Samsung C32HG70 32-inch HDR QLED Quantum Dot Curved Gaming Monitor (144Hz / 1ms) Model C32HG70QQN

I love this monitor. Bright whites and dark darks. The colors are vibrant thanks to Samsungs Quantum Dot LED and 144hz refresh rate makes any game run as smooth as butter. The 1800r curvature is subtle yet noticeable. It pulls you into the experience better than a flat monitor does. The menu interface navigates silky smooth thanks to the joystick on the easy to reach, bottom right corner. Games look more vibrant and run smoother than it ever has on my 4k monitor. The only not-so-much-of-a-con-con I can think of is HDR. If your only reason for purchasing this monitor is HDR (High Dynamic Range) I would still recommend purchasing this monitor. HDR isnt (as of writing) fully integrated into enough games (assuming youre purchasing this to game, as this is a gaming monitor) to fully justify this purchase solely based on HDR. HDR is just icing on the not yet fully realized cake. QLED, 1440p, 144hz refresh rate and gorgeous aesthetic come together to make this a worthwhile purchase. After putting away my Acer xb280hk (28" 4k w/ G-Sync) due to a desire for higher refresh rates and better fps, I am not disappointed at all. My rig achieves an average of 146fps at 1440p Ultra and I have had no desire to return to a G-Sync equipped monitor ever since setting up this monitor. For my NVIDIA owning fam: Dont worry about the lack of G-Sync. As long as youre not pushing past the refresh rate of the monitor, you shouldnt notice significant tearing (I only experienced slight tearing playing GTA5). I was hesitant to purchase this due to the lack of a G-Sync unit, but I dont regret my purchase at all. I doubt you all would either :) Rig added for additional context: CPU: Intel Core i7 6700k GPU: MSI Geforce GTX 1080 ti (Twinfrozr cooler) Ram: 16GB Kingston HyperX (DDR4)

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For context, my PC consists of a factory clocked i7-7700k, GTX 1070 and16 GB of RAM. I took the leap of faith on the 27" version of this monitor and have to say i absolutely love it. I primarily use my PC for gaming (PUBG, BF1, LoL) and Ive owned and experimented with many types of displays with varying types of panels - • 27" 4k IPS panel (LG something) • 34" Ultrawide Curved 3440x1440p panels (Dell U3415W) • 27" 2k IPS G-SYNC Panels (ASUS PG279Q) • 25" FHD 240Hz G-Sync TN (6-bit+FRC) Panel (Alienware AW2518H) This is all to say, Im not a monitor expert. Im speaking purely on a level of what i "felt" when i was gaming while using these different monitors and how i feel they stack up with one another. Of all different levels of performance ive experienced, I think the Samsung CHG70 is the best solution for me. Its a beautiful orchestration of everything I want as a gamer - Color reproduction, performance, size and ergonomics all hit the mark. Compared to the Alienware - while having a 240Hz refresh rate paired with G-Sync is nice, quite frankly, the level of fluidity is negligible when compared to a 144Hz panel with no adaptive sync technology. I couldnt see any advantage when using the 240Hz refresh rate, despite how awe-inspiring it is on paper. The Samsung felt just as responsive as the Alienware with G-Sync enabled while providing a far superior image quality (Alienware sports a TN 6-bit+FRC panel) at a similar price. Like Alaskan111, i also compared it with an ASUS PG279Q. Again, for me, the Samsung comes out on top. The main differences between these two monitors are: ASUS - G-SYNC, slightly faster refresh and IPS panel. Samsung has a curved display, FreeSync (AMD equivalent of G-Sync), and an AH-VA panel. I didnt notice any difference when gaming without G-Sync and i very much prefer the VA Panel with Quantum dot technology over the IPS that comes with the ASUS. The most significant factor making the Samsung superior to the ASUS for me was the curved panel. I love the curve. I find it subtle, yet impactful because i dont have to strain my eyes to see the edges of the display in tense situations. I wont go into great detail comparing this panel against the others - frankly, gaming on a 60Hz panel is rough for me. I can tell a significant difference when playing on a 60Hz panel compared to 144Hz or higher. IPS is always going to produce great colors and images, but at the cost of slightly lower performance. And while a 4k IPS panel is a delight on the eyes, its rough for gaming. Most titles will require you to either drop your graphics settings significantly, or drop your resolution to 2560x1440 at minimum, essentially putting you back to an even playing field in terms of resolution with the Samsung CHG70. Except now, the native 4k panel is scaled down to 2k and youre stuck with 60Hz refresh rate when you could have a native 2k with 144hz refresh rate. Food for thought. In terms of size, for me personally, i always felt that 27" was just slightly too large given the distance i am from my display. I have to turn my head slightly and strain my eyes to see the edges. The 25" Alienware was the perfect size for me given how close i sit to my monitor. Introduce the curve. If you havent experienced a curved monitor before, it is really a treat, especially for gaming. With the curve, the 27" feels incredibly comfortable - no more head turning or eye straining to see the outer edges. You get the benefit of extra screen real-estate with the comfort of a slightly smaller panel. Elaborating on the ergonomics of the monitor. I have a fairly sturdy desk, and i find the stand to be quite good. My monitor doesnt wobble at all unless i ram into my desk by accident. The stand holds the monitor securely in whichever position i articulate it. It supports height, tilt and swivel adjustments - for that reason, youre going to need a larger footprint to keep it stable. Despite how large it is, its still relatively sleek and can easily be worked around. Lastly, to address the negative reviews floating around - a couple of things to note. 1) Statistically, fewer people that have had a positive experience with a product take the time to write a review. People with a negative experience almost always write reviews. So you have to assume that for every 1 negative review, there are an exponential number of people who have had a positive experiences with the product. 2) Everyone places different levels of value on different aspects of the product - some people might give this monitor a 5 star rating based solely on its color reproduction ability while others might give it only 2 stars because they have a flimsy desk and the panel wobbles when someone walks by. So try to approach each aspect of the monitor objectively, as it is on paper.

