The instigative update to Samsung’s Odyssey G9 display was blazoned back on 3 March 2021 with limited information handed at the time by the manufacturer Samsung. We now have some further detailed information about the anticipated spec and features thanks to an early product runner that has appeared on Chinese retailer Taobao. The Samsung Odyssey Neo G9( full model name was firstly listed as S49AG95NC, may actually be S49AG950) will be the successor to the being G9 model and is aimed at gaming and HDR multimedia. It keeps the same large 49 ″ ultrawide format, 1000R steep curve and 5120 x 1440 resolution as the current G9. It'll still be grounded on a VA technology panel with a 240Hz native refresh rate and a wide colour diapason. What makes this new interpretation particularly intriguing is the addition of a Mini LED backlight for bettered HDR performance and original dimming.
Quantum Matrix Mini LED backlight
One of the crucial features to this upgraded Neo G9( aka G9v2 as we were firstly calling it) is the Mini LED backlight. Samsung are calling this a “ Quantum Matrix ” backlight with “ Quantum Mini LED’s ”. Obviously everything has to have the word “ Quantum ” in it for it to be considered by Samsung!
This will offer,048 original dimming zones which should give significantly advanced original dimming capability compared to the being samsung odyssey G9 model which has a veritably limited number of edge lit darkening zones and offers fairly poor perpetration for HDR as a result. The high number of zones helps minimize blooming and halos in HDR content and is a step beyond indeed current FALD backlight models which have smaller zones.
HDR 2000
Thanks to the Mini LED backlight the screen is was firstly listed on the Chinese retailer Taobao as featuring VESA DisplayHDR 2000 instrument. This isn't actually an officially blazoned instrument position yet from VESA, although it’s presumably reasonable to anticipate it to appear alongside this examiner and other possible unborn defenses, with the only real difference from being HDR 1000 and HDR 1400 situations being an increased peak brilliance.
Samsung odyssey G9 rather simply list this as “ HDR2000 ” on their spec runners so far which starts to make effects confusing as it implies it's conforming to VESA’s criteria, when really it’s just their own marker of some kind! We ’d like to see the screen officially certified by VESA one way or the other really.
However you look at it the HDR 2000 marker suggests, and the listed spec confirms, that the streamlined Odyssey Neo G9 display will offer a peak brilliance of 2000 cd/ m2 which is emotional and should help produce bright highlights in HDR content. Samsung also list a 1 million1 discrepancy rate with the Mini LED backlight darkening active.
Variable Refresh Rate Support
To help support the high resolution and 240Hz maximum refresh rate, the screen is listed on Taobao as being G- sync Compatible which means it uses adaptive sync for VRR from both AMD and NVIDIA systems. The NVIDIA G- sync Compatible instrument is presumably pending given it’s not yet listed on NVIDIA’s website as it's so new, although not listed on Samsung’s runners so far so maybe it isn't going to be applicable then. AMD FreeSync Premium Pro instrument is still listed and anticipated.
The absence of a Native G- sync module might beget some complications then with operation of the Mini LED backlight at the same time as VRR. That's incredibly complex to develop and one of the reasons why current FALD and Mini LED gaming observers use the G- sync module. We'll stay to see how this performs on the Samsung Odyssey G9 and whether the Mini LED backlight can keep up with VRR and gaming duly and effectively.
Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 Specs
Spec wise the screen has a 49 ″ ultrawide format, 1000R curve, 5120 x 1440 resolution, 1ms G2G response time, 40001 discrepancy rate, 420 cd/ m2 typical brilliance( SDR),178/178 viewing angles, a1.07 b( 10- bit) colour depth and a wide colour diapason covering 95 of the DCI- P3 reference, 125 sRGB and 92 Adobe RGB. The screen will also come with a plant estimation.
