Samsung - Viewfinity S95UC

I had a 49” with 1440p that I got explicitly for productivity and I returned it after a week of use. The text clarity on that screen wasn’t the best and it was hurting my eyes and giving me a headache. I decided to try a 40” 5K2K screen and it’s a much better experience. The text clarity and 120hz refresh rate is a significant improvement. I highly recommend 5K2K resolution over anything for productivity. If you really want the screen real estate and don’t mind the 1440p, get the 49”. You can also consider the Samsung 59” if you are looking for 2160p resolution. For me, 40” 5k2k is the sweet spot.

I had the Samsung Viewfinity S9 which isn’t the best 49” screen they sell. I got it because of the USB-C power delivery. I ultimately decided that I didn’t want to keep it due to the eye strain and headaches I was getting when using the screen. I now have the Dell UltraSharp U4025QW 40” and I am happy with this screen.

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 have a 49” and will go 45” - miss the 21:9 height and the far edges of the 49” aren’t that useful.

I use mine for 99% productivity and I went from 2x 27” 4K flat monitors to a 49” 1440p super ultra wide with a 1000R curve. Love the curve and horizontal real estate without the bezels getting in the way but hated the drop in resolution/ppi. Really feels like you have so much more screen area without the bezels but I feel I need more height and less width. Really considering the new LG 45” 5K2K.

I went for a cheap and cheerful Samsung ViewFinity S95 with a 120hz VA panel - this thing [Samsung ViewFinity S95UC Curved 49" 5120 x 1440pixels VA 32:9 120Hz (LS49C950UAUXEN)](https://www.dustin.no/product/5011367846/viewfinity-s95uc-curved) which I do regret and wish I'd got my company to pay for a better panel - I wanted 49" at the time though and there's not much choice in that size. I avoided OLED previously because of the problems with text clarity but the new OLED panel has a different subpixel layout that helps along with the higher PPI because of the 2K resolution compared to the 1440p I have. I'm not too concerned about burn in with the newer OLED panels - 1, because they are more resistant than they used to be and, in addition, LG's WOLED tends to be more resistant than Samsung's QD-OLED to burn in and 2, because hopefully my work will buy this for me. :D Although, if they don't I will probably get myself one for Christmas anyway.

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.

Once you go ultrawide, you will never go back. I'm on a 49" 5120 x 1440 120hz ultrawide as a daily driver. Ultrawide is a totally different experience, so much more scree real estate.

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

Just measured my 49" Samsung og-G9 (1000R) and yeah, it's 45" wide and even with an 1800mm desk, it takes up a lot of room and it's a bit of a struggle for space with my PC, medium-sized speakers, work laptop (upright in cradle), mic arm, camera, lights, desk fan and dac/speaker/headphone amp stack. As it's a standing desk too, everything has to be on top. I am a bit concerned with the height of the monitor though, and importantly for me, the new height the camera will have to be with this lens and still look normal - could you measure the height please? I reckon I'll still get this one over the bendy one but am also temped by the future 40" screen in the timeline though this might be bit small (better dpi though), Have to wait till available in Australia though \**sigh\**

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.

The answer I was looking for. I have Samsung 49 non oled version and 77 C2. I have stopped gaming on 49 and game only on C2. Hoping with 45 5k2k I can move back to monitor gaming setup.

49" Samsung would be definitely better for work. I tried to work on 42" LG C2 as many really advise that TV as a main monitor. It was good for gaming because of OLED colors and 4k@120hz resolution, but text was blurry in some cases. I do a lot of diagraming, so it was really painful. I switched back go Samsung 49" non-oled and happy about it. Super good for productivity and good for gaming although it's not 4k and non OLED, the image quality is still good enough for gaming. 32:9 is also much better than 16:10 for both use cases imo.

