Samsung recently announced two new Odyssey Neo G7 / G8 E-sports displays with mini LED panel and AMD freesync premium pro. The new monitor supports 4K resolution and 31.5-inch screen area. The main difference between the two is that G8 provides 240Hz refresh rate, while G7 provides 165hz refresh rate.
Odyssey Neo G7 / G8 E-sports display supports HDMI 2.1 and DisplayPort 1.4 connections. From the current information, it is speculated that Odyssey Neo G8 model will use display screen compression (also known as DSC) to provide users with 4K resolution of 240Hz without chroma secondary sampling.
Mini LED backlight will display 1196 dimming areas locally to enrich bright picture highlights and promote deeper black. NVIDIA g-sync compatibility and AMD freesync premium Pro certification will support most machines and will focus on a wider range of gamers from multiple graphics processor developers.
Samsung will provide different high brightness levels for Odyssey Neo G7 and G8 models. Odyssey Neo G7 will provide users with a peak brightness level of 1000 nits, while Odyssey Neo G8 will double to provide a brightness of 2000 nits on the screen. Samsung chose to use curved surface design for these two new displays with a radius of 1m.
Although Samsung Odyssey Neo G7 has no release date or pricing, the release date of Odyssey Neo G8 is June this year and the recommended retail price is $1500. Odyssey Neo G7 is expected to sell at a lower price, but there is no latest information.