.
The faster response time would be awesome for my gaming; Call of Duty would be a blast!
I love a curved screen for an immersive experience – the first game I would play is Spyro – pretty retro!
Great monitor
I like the fast refresh rate. Better for gaming
The faster response time would make playing Call of Duty more fun.
The vivid colours….love to play Zelda using this monitor
the curved screen would be great to experience….not just for gaming but watching any shows…especially action movies like Top Gun
Faster response time….better to play my golf simulator
The 34″ curved LCD display with Ultra WQHD 3440 x 1440 native resolution gives you amazing image quality , this would be great for Forza Horizon 5.
I am a forever Mario fan and the vivid colours would be good (I’m showing my age here lol)
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I posted on Twitter
I’m interested in the fast response time of the monitor; I would play Call of Duty online
I’m interested in the fast response time of the monitor; I would play Call of Duty with family
I’m interested in the fast response time of the monitor; I would play Call of Duty with friends
Faster response time so I would play Call of Duty
I’m interested in the fast response time of the monitor; I would play Call of Duty
I would love the vivid colours. I would play Mario.
I’m interested in the fast response time of the monitor; I would play Call of Duty with friends
great color, Mario Party
faster response time, would play call of duty
Better contrast and I would play Minecraft
Looking forward to faster response times grinding Valorant.
Faster response time — God of War
Faster response time and I would play Call of Duty.
Fast response time and vivid colours would be fantastic
I love the vivid colours and the faster response time. I can’t wait to play Call of Duty.
Faster response time to play Call of Duty
Faster response time for my FPS games
Gaming and TV all in one from my recliner !
Maybe try some retro Tetris… (JK)
Faster response time is amazing and Call of Duty would be the game.
Posted on twitter
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I would love to use the TV featured this monitor as I don’t have a TV in my bedroom and I could replace my work monitor with this to double up as a TV. I will play Mario cart on this as the OLED colours will really pop out
Would love to try for the faster response time and I would play Sims.
the 36″ would be nice
Looking forward to the big size. I would first play Goat Simulator on it!
The expanded storage is great. I’d love to play some Mario.
Faster response time because im impatient. I would play webkinz first
I’m in need of a monitor with high contrast and rich colour. The 34″ size would be a huge upgrade to what I have now.
Looking forward to haveing faster respone time and want to play Mario Party Superstars
I would love the chance to see if the faster response time improves my husband’s gameplay in Dota.
Faster response time and I would play Call of Duty.
Entered on Facebook! Thanks for the chance!
Faster time and vivid colours would be fantastic for playing Mario ! My all time favourite, love ‘em all from old school Super Mario to Mario cart and more
“the immersion of the 1800R screen made you feel at times like you were falling right into the picture,” that is a definite selling feature and a great monitor and great game should work together to make the player feel they are first person. I am not sure of the game…perhaps Age of Empires IV.
entered on FB Anne-Marie Fields
Faster response time and Call of Duty
175 Hz refresh rate for world of warcraft. Also the 36″ would be nice
175 Hz refresh rate! I would play Assassin’s Creed.
I would love to see how the vivid colours make playing Call of Duty more realistic.
The vivid colours would make No Man’s Sky look amazing!
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