Samsung - Viewfinity S95UC

Doesn’t have to be OLED? I just picked up a Samsung ViewFinity S95UC 49” 120Hz and it’s great for work. Plug and play over USB c with my MacBook as you described. 120hz but not OLED.

I went with the first option on the list, the Samsung Viewfinity S95UC. The KVM capability is great and works as I had hoped, though I wish there were a single button I could press to switch. There is a configurable button, but it doesn't appear to support switching in this way, only for the picture-by-picture mode (and probably picture-in-picture too) as far as I can tell. Still, it's just three clicks to switch source. Simple enough. I love the 1000R curve and wouldn't go with anything flatter! I was worried spreadsheets and other software or activities with straight lines would feel weird, but they don't. And you don't have to lean side to side to see the screen. Everything is the right distance away. Plus, if you sit at the 1M mark, it echos back at you when you talk which is a cool effect :-) I don't think anyone would sit that far back for use, so it's not an issue when I'm on meetings; plus I wear headphones. The monitor also has an interesting feature to reduce the impact of going from dark to bright windows. For example, if you have a dark background and pull up a bright document or spreadsheet, it will dim it initially and then bring it to full brightness over a few seconds. I think it can be turned off, but I like it and haven't looked for the setting. If you were using this primarily for gaming or movies, you might want to disable it, but for productivity work, it's a nice feature. There have only been a couple times where it makes it harder for me to see something right away. Overall, I like it. There is a bit of a darker region along the very bottom edge of the screen, but it's thin, not that dark, and there's not much content there, so again, not a big deal to me. The space to plug in some of the connectors on the back feels a little cramped, but once they are in, you don't typically mess with them. The stand works fine and that's what I'm using. The speakers aren't anything to write home about, but they work if you don't have anything else hooked up or just need something quick. You can control the volume with a couple clicks on the button array under the middle of the monitor. Overall, I love this monitor. The KVM is exactly what I needed. The 1000R is perfect. Visually, it's solid. 120Hz and 5ms response time is fine for my needs and works for the minimal gaming I've done (Minecraft). If you have further questions, let me know! Edit: I forgot to mention, the 90W USB-C port was also key. Some of the other monitors I reviewed only supported 18W which will charge a cell phone, but not a laptop. I wanted fewer cables and this made that possible.

I have the Samsung S9 viewfinity. (Don't know the exact model number off the top of my head). It's a 49 inch 32:9 @ 5120x1440p. I use it for working remotely from home and love it. What I really love about it is the picture by picture feature and built in KVM switch.. I use three PCs during the work day and it allows me to just flip my source which also flips my keyboard and mouse to that source. I combine the picture by picture mode with software called Synergy+ and I can bring up two separate computers up on the screen and move my mouse between them, even sharing clipboard contents.

i have both, the curvatures are the same, the 57 is 2 inches taller though and a bit wider

considering samsung are one of the pioneers of curved tvs, and even curved monitors and nearly every super ultra wide is a samsung screen, i dont know what you've been looking at. if i took like 6 neo g9's side to side id have a circle, a perfect circle. thats how this whole thing works, mine doesnt have flat sides, did youre little brother jump on it on the ground. the 57 is identical to every single 49 inch 1000r monitor out there, except 2 inches taller and 5 inches wider

With a 49" 1000R I never had to move my head...the 57" 1000R, sat far enough back is very minimal head movement and when gaming none at all.

Id vote samsung, 1000r is awesome and I trust them more then asus.

I recently went through this when upgrading my screen about 6 months ago. Do I want an ultrawide? Absolutely. Would I design on an ultrawide? No I would not. Most ultrawides have too aggressive of a curve to be suitable for design work in my opinion. If it's a mild curve >1500R it might be okay. I tried experimenting with a 1000R Samsung and just couldn't hang with the amount of distortion. I ended up getting a non curved 32" 16:9 4K instead. It's right at the edge of what I consider comfortable as far as seeing the far edges of the display. I do absolutely love the increased real estate of using a smaller GUI scaling.

I have a mac mini M1 on a 49" 5120x1440 monitor and i am never going back.