Triples are best, if you have the space. For sim racing, 49" 32:9 is much better than 38" 21:9, because, well, it's much wider. The most curved ones like the Samsung G9 (non-OLED) will have quite distorted edges when showing a single projection yes, but you can set them as triples with a shallow angle to counteract that. iRacing and ACC have native implementations to compensate for the curve, so they won't have this kind of distortion at all. BTW, tighter curves are preferrable for sim racing, the wrap-around effect feels more natural than having to squint to see the edges of a very wide and flatter screen. I would never consider paying triple the price of a 34" for a 38". There is a nice difference of course, but it's not massive enough to justify the massive difference in price.

I'll never buy another Samsung monitor. I have a non-OLED 49" Samsung. It hasn't had a firmware update since, at the most, six months after I bought it a couple of years ago or so. Sometimes, usually when switching inputs between my personal desktop and my work laptop, the screen will go completely black. Even the OSD won't display, although usually it'll still operate. The only fix is to power the monitor off and back on, using either the non-visible OSD if it's working, or just using the power switch on the surge protector I have it connected to. This happens anywhere from 4 to 16 times a week, I would guess. Also, updating the firmware did not work as easily as it leads you to believe. It was a lot of trial and error.

45. Although I'd personally seriously consider a Dell with built-in KVM and ability to control video source through the command line. I have the 49 (non-OLED) Samsung, and I wouldn't buy another one, but I can't justify getting rid of this yet. The screen itself is great.

My 49" works great for both my work and personal use. I do wish it had a built-in KVM so I didn't have to push separate buttons on the monitor, keyboard, and trackball, to switch, but 🤷‍♂️. Been using it for a year and nine months. I don't recommend Samsung, however (which is what I have, and I can't justify replacing it). I was recently tempted by the Dell ones which have a built-in KVM, but I wanted 1ms response, and I think all theirs had 5ms. I do wish Microsoft would use AI to figure out how people on modern equipment use windows. No, I don't ever want a window to be partially off-screen, et cetera. But that's not specific to ultra-wides and at least there are keyboard shortcuts to fix it.

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.

My 49” Samsung died after a year and a half and I just got ghosted by Samsung support.

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 don’t like Samsungs 49”. It doesn’t have a good “sleep” system. Half the time I could never get it to wake up. I moved it to my work computer. It’s got different problems over there. It stays ghosted like the backlight is out until I reseat the power plug. It might be a bad monitor, but I’ve already had it replaced once.

For productivity 49 in by far nothing beats the real estate of the 49 inch.

I have a 49” Samsung and I hate it

I have the 49" and am going to switch to the 45" OLED. The vertical space on the 45" makes a world of difference.

i got one of the 49" samsungs and really all i do is race, so it's perfect for that

I'm team 49". Great for Sim racing and productivity, especially when mounted to a proper arm

I like my 49" Samsung from a workspace perspective. Great if you're taking notes, using VMs, and in Zoom and Slack/Discord all at the same time, such as doing remote SANS courses. But ... and I could be biased, I've read of too many people having issues with the Blank Screen that won't even display the OSD menu. And it seems to persist between models. I've tried way too many DP and HDMI cables for the to be 'cables' and it's driving me batshit insane. I've installed a dongle with a power switch on my desk so I can just power-cycle it real fast when it blacks out and it comes right back; sucks for gaming though. Go with the 45 or try a different brand of the 49.

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

eu tenho um lg ultrawide da samsung, de 49", e 2 monitores em outro pc... sinceramente, prefiro com 2 monitores para programar... é mais confortável

i have the 49 inch samsung and id go with the 45 lg in a heart beat. ive had problems with the samsung since ive gotten it

For me personally, not really. Running my 49” samsung as a 21:9 / 11:9 dual-input setup or whatever it lands at.

49 all the way

We have the 49” Samsung and love it.

I have the 49 samsung and i wish i had more vertical . Should have went with the 45 lg

I have a 49" Samsung and have no ragrets. I prefer gaming at 1440 to 4k.

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 have both and I prefer the 45. The 49 feels narrow and anything that doesn’t use the whole screen is essentially in a 27 inch screen which is too small.