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I’m writing this as someone going from a 4K 60hz panel to this 1440p 144hz. I have to say I’m satisfied with it. Once again I can actually aim on pubg again, while holding a good framerate. Going from my 27” 4K to this 32” 1440p is definitely a noticeable change, but the difference is fairly minimal. My 4K definitely had better colors being an IPS, but theres no getting past the fact that this is a 144hz panel with lower response too. I run my games on a 1080ti and I still struggled to maintain a steady 60+fps on 4K, but I blister through triple digits on this making everything feel great. Build quality is good, it has 2 USB ports to passthrough, displayport 1.4 so you only need a single displayport, small bezel, and a strong rotating stand. Its a really well made product with the except of the power cord and location of the ports. For one, the power cord is right angled, but in the wrong direction. So you have to turn it 180 degrees to get to the hole if you use the included cover for the back. Also, the power cord is SHORT. Only a 3ft cord. It barely makes it to the floor. I do hate that the ports on the back face down instead of toward the wall. So you have to put your head down on the desk to look up at them.

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I purchased this monitor a little while ago to upgrade from the 24" 1080p 60Hz monitor I had previously been using, and I couldnt be happier! Im a PC Gamer, so graphics are important to me. I also play a lot of the FPS genre of games, so naturally, I wanted to move up to a higher refresh rate than the 60Hz Id been using since I started gaming on PC back in 2013. After spending some time getting the monitor calibrated to my liking, which was quite easy to do due to the user-friendly OSD, I am absolutely in love with this monitor! The colors are deep, rich and vibrant. There are no artifacts, no dead pixels, and I dont get any screen tearing either. I wasnt sure if Id like the curve in the panel, as Id never used a curved monitor before, but a lot of people on the Internet told me Id never look back, and I have to say; they were right! The curve just adds something... special, to the monitor. It enhances my gaming experience a lot! I bought an aftermarket mount for this monitor in the same order, since I knew that for my desk, it just wouldnt work. The arm on the back of it protrudes out quite a bit, and with the size of my desk and how close it is to the wall, the arm hits the wall and doesnt allow me to position the monitor exactly where I want it. I knew this before I bought it, so I bought a Pixio VESA Mount / Stand with it and Im very happy with that too. All in all, I absolutely love this monitor. I cant believe I didnt get one when I first heard about how amazing they are, and I can say in all honesty that it is DEFINITELY worth the money! If youre on the fence; get off the fence and buy it!