It's not tall, it is just really really \*really\* wide (whole width of my desk), which is amazing for how I work. Would not work well as a TV at all ;)

I have a Samsung 49" 5120x1440. Ryzen 5800X3D, 32GB DDR4. I used to have a 2080ti which could get 60-100FPS in space, 30-40 FPS on the ground. A mix of settings per the guidance from the nVidia GeForce Experience app. I upgraded to a 4080 and am now locked at 120FPS in space, and 60-75FPS on the ground. Weirdly, when on the ground and not hitting the 120FPS cap, none of my components are bottlenecked in any way (I'm running an Aida64 sensor panel on another screen). GPU Power, RAM, frequency, VRAM, utilisation, all well below max. No CPU thread more than 25-30%. I don't know why it can't run at the full locked FPS.

my current desk is 55.1" x 23.6", a bit off from your dimensions i used to run dual 32" for content consumption and gaming(both console and PC), i did run dual monitor arms for the displays and to me it didn't feel like they both were too wide for my desk with them going over a bit on each side. gaming and web browsing were the priority for that setup. next setup was with an 49" Samsung(for gaming and productivity), the dual 32s' mounted to the wall atop the 49" were for things like discord, emails and web browsing. though i enjoyed all the screen real estate, it didn't last long and thoughts of sizing down became paramount. i thought "how about" an single 34" but having 32" displays it didn't feel right, then i thought 45" LG Ultragear OLED but after owning the 49" (to me) that was still a tad bit wide for what i wanted. i ended up with an newly purchased(earlier this month) 39" LG Ultragear OLED. FOR ME it checks all the things i was looking for as far as size, specs and use. I use it for photo/video editing via my new mac mini m4 and def for FPS gaming(again console and PC). HDR when gaming has been an eye opener and game changer on this display. in my opinion, the 39" compliments MY desk's dimensions. On an monitor arm and positioned directly in the middle of the desk at arms length. haha, sorry for the looong read. good luck with whatever you decide.

This company started off making high end portable oled monitors, I used to have one. This particular one is just the samsung 49" panel with their electronics powering it. Should be reliable.

I have an Ultrawide curved 49in Samsung monitor and it’s awesome.

2 different 49" samsung models both died on me in about a year. Would not recommend, neither was OLED.

2 different 49" samsung models both died on me in about a year. Would not recommend, neither was OLED.

I started on the Samsung 49” for editing and loved it. Same real estate as 2 27” monitors. The curve didn’t bother me at all. I decided to splurge and got the Samsung 57” ultra wide and I love it even more. It’s equivalent to 2 32” 4K monitors side by side. I also prefer it to the 49” because it’s noticeably taller than the 49”. The 49” sometimes felt a bit narrow.

Got Samsung 49” monster, 1080p. It’s pretty good, I haven’t really encountered any problematic games aside from Souls, Elden Ring, Sekiro. And even those can be fixed via open source software. Surprisingly, all Resident evils, ( even RE5 ) are supporting the resolution. Can’t even imagine playing on anything else anymore. CS 2 is a bit of a wreck though

The only disadvantage is it’s heavy asf, and due to my table being from IKEA, can’t mount it with arm in fear of table giving in to pressure. Also the leg basically takes up the whole table

why not both? i have the samsungs 49in monitor next to my gigabyte 27in

I think Samsung probably has more issues than other brands, but it gets blown out of proportion. I've had a Samsung 49 since 2020 which my wife now uses and the Samsung 57 since it launched without any issues.

We have the 49” Samsung and love it.

I built a setup just like this and when I put it together I realized it was terrible. Returned the TV and got a 49" ultrawide Samsung instead, much happier with it

I got it on sale for $1399 @ B&H. I probably looked at every other monitor above 34" out there. Test drove a 49 Samsung for a while, even tried the 57 but it was way too big for my desk.

21:9 I got a 32:9 and I’m regretting it 😭. Going to return it anyway back to Samsung

I'm running a Samsung Odyssey 32:9 at 3840x1080, graphics set to ultra. I have a Ryzen 7 3800X cpu with an RX 6750X, and 32 gb of ram. So essentially a 6 year old processor with a 3 year old gpu. I get right at 144 fps consistently in space and about 100-135-ish on foot.