Productivity? I like the 49 to spilt it Full transparency I have a 49

i used to use the 49, then move back to 32, 4k oled 240hz.

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.

Just upgraded my 49" Samsung to the 57" Acer, I'm deep in the ultra wide hole....

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

Ser jeg kanskje er litt sent ute til *festen*, men hvorfor ikke dele mine erfaringer da jeg for bare noen uker siden byttet ut to 27" skjermer til en 49" modell fra Samsung som den du har nevnt i noen andre svar her. ¯\\\_(ツ)_/¯ Og dommen min er hvert fall at jeg ikke vil tilbake til å ha to separate skjermer igjen, og jeg vi definitivt ikke krympe inn bredden eller høyden på skjermflaten foran meg. Hadde pulten mitt tillatt det så hadde jeg gått opp i høyden også. Utgangspunktet mitt har lenge vært at jeg trenger den plassen jeg kan få på skjermen(e) foran meg, i første omgang til jobb. Og det blir man fort vant til selv om det er mest gaming og underholdning det går i hjemme. Det har uansett siden hjemmekontor i starten av pandemien vært sånn at jeg under gaming ikke lenger har alle skjermflater dekket med det jeg spiller siden jeg da endte opp med flere skjermer hjemme også. Og her er *"salgs"* argument mitt... Og det her er gitt at den ultrabrede skjermen man vurderer har picture-in-picture (PiP) modus. For med PiP i Samsung skjermen du refererte til bl.a. så kan man dele opp skjermen *"on the go"*, men man er ikke låst til bare å dele skjermen i to på midten heller. Greit nok, du har ikke full frihet helt ned på pixelnivå, men du kan velge mellom å dele i to, ish 1/3 og 2/3 (du kan velge hvilken side skillet skal være på), eller en variant hvor den ene skjermen er i et hjørne av den andre. Har ikke testet ut oppløsningen på den siste enda, og for det meste så kjører jeg 43x18 og 21x18 selv. Og så er det forskjellen fra å rocke to separate skjermer... Om jeg vil kan jeg slå over til kun én ultrabred skjerm, og om jeg må kan jeg slå over til to 16x9 skjermer. Og uansett konfigurasjon, så slipper man en svart glipe mellom de virituelle skjermene. Spill med ratt eller stikke har vært mer "klønete" syntes jeg når spillet har vært på en skjerm noe til siden for midten. Eneste ulempen med PiP er at du må ha bruke to av tre inngangsporter i skjermen fra samme PC, så i mitt tilfelle er dockingstasjonen til jobbpcen ikke brukanes med begge halvdeler hver for seg også.

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'm on the Samsung 49" Ultrawide one. The game is absolutely beautiful with it. I think I spent a good 2 hours the first night with it just flying around looking at planets and shit. It gave me a new appreciation for this games artwork and beauty. Even being docked in stations feels so much more cool too. It definitely took a few weeks of getting used to. I moved a lot of windows around a lot before I settled on a overview layout that works for me where I'm not moving my head left to right so much. The real estate for multiple overviews is worth it. I have 5 overviews with plenty room for more if I find something else I'd like separated. Save the monitor on Amazon. It does go on sale. I got it like 25% off for Prime Day a few months ago which is a few hundred bucks saved.

Nope, not stretched. It supports the 5120x1440 resolution just fine. Meanwhile, Borderlands 4, a brand new game, can not support it properly, and it does get stretched out pretty funky like on the outer ends of the monitor. But, that game is a shit hole with a whole ass mess of other problems anyway.

I second this. I use the same set up and essentially split the screen into 3 monitors. As my main layout I have the main center area take up about ~40% and the side areas take up ~30% each. Fancy zones also lets you have different layouts so the percent values actually change depending on what I’m doing but generally I have it as described above. Side note for OP, gaming can be wonky on a 49 inch ultra wide

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.

I was debating for a long time between the 49" 32x9 Samsung or the 45" 21x9 lg, I went with the 45" since it's actually bigger. Also most game recognizes the 21x9 ratio. The aspect ratio of the 49" is not as common. Also the 49" runs hot. I went to the local best buy and I can really feel the heat even in a normal functioning distance, something to be aware of.

