The Personal Gaming Theater - HOLY $H!T Samsung Odyssey Ark 

"Samsung demands you have a friend" ... there's always a catch

Alex is right. We need a completely unpractical eyefinity setup with this. Imagine something like elite dangerous with that setup.

I know they got it for free, but I was still on the edge of my seat, praying Linus would not drop it or push it over.

A point of clarification. The optimal view distance from samsung's marketing is "AT LEAST" 80cm or 31.5" , not "AT" 80cm. And they are probably being kind to space constraints of people's setups there. The curve is actually 1000R which means a 1000mm radius of the curve. That means to be equidistant from all points on the screen surface, you'd have to sit viewing it from 1000mm ~ 39.5" away. The "focal point" if the screen was a lens. That equates to about 61 PPD (pixels per degree, a measure of the perceived pixel density at distance). If you view this screen from 80cm / 31.5" away you'd only be getting 55 PPD (which is poor, 60PPD is a minimum for aggressive AA and heavily massaged text sub-sampling to start to be adequate imo), and you wouldn't be equidistant from the screen surface anymore, driving the sides of the screen more into your periphery. When you sit closer you are driving the perceived pixel density down and doing what is linked in the pictures below. The solid blue is the correct 1000mm distance for the curved screen's radius. The light blue is the human viewing angle when sitting too close. It gets pushed past the curved screen. i.imgur.com/0UhdIIr.jpg The light blue is the human viewing angle when sitting even nearer than the previous example. It pushes even more grossly past the curved screen and even past the flat screen that is farther behind it. i.imgur.com/q03mqmG.jpg Personally at 4k and 1000r (1000mm ~ 39.5") I would have preffered this at 42" size for 70 - 80 PPD. 42" bendable 4k 900R: "fixed" focal point = 35.4" view distance (900mm) = 70PPD 1000R: "fixed" focal point = 39.4" view distance (1000mm) = 77PPD 55" 4k 1000R: fixed focal point = 39.4" view distance (1000mm) = ~ 61 PPD 1000R: fixed focal point, when "zooming" the screen perspective wise by setting your sitting position past the actual 39.4" focal point of the curve and instead sitting at 80mm 31.5" view distance = ~ 55.3 PPD Sitting closer would be even worse PPD and putting more of the screen outside of your viewing angle.

"Samsung demands for you to have a friend to set up the monitor" clearly Samsung doesn't understand gamers

I totally agree with Alex... Why DON'T you get three of them ? :D

I saw one on demo at Microcenter. It really is a sight to behold.

I can’t wait to buy this 😍 been on my list for months!

I love Alex. Linus: Holy cow, that’s BIG! Alex: Awesome, let’s get 3!

I really want to see a 3x1 setup with this monitor.

This is on sale at Microcenter for $1,999. Its amazing, if it went down to $1499 I would think about buying one.

i could see something like this being super useful in medical centers/ hospitals to display key statuses

"The stand could kill someone, assuming you could wield it" _it was much too big to be called a stand. Indeed, it was too broad, too rough. It was more like a hunk of raw iron_

LTT should get 10 of this, make a full circle of monitors for the ultimate gaming experience

Wow, that would make an ideal solar collector when not in use.

For that amount of money the monitor should have a motor to make itself vertical via button push!

Imagine playing a horror game on this. Every jumpscare would be a life sized face jumping at you.

"Can we get three of them?" "What are you going to do with three of them?" "What would you do with one of them? So you might as well get three." That's the most flawless logic ever.

That is the coolest monitor I’ve ever seen. I have 3 27 inch monitors mounted on my desktop. I think that could easily, replace my set up

I watched this when it was released a while back. Finally pulled the trigger on it

Bless the editor that had to add the blur to the account info during majority of the demo lol

Great so now not only do I need more money than I have to buy the monitor, I’m also expected to have a friend. These requirements get more and more difficult.

The thing with multiple hdmi ports at the same time is the cable. It is designed to make it more slick by the thought that you are only using one input at a time.

This unboxing was more comical than descriptive. Hilarious proportions and genuine reactions from Linus. Hilarious lol

I recently listened in on a discussion regarding how Monitors are usually the afterthought of the gaming setup. Even with all the PC bottlenecks accounted for, people neglect to spend an equivalent amount on monitors to match. This is the counter to that scenario.

