Samsung G80SD OLED Initial setup and First Impressions 

Hope you like it!

only issue is the warranty doesn't cover burn-in. So it's a risk, but if you're willing to take it, a beautiful monitor.

With that 300 you can buy an astro a50 x, audeze maxwell, sonos ace, sonos beam gen2 or or pc speakers at reduced price. That was my plan if I would buy them during that offer.

@@occasus7964 Yeah, I know that's the one iffy area. I haven't used my $300 gift card yet but I'm considering using a portion of that to buy a third party warranty from Geek Squad or something. That could also be an effective strategy, although it def feels a bit lame to spend the gift card for a better warranty than Samsung's.. We don't know if Samsung's new burn-in protection tech will make a difference, but all I can do right now is hope for the best that they solved burn-in lol Here's hoping

Is the card for anything on Amazon? I was confused cause it says kindle

@@yogi05lc Yup, for anything on Amazon! Def worth it!

@@yogi05lc I don't think there is such a thing as a "kindle only" card. The kindle written on it is just the "greeting theme" of the card but you can use for anything.

Lg would be better since the wattage would be half, heat is what drives burn in to occur much faster, I'm returning mine and getting the LG woled.

Honestly they don't bother me but I guess you can use a sharpie 😅

Dealbreaker for me :D

seems like we can't. I was going to buy this but I'm using three system with my monitor and I need to connect my speakers. I don't think included 10w speakers are going to be good.

@@Whiteshade i got the monitor and connected my headphones with a usb to 3.5 mm dongle from soundblaster. works great, but has to switch over if youre using 2 inputs so not as easy as 3.5mm headphone

I’d like to know this as well. I’m in the same boat .

I have the LG G3 with LG's MLA layer and my god, is that thing bright. My plasma was nowhere near this bright (and I realize now still a beautiful picture just as Digital Trends claimed), but the Samsung is also not nearly as bright as the LG. Still, the brightness it can reach, in SDR, seems sufficient for a monitor. I'm afraid I've never seen the C series. The Samsung is also brighter than the last OLED generation (I returned the 34" Alienware ultrawide screen OLED from 2022/2023).

@@theextraordinarypants4909 Looking specifically at 42 inches for desktop usage and unfortunately the G series doesn't have that size.

I have a friend with the LG monitor, Im going to make a comparison video with it too.

​@JoelsterG4k many people want to compare with 32gs95ue

​@@JoelsterG4kDefinately make a comparison video and also a suggestion plss play different game and record it on this monitor 🙏🙏😊

I literally play in a bright room with my glossy AW3225QF, especially with 3 6500K LED bulbs right on top of me, and I have no issues with the blacks.

Would you say it’s better than the asus rog swift pg32ucdm

More ppi more heat and heat is the enemy for oleds

Maybe the protective plastic film was still on? Mine had other stickers on it, though, however I left it on until I was fully setup and it make it look glossy. Actually, a bit disappointed to remove it!

same question. will be useless if i cant connect it to proper speakers/headphones via a proper DAC thats already on my PC.

One of the hdmi ports has arc support so you can hook it up to your soundbar/receiver if it has hdmi input. Not sure which formats are supported. Furthermore it has has bluetooth 5.2 amd wifi for wireless display capabilities so pretty sure you can hook up bluetooth headphones. Maybe Joelster can verify?.. this thing is basically a smart ....monitor...or ...tv...without the tv part..or something. 😅

So, as hab mentioned, yes there is ARC on HDMI port 1, so, if that works for you, you can route sound out to the receiver. Also, Bluetooth headphones are an option for the monitor. It is a "smart TV" (much to my chagrin). Actually, it seems like it wants to pair with everything it can. It looks like I can pair external Bluetooth speakers or something like an Alexa voice assistant (unless I'm misunderstanding the option and it's a voice assistant built only into the monitor? I do not think so, though.) You can pair a keyboard and mouse to it as well, no computer needed. The audio out of the monitor also has an "AI sound processing" thingie which sounds like it's Automatic EQ, but less sophisticated than what receivers can do. Oh, right, and if on the network, it looks like you can send video from other devices like a phone. I'm not certain if it needs to be a Samsung phone. Looks like they're trying to do something like Apple does. Another point of note, but you can calibrate the monitor certain Samsung and Apple phones too. Which reminds me that I need to try that as I'm not finding good settings.

the monitor has speakers or you can connect a Bluetooth speaker or a receiver with HDMI

@@msg360 yea and it has speakers and you can connect a receiver, right?