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Before using this monitor, I suggest you read this review to know how to use it properly. You will thank me, trust me ;)) Alright, lets start it. Pros: - 144Hz goes with 10-bit, yes, not 8-bit+FRC. Thats why I love it than Aorus AD27QD. Some monitors require you to low the refesh rate to achieve 10-bit. But this one is HDR10. It means 144hz and true 10-bit. - LFC for low framerate compensation. - Freesync 48-144hz. - Curved. Amazing. My first curved monitor btw. And I will never go back to flat ones. - Freesync 2 HDR. Great. But not many games can use Feeesync 2. Mostly switch to Freesync 1 + HDR. Im not sure why but dont mind it. Input lag is not noticiable. - High contrast. VA is best at contrast. And I recommend Samsung VA only. Dont buy other VA monitors. - Local dimming. Most of brands forgot that they can have HDR, but without local dimming, you can only enjoy 50% real HDR. So it means HDR + non local dimming = bad. This is real. - HDR 600 with insane brightness. It hurts my eyes a lot after using ;)). I suggest you not using 100 brightness. For your safety. I warned you already. Cons: - Flickering. Not sure why but Freesync on this monitor is weird. Over 144hz will cause flickering. Cap the framerate + AMD Chill + Enhanced Sync. But damn it framerate cannot be capped ;)). AMD faults actually. But upcoming firmware will fix. Not because the monitor trust me even you see the warning about flickering. Still AMD issues. - The panel for cable management sucks. The cords are too hard to keep in a hole. I suggest 3 holes ;))

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Ive been using the 32" monitor for the past month. The picture looks better and better every time I turn it on. I also own samsungs ks9500 65" TV, I bring this up because both this monitor and some larger TVs are curved. Ive used the TV for over a year and have never felt like the curve has made much of a difference. That couldnt be more opposite regarding this monitor. My 65" tv has a 4,200R curvature which means at the right viewing distance the picture should feel more immersive. SHOULD but doesnt. This monitor has a much greater curvature (1800R) and because you sit closer it surrounds you. In simple terms, it basically turns your computer desk into a miniature gaming IMAX. Ive been playing overwatch and skyrim and with both the fast paced motions of the first person shooter and the endless amounts of trees in skyrim this monitor doesnt miss a detail. Colors are deep and rich. Motion is smooth and fluid. The stand is big and isnt the easiest to make room for but has a lot of adjustment settings and positions. It also comes with a wall mount. This monitor does not have speakers but the quality and detail in the picture makes up for it. Awesome monitor

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What an absolutely brilliant display!! I cannot stress how amazing this monitor is. The curve is just right and who can deny having a 32 144hz monitor?!? Gaming with this monitor is where everything will come together in a moment of absolute bliss. I did not get a bad VA panel, no burn ins from the manufacturer and no dead pixels. Now, here is where doing a little bit of research will do you some good. Dont listen to the other reviewers who, for some odd reason, thought this monitor didnt have a power button, well, it does. The single button on the back of the monitor is called a JOG button or multi-purpose button. If you guys just read the manual you would have all known that holding the button down for 2 seconds IS the power button.