"Don't challenge me if you don't want me to follow through." This guy is awesome. We need more CRT man on the channel!

I love my ridiculous sanding oddysee neo g9 these monitors are nuts but sooo fun to use daily ! This must be amazing !

Saw this thing in person at Microcenter yesterday. As someone who already owns a Samsung 32:9 monitor, this is *exactly* the kind of upgrade I'm looking for. It's basically 2 of my monitors stacked, without a bezel in the middle.

you can sense how nervous the camera man gets when linus picks things up, i feel you buddie.

We need a video of a gaming setup with OVERSIZED peripherals! The oversized keyboard would be a good match for this monitored

"Let's roll that intro" said with the most soothing tone linus has ever produced 0:52

1:07 the world's first HOLY CRAP

You know it's serious when Linus himself afraid to drop it

Today I learn: Linus Sebastien is the official measurement tool for monitor sizing. Makes me a little uncomfortable asking for something "in a half-Linus size."

14:49 ouch lol... That hits different in September

Ya have mine for a month now... I love this monitor with a passion and its perfect for my ADD Senses.

"Why would you need one of them? You might as well get three!" That absolutely killed me lol.

As someone who has tested many multiple monitor layouts, I can say with certainty that a vertical setup like this results in waking up to terrible persistent neck pain.

Okay, that's goals right there. Whenever I build my new desk for the PC, that's the monitor.

ive been looking at the odyssey 5 34in but now I WANT THIS

Ok, I'm not gonna lie, out of all the outrageous stuff I usually see when I pull LTT up... This is ACTUALLY something I'd like to own. If for nothing more than being able to use 1 screen as 3.

The fact at 6:35 the whole countertop moved when he placed down the monitor, goes to show how heavy the monitor really is.

In a few years once multi-HDMI support is available and the price comes down I would absolutely buy one of these over a regular multimonitor setup.

This is amazing. Totally agree with being able to have two hdmi run at the same time. Either way though if you can afford a gaming monitor this orice and have space it would be a choice for sure.

I suspect that the reason it doesn't support 2 simultaneous HDMI views at once goes back to the OneConnect box -- That box probably has an HDMI switch inside as opposed to transmitting 4 separate HDMI 2.1 links to the monitor that the monitor switches between. If that's the case, then there's only one HDMI link from the OneConnect box to the monitor, so no firmware update would be able to address that. That would also make it far less surprising that it has 4 HDMI 2.1 ports on the OneConnect box.

See this is perfect. Thank you Samsung! Now when my wife objects to me wanting an Odyssey G9 I can say, "Well, I think $1,200 is a steal compared to the $3,500 Ark I _could_ buy."

I would actually consider this if there was the ability to use more than one source at the same time. The other feature that would be SUPER cool is if you plug the keyboard and mouse into the monitor box, it will detect if you move the mouse to a different computer and auto-KVM. My word that would be INSANE!!

Almost a year into owning this product and this video comes back up on my watch list... Samsung still hasn't (and as far as im aware, isnt planning to) addressed PBP/multiple input use. There are times where i really wish I'd go back to a stacked ultrawide setup... Much more versatile. This monitor still slays for "single-threaded" use though.

Honestly $3,500 is a lot less than I expected. If it goes on sale to like $2,500 I could actually see that being a pretty good buy.

100% agree with Alex - we need 3 of them side by side, who needs a sound dome, when you can have the monitor dome - imagine that on a driving sim.

Great Unbox and review! I know there are many gamers out there, Though it would be cool to cover how clear or unclear text is on the screen. I use lots of terminal windows, email, outlook, linux, Mobaxterm, all that stuff. most large samsungs are crappy when it comes to text. Wondering how well this one does.

I would love to see a gaming setup with a bunch of these forming a perfect huge circle!!!!!!!!!!

Linus: "So 80 cm is the optimal distance, let me see. WOW it looks amazing!" Me: "PUT THE FREAKING CAMERA IN THAT SPOT SO WE CAN SEE IT TOO!!!! DAMN U"

I need an aggressively curved 55" monitor. Exactly what I have been looking for. But wow that price! And the lack of multi-HDMI is a deal breaker. For me the whole point is to plug in two different computers to split the four screens.