If you wanna play mouse and keyboard, get the monitor. If you just sit back with a controller, go c3.

Is that it? I thought i was going crazy, yes the color profile changes all the time, 😅

@@JoelsterG4k From what I heard, it was impossible to put on an OS like that because a monitor doesn’t have a proper system. But the genius Samsung engineers did it anyway by going multiple hoofs and tricks and rewriting codes. The result? They did it without spending another $40 in hardware, but it became an engineering nightmare that every Samsung engineers are aware of the problems, but they just can’t fix it.

It doesn’t have usb c

This coating is great IMO. I don’t notice a coating grain at all and handles reflections well. I personally hate LG’s matte coating. The grain is way to heavy

@@Cubs0209 yea i have the monitor too and this coating is insane, cant tell at all and it doesnt affect the black levels at all, super super inky blacks

@@Cubs0209 Thank you. If this monitor had a glossy coating I would place the order right when I could. But it's a bit matte so I got me worried. But if you said so then I guess it's really not that bad. Have you had any other problems with it so far? Like the software, flicker,... anything?

@@dung123456nd nope nothing! I was concerned about matte too but with this coating you don’t get the purple screen effect and there is almost zero coating grain so it’s great

@@Cubs0209 Have you tried the new 32-inch 4k LG? It has a better coating than the previous 27-inch 1440p model.

That's how it is because of the matte screen and ambient light.

@@JoelsterG4k ok thanks

It doesn't need an adapter for vesa mount.

Some of the cables do not insert flush to the back of the monitor. I was surprised too: enough that I kept reconnecting ones like the power cable. I have only tried HDMI with the cable included (due to the higher bandwidth over HDMI 2.1 versus DP 1.4 although I now see there is no refresh setting available between 120hz and 240hz and you NEED to be in "game mode" to do 240hz for some reason). I am not getting flickers and black screens outside of going to standby or shutting off.

999 right now deal

I do not think so? It clips in with Samsung's stand in a certain way that I do not think is standardized. Perhaps there are arms with compatibility?

@@theextraordinarypants4909 i was able to mount it, just had to buy the screws separately

Interesting too

@@genniy1681 I think it's Shadow Warrior 2

wow that's useful! See original (Translated by Google) Well, that is quite amusing.

I have the G8 which is similar, yes I think is an upgrade, it has no blooming, much better viweing angles, less glare, better black levels and colors, it is not as bright but it is bright enough, it has built-in speakers, and the remote with smart features, I love the remote, so yes I think is an upgrade.

@@JoelsterG4k ty man!

VA is garbo, the worst OLED panel would be a huge upgrade.

@@JoelsterG4k i feel the same way about the specs

its samsung so no dolby vision. they make HDR10+. Coating really is nice, it doesnt affect the colors at all, still super inky blacks and reflections are almost non existent. Idk how they did it but they did it. Also the screen doesnt look purple in bright environments, whatever this coating is seems to have solved almost every QD-OLED problem

@@gewdvibesThanks. Wel earc for sonos support or the comparison videos with lg 32gs95ue or Alienware aw3225qf would be perfect to see the actual difference. If they at least show them in light conditions. It’s ultra thin. But no Dolby vision is an little dealbreaker if this one costs 1600. Hope to see some 27 inch versions with 4k qd oled in mid 2025. That being said. I think if you have one of these top 3 monitors. That you will not be disappointed. It’s an luxury problem I guess.

​@@michaelgentcity7 Not a lot of games with Dolby Vision (although, perhaps you plan to watch Dolby Vision media content?), so you'll be fine until you upgrade the monitor at which point Dolby Vision will likely be on all of them. Samsung has lost the HDR10+ versus Dolby Vision war that they started, but they don't seem to know it yet. Checking the specifications, it does have HDR10+ gaming, which honestly matters little considering the 0-3 games with HDR10+. There is some content in HDR10+ as I saw it on Apple TV+.

The ports are fine, I have no issues with them.

​@@JoelsterG4kthe ports are not very solid, they are not secured to the frame very well. My power plug does not seem to go in all the way, there is like half a centimetre exposed metal of the power plug. I'm too too scared to push it in anymore because of the ports not being very secured to frame.

Supposedly. The papers in the box detail only a one year warranty.

@@theextraordinarypants4909 one year really?