I’m a daily GIS/AutoCAD user with a 49” Samsung super ultra wide. Not gonna lie, I love it. I use PowerToys to set up workspaces I can snap windows to in place. ArcGIS is essentially in the middle in a 16:9 radio (I think it’s actually slightly wider) and then I have a space on each side of that window I can snap to. I also keep my laptop lid open so that acts as my second monitor technically. On my laptop I have Outlook or Teams or Spotify. Then on the ultra wide, I have (from left to right) my reference material, ArcGIS, and then an attribute table. It’s a game changer personally

I bought 34" ultra wide and difference is kinda small. You cannot see if there is a car next to you. Even if you get something giga expensive like 49" samsung oddessey you still wont see a car next to you. So yea don't expect much. I do not regret buying mine but I do plan to buy 2 more for a triple 34" setup. When it comes to performance u shouldnt worry too much unless u are on some really old gpu. iRacing is very easy to run. I am on 3070 ti, I was at locked 144fps before and i am at locked 165fps now, obviously low graphics because this is a competitive sim, nobodys here for graphics. There is a bunch of vids that can give you idea what you can expect https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjarVycYkPM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owwrNuK7aR8

I went from Samsung 49 inch ultrawide, to LG C3 42 to Alienware 34 inch to Alienware 32inch 4k and i finally think this is where i will stay.

I'm using the Samsung... Only comparison is if I go to a simulator place with triples... The triples is definitely more immersive but with the cost of monitors and GPUs I'm good with the Samsung 49 inch. I need to improve my lap times before dumping more money hearing disapproval from the wifey

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 went from 2 monitors plus my MacBook screen to a single 49” ultra wide Samsung monitor. I love it and will never go back to multiple monitors. My wfh office is also just so sleek and clean looking now.

I'm also coming from 38" Alienware, and it's so hard to find a good replacement. I tried samsung 49" (too wide) and AW 32" OLED and this was too narrow. Also some OLED can cause eye strain and headaches, and I'm very sensitive to this. Debating should I pull a trigger, since 5k2k finally coming down in price. Side note, I tried it previously, but returned, as I couldn't justify how expensive it was when it came out. Screen was gorgeous, but my ergotron LX arm barely could keep this monstrosity weight.

The LG G9 49“ 32:9 got really cheap used. Have one for years and still love it. Having 2x27“ seemless with a perfect curve in front of you still feels awesome. For productivity and gaming. But I also have 2x27“ 2k vertically left/right + 3x15“ USB-C portables above the 49“ :) Bit different setup, but for my usecases it‘s perfect. Maybe i change the 49“ to a 45“ 5k2k one day, but they have more height and then the 3x15“ above would maybe be too high…now it perfectly aligns.

Savage setup, nice work dude. Makes me want to trade in my Samsung 49 even though I love it. . .

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.

I really like playing xiv on my Samsung 49". The only complaint I have is as a tank when there are markers above some bosses that need to be seen for mechanics, it can be hard. Just a little more vertical fov would be nice.

Double wide like the Samsung Odyssey. They're 32:9 so the size of 2 normal monitors. It's like having 2 screens without spaces between them.

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

I have a 32:9 and I'll never go back. I use it both as two 16:9 screens as well as one 32:9 screen and I love it. It just fills your horizontal view in a very nice way. Especially for racing games, where you can basically look out of your window just by tilting your head a bit. I've been using my Samsung 32:9 screen for 3 years now. Never ever going back. Might actually get a second one down the line with better specs and put my old one above it. Also, as I said, it's really nice as two 16:9 screens. I have my switch 2 connected and I can just play switch and have my pc on the side. It's just incredibly neat. I'm repeating myself here but yeah. Never ever going back. https://preview.redd.it/jnz5595uflpf1.jpeg?width=5120&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bcdd3adbe95fb64390a282ada612f3bf1f4a4242

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.