There are few monitors more profound, versatile, and perfectly designed for gaming than the Samsung Odyssey Ark gaming monitor. This monitor puts you in the game. With stunning colours and clarity, a response time you expect in a gaming monitor (165Hz refresh, 1ms response time) the consequences of your thoughts are immediate—like you are in the game. During gaming month Best Buy will have many gaming contests, and this one is for anyone who wants their gaming bigger and better than ever. The prize is the same monitor that we sent to Marcus (pictured above) for an honest review. I saved that sample at the office when it returned from Marcus so that I could give it away during gaming month. Read his review to learn about this monitor and enter this contest to win it!

Are you really in the game

Like most things in life that are real, gaming ability and gaming interest falls on a normal distribution (aka, a bell curve). Some of us are “Little Game” and some of us are “Big Game.” I fall on the far left at about a “3” on the scale since I don’t play games very much. But I work with talented writers on the Best Buy blog, like Jon Scarr and Matthew Rondina who are at “8” or “9” on the scale (reserving a “10” for professional eSport players).

Introspect for a minute. What kind of gamer are you? When hostile aliens come to visit Earth, will you be on the “A” list of people the army calls for the big “drone battle in the sky” or will you be someone, like me, they ask to do more farming to feed the troops? Hey I could use a big monitor like the Samsung Odyssey Ark to plan my crops!

Who in your life is the biggest gamer you know

Okay so I have established that I am not “Good Game” and certainly not “Big Game.” You likely have a good idea where you land on this scale, but how about the people in your life. Are they more game or less game than you? In other words, would they be more likely or less likely to get the most benefit from having this amazing monitor prize in their home. For some people this might be a sensitive topic: food fights have started with less incentive. I’m not trying to raise hackles, or move anyone to cast judgement. If a consensus is not immediately forthcoming, then this is likely the kind of question best settled with … a game! Perhaps you’ll get to play it using this monitor.

I understand, however, that many people might think this monitor is too big for their home. That’s okay. Samsung has a huge selection of gaming monitors, smart monitors, curved monitors, efficient productivity monitors, and more. In fact, many of them are on sale this month so you’ll likely find exactly the monitor you need for gaming, for school, for work ….

How to enter

Entering this contest is easy and you can enter in two different ways

  1. In a comment below: tell us the name of someone in your life (first name only) who is very close to the same level of gamer as you AND if you were going to compete to see who is actually better, what game would you want to play and why. AND
  2. Email your dream Samsung monitor: Visit this Samsung monitor page at Best Buy and take a screen shot of the monitor (or just include the name and model number) that you think is the perfect size and style for your needs. Then send this information in an email to bestbuyblog@bestbuycanada.ca with the subject line “Samsung Ark Monitor Contest.”

What you can win

At the end of the contest, we will randomly select one (1) winner from all eligible entries. This winner will receive the Samsung Odyssey Ark 55″ 4K Ultra HD 165Hz 1ms GTG VA LCD FreeSync Gaming monitor that had been reviewed on the blog.

This contest runs from May 31st to June 15th.

Remember you can enter one here in a comment and once in an email. I mentioned above that June is gaming month. We have many contests this month including our massive “Play at Best Buy” contest and even a board game themed contest. This is the month to tell everyone you know to enter our contests for amazing prizes.

Win a Samsung Odyssey Ark gaming monitor

Good luck.

Martin Renaud
Editor in Chief
Martin loves working with the talented editors and writers on the Best Buy Blog as Editor-in-Chief. During his spare time he is either working on his next novel, cooking up a masterpiece in the kitchen, or adding some smart tech to his new home on Mayne Island in British Columbia.

571 COMMENTS

  1. My friend Gabriel is a great adversary in video games! In order to decide which one is the best, we would have to play a few games of the racing game Speedrunner on PC to decide once and for all, who is the greatest!

  2. Donna and I could go head to head playing Halo, we are pretty comparable and it would be very heated!

  3. My friend Jake is very close to the same level of gamer as me. I would like to play Mario Kart 8 with him because I’m very good at it.

  4. Wow what a cool monitor! My brother Jason is a bigger gamer than me alas I would still try to kick his butt at Mario Kart, anything with Mario really and of course anything Zelda related. Burnout is also a great 2 player game that would look great on this monitor.

  5. I would play Super Smash Bros with Laura because we haven’t played together for a long time and by now she will be as rusty as I am.

  6. I would play with my friend Josh and we would play Super Smash Bros because it is a game we’ve been playing each other for years.

  7. Jessie is about the same level of gamer as me. We’re not very competitive, but if we needed to duke it out for the “Best Gamer” title, I think we’d have to try a few rounds in a custom “Overwatch” match! I think it would be a good choice because you can tweak all the specifics (location, damage, etc) and there’s a nice variety of Heroes to choose from.

  8. I am below everyone in gaming lels, but hubby lets me win every once in awhile. The 55 inch screen on the Odyssey Arkmight improve my gaming abilities.

  9. I would definitely have to beat Chris on the rainbow road in Mario Kart. So far I do not have adequate skill but practice makes perfect.

  10. My now 3 hour behind timezone gaming bud Nick, I think we’re the most equal as we’re both exhausted with kids lol.

    Probably some apex firing range or cod as those are the only games we ever play

  11. My partner Mark is very close to the same level as gamer as me. If we were going to compete to see who is actually better, we would play Mario Kart because it is so fast-paced and fun!

  12. tell us the name of someone in your life (first name only) who is very close to the same level of gamer as you AND if you were going to compete to see who is actually better, what game would you want to play and why.

    Steve is a similar gamer to me. God Of War is my favourite game. I i was to play this with Steve, i would win.

  13. I would play with Moe who is close to the same level of gamer as me and we would play Mario Kart because it is so much fun.

  14. I would definitely have to beat Chris on the rainbow road in Mario Kart. I love that there is a game that I am better at everyone in my house at.

  15. Lynn and I could compete in mario kart, Because if we tried playing with our kids, we would be left in the dust.

  16. Colton,

    Mario Party would definitely be the game to test our skills. All the different game modes would have us on a equal playing field.

  17. My brother and I have been playing Fortnite against each other for several years now, it is a great game and we both love playing it. He will say he is the better player, but in reality I am better and usually win!

  18. Someone who is very close to the same level of gamer as me is my best buddy Ryan. If we were to compete I would want to play FIFA 2023 because I have a lot of practise and it’s a game that I really enjoy.

  19. My buddy Peter! Although if we played FPS, he’d clap me badly. Probably best just to team up in D4!

  20. My son (age 10) and I would, most likely, end up playing Mario Kart on this. He will love the larger screen (55″ compared to our current 34″). I might appear larger in his field of view as I drive off into the distance and give him a bit more hope.

  21. Me and my boyfriend; Coleman are on the same gaming level. We would be playing a lot of Nintendo with the great Samsung Odyssey Ark 55″ monitor.

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