I use Display port for my PC and HDMI for consoles, you can use any HDMI port.

There is a 3 year warranty but I dont know if that covers burn in, you should check that on Samsung's website.

1 year

@@JoelsterG4k it doesn't cover burn-in, sadly. It covers generic parts.

You need a 1.4 cable, you may have a 1.2 which is why you can't fully utilise?

@@ChaosBG_ I actually figured it out, you have to have it in game mode otherwise you can only use 120hz max. Now it's looking amazing! Love the HDR on this thing, but the menus and smart functions are really confusing.

@neverenoughguitars8276 glad you got there! I'm taking a risk where I have ordered this monitor but will be on a 3070ti so hope I still get some decent frames?!

@@ChaosBG_ It'll look great, but you'll need to use some agressive DLSS to get good framerates at 4k with a 3070ti.

if by flicker you mean VRR flicker then no but as long as your frame times are stable it really shouldnt be a big problem. I've only seen it a couple times and it was in specific games in specific locations. If you play a really stuttery game and it has a lot of dark scenes thats like worst case scenario

If you are worried about VRR flickering, don't buy a QD-OLED screen.

@@User-ys7cb and what about W-OLED?

@@Jonasdeke It is much less pronounced, but still there. I don't think there is an OLED screen that has absolutely no flickering.

@@User-ys7cb and what about an IPS? I was looking for the asus rog swift 360hz IPS its expensive but its not an oled and people tell me I should get oled

I am using HDMI and it appears to get 240hz and VRR, you need to enable Game Mode. That is annoying: I thought it natively supported 240Hz in any mode I liked.

Shadow warrior 2

Yeah indeed, I just ordered it on Amazon. Should get it tomorrow and if I see just a single flicker with G-sync I will return it as fast as I can (and will not buy another oled until they fix this problem).

@@jaylowblow Hey. How is it? Does it have flickering?

LOL i was asking myself the same thing watching this video

I’m stuck between the same two. I already have the 45. Ultra wide and it’s amazing. I may try this one because of the smart features but I don’t like that I can hook my soundbar to it.

@@miltona891 I'm using a 4K IPS screen now, but it's only 60Hz while i play shooters. So it can use an upgrade. Was also looking at Mini LED which is not bad either, but it's about the same price as OLED. I'm more of an LG guy, am not a fan of Samsung firmware / software. But i hate that the LG screen has a fan, and i do like the Samsung design more i think. The Samsung has a remote and the LG not if i am correct, it's al pro's and con's against each other, very difficult. The LG can go brighter in some scenes, red that the coating on the Samsung is a tiny bit better.. etc.

@@cyberneticorganism.yeah I agree with you. All my tvs in my house are Lg G3 and G4. The monitor I use now is LG ultra wide 45in, I’m just a little stuck if I should go for the Samsung or not. I keep watching videos to hope one video make my choice easier.

@@miltona891 Yeah more review vids will see the daylight soon, as the Samsung just has been released. I was also looking at the TCL 27R83U (Micro LED) which is a good competitor. It doesn't have the drawbacks of OLED, and is better for HDR content. But OLED is still better in colorwise and it has no blooming (and a bit little faster).

Also found 2 other pro / cons: The Samsung has a separate power brick where the LG has a build in one, and the LG has no remote where the Samsung has one included (i do prefer the remote).

Lol, dang it, I should've left it 😅

I’ve only ever had good experiences with Samsung monitors. Never had one that didn’t work

Yes I love ultrawide, Im thinking on getting the 39" Ultrawide from LG, its just that it has lower PPI and its only 1440p, Im so used to 4k and I will notice the difference.

@@JoelsterG4k lol i just bought it a week ago and its absolutely amazing!

I use HDMI is for consoles, and DP for PC.

U said "PC and consoles" in the video​@@JoelsterG4k

Regular HDMI cables can't handle high speed data in long distance, these are fiber optic cables designed for that, they work great for hometheaters.

@@JoelsterG4kI can attest to that. I was getting black screens, flicker, artifacts with cheap cables with a 4090 hooked up to an LG OLED 48”

@RyanLBC Yes, it happened to me too, I have been using these cables and zero issues, yes they are expensive but I know they work.

Yes, but you don't have to use the features, you can skip the setup and use it as a regular monitor.

That's a bonus, makes the monitor more versatile.

@@verttisyrjala2897 Yes, I do like it, I think samsung is the only one who's doing this.