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Well hello there. This monitor, is one of the best I have ever owned. Its a pretty amazing monitor. First off, testing HDR. I originally has an EVGA 1080ti FTW3, and later upgraded/sidegraded to the AMD Radeon VII. Options for the Nvidia were RGB, YCbCr 4-4-4 Limited, YCbCr 4-2-2 Limited. These are the only options. Now I will get this next part out before anyone tries to claim "you dont know what you are talking about". I set the Nvidia to "Full Dynamic Range" as it has its own separate option. So you cannot claim that I am full of it.... Options for the AMD were RGB Full (funny how they tell you its "full" which is a huge FU to Nvidia), YCbCr 4-4-4 Full, YCbCr 4-2-2 Full, and YCbCr 4-4-4 Limited. AMD does not have separate options for dynamic range. If you set RGB you get Full Dynamic Range, if you set YCbCr 4-4-4 Limited you get Limited Dynamic Range. Now having both the Nvidia and AMD gpus set to RGB with Full Dynamic Range, I ran tests. HDR content, Movies, and even HDR video games. The Nvidia cards have an issue where it doesnt display the proper colors, nor able to transfer from grey to black properly. There is serious BANDING issues (google banding for examples). Now why would the Nvidia card have banding issues? Well, the problem is Nvidias color compression. They are VERY heavy handed on color compression, on SDR content and crap 6 bit displays (6bit + frc) or basic 8 bit you wont notice it. But on a 8 bit + frc or 10 bit HDR monitor, the issue is shown in full light. Nvidia loses color data when compressing, causing visual issues, most notably, the banding. Its not a proven FACT. On the AMD, there is no banding, and it displays way more colors than the Nvidia (direct comparison proves it). This monitor is great, 1440p, 144hz, HDR, Freesync2, it just works. (lol). Now remember, this display is HDR600 certified, which means its peak nits are 600. So when playing games like The Division 2, after setting Freesync2 HDR mode, set the peak nits to 600 and it will adjust the game to fit your monitors specifications. If you have an HDR1000 monitor, you can set the peak nits to 1000. If you have an HDR400 monitor, you can set it to 400. Some games do not have an adjustment, which results in improper HDR content (Forza for example). My only gripe, is the haze effect. At a certain distance (close to your face) you can see a color haze. Now I have heard two things about this haze, either its the pixels themselves because of their alignment and how VA panels work, or its the glue between the panel and the panel protector. Either way, you only notice it when viewing solid colors (like a grey windows background). When watching video content or playing games, you dont notice it at all. This isnt enough for me to knock the monitor, as it doesnt effect video or gaming. I do hope that Samsung comes out with a 1440p 240hz 1/2ms HDR1000 monitor using OLED technology. That I would buy in a heartbeat. I feel like both graphics technology and monitor technology has been held back for some reason. We should have 1080p 480hz monitors with very fast response times. 1440p 240 hz. and 4k 120hz. ALL with HDR1000 certifications. But for some reason, we dont. It doesnt seem like they care to push the boundaries. Some might argue "but graphics cards cant keep up" but why should that prevent moving forward? If anything, pushing monitor boundaries would push GPU manufacturers to make faster products to handle the new monitors.... clearly, we have stagnated and people have become comfortable with it.... I mean, there was a time where new games would get very poor performance because current gen GPUs couldnt handle it, forcing GPU companies to actually increase performance so the game ran smoothly on the next gen. Now games come out, and it works on gpus made YEARS ago.... stagnation.

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This monitor is flat out gorgeous! I just installed it today and played a few games so I cant speak to long term topics. I have a nvidia GTX 970 and used the displayport cable and was immediately recognized. The colors were clearly much better than my Samsung 27" 1080/60, they popped! The brightness was a bit high, set at 100, so I moved it down to 75. I played Overwatch and SWTOR and I was just blown away! I cant overstate how awesome the picture and frame rate is! The monitor stand is not as bad as I thought. My desk sits next to the wall and my last monitor was pushed to the back which have me plenty of room to work. This monitor with the stand sits in about the middle of the desk with enough room to work if needed. I have a pull out keyboard tray so the distance is perfect for me. With the curved 32 inch display which the refresh rate and mind blowing colors, it really feels like you are being pulled in the environment of the game that you are playing. I did not experience any monitor sleep issues like others reported or any other issues of that matter. No dead pixels, no light bleed, no screen tearing with the nvidia card and viewing angles are great. I am assuming that this batch of monitors were loaded with the latest firmware. The menus on the monitor is a pleasure to use which is something that I am not used to. The blue light in the back is barely noticeable even with the room lights off so nothing special there. I am keeping the box just in case I need to RMA it or have any other issue in the near future and I also registered it with Samsung for the 1 year warrantee. I got this monitor on sale too so thats a bonus. My wife was not happy when I told her that I spent the money on this monitor. After it was set up and I showed it to her, I didnt hear any more complaints! Haha. I highly recommend this monitor and I cant overstate the quality of the image especially compared to the price of the competition!

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I contemplated buying this monitor for a few months. Every time that I would go to purchase it I would read the reviews and decide to wait. After looking and looking at monitors, I finally decided to take my chances. Im glad that I did. This is an amazing monitor. The HDR quality is very impressive but you do have to remember that this is rated at HDR600 not 1000. That said the picture quality is wonderful. Freesync works flawlessly with Vega64 and ThreadRipper 1950x. There were no dead pixels. There was no damage of any kind. I have this Vesa mounted along with a touchscreen Acer and a Sony Bravia 40 inch. Games are taken to a whole nother level with this beast. Do yourself a favor and go with it. Its worth it and at a decent price for what it is.

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