The funhouse mirror effect of the crew in front of the monitor is everything I came here for.

WOW i would love one of these monitors sweet lookin set up thx for the review cheers from Vulcan Canada

I wish Jake would try this on a sim racing rig setup, I'd love to hear his take on this.

I was actually very tempted until 2x hdmi wasn't an option. I really could use this for work. I used 3 monitors for work 2x 24 inch and a 27 inch. The 24's are on in portrait orientation. I need to be able to have my work laptop run at the same time as my personal pc.

I still love my self repaired 24" flat TFT like 15 y old. Nice to see technology advancing.

Wow... that looks "Freaking Amazing", i love what you said. So incredible size and Technology

They need to allow it to have 2 or more HDMI inputs in multiview mode. All four would be preferred.

I was totally sold on this until 17:37 .... Not being able to use all 4 HDMIs is literally a deal breaker. I'm better off buying multiple monitors.

The one connect box is the Achilles heel of these Samsung TVs/Monitors. Once it goes out in a few years, and they’re probably not making many of these, you will be SOL. Ours went out on our 55” TV from 2018 and there were none new to be had. Just used.

The second generation of this with multiple simultaneously usable hdmi ports and display ports would be great

6:47 The reflection transition from peel to no peel is incredible 👌

You can also plug in an external Hard Drive in those USB Ports that is chock full of Music, Pictures, Videos, or Movies. My Brother wasn't joking in 2005 when he gave me my first Flash Drive and said I believe that USBs will replace Compact Discs(CDs). They did.

If they ever fix the no-multi-hdmi display issue, I'll buy one. Thanks for pointing that out, I'm sure many people would have bought it for that purpose and then regret it.

16:35 "hey look it's linus actual size" let's not get ahead of ourselves linus, that's more like 3x the actual size

Yes needs to support multi display via hdmi. Was totally sold on it UNTIL that was mentioned.

If it supported multiple HDMI inputs at the same time I would have definitely been interested in this instead of 3 separate screens.

I need to see 4 of these making one massive wall of display

Hmmm….. imagine a 360 degree dome rig made out of these displays

13:45 🤩the streets of Kyoto look AMAZING on this massive display 🤩

I just bought the LG 42 Flex OLED - upgrading from a 32" curved Dell S3220DGF. At my normal sitting distance, and with the full "flex" of 900r curvature, the Flex 42 nearly fills my view for gaming. It's extremely immersive. I've looked at the Odyssey Ark at Best Buy, but it's just a bit too massive for my needs and/or desires. However, if Samsung made a flexible curved OLED version of the Ark, I could be tempted... 🙂

Have 2 of these, one portrait with the other in landscape mode right next to it!

For the price I was really expecting to have multiple inputs on at the same time, I have a 32" msi optix with kvm built in and having my laptop and desktop on with PiP has been incredibly useful when multi tasking, this seems like an oversight

14:57 that's what she said 🤣

The product is sick! Just incredible. I would totally could find the use for work of monitoring devops, networking or the whole infrastructure on it, but kind got shocked when there is no support of multiview from the different sources like different hdmi connections. It's really cool product. And extremely versatile in matter of application. IT jobs, streamers and media creators, finances and so on. Just marvelous!

I was so sure when you said "I sure wanna experience it" that you were gonna continue with "and I sure want you to experience this segue to our sponsor"

I would imagine depending on the hardware of their input unit they may need to swap out the box to allow for multiple simultaneous HDMI inputs at once. Considering the size of the monitor and support for multiple screens at once it seems like a missed opportunity. Clearly price isn't a consideration at that point

"Don't challenge me if you're not gonna let me follow through" I love David lol

Good job writers! While I loved the video (I am not normally too talkative) I will give a shout out to a Hagar the Terrible reference. Deadpan delivery as well did not disappoint.

That has to be the best Linus intro I think I've ever seen!

In a theater like that it’s only right to listen to the song “Dupe- Rutina” 🥶🥶

If I had the budget I would already be on my way to order this. This display seems to be great!

I would buy this for Studio recording. Mixing on this screen would be amazing!

im just getting hyped watching these videos even tough i still have a 2004 pentium4 pc and i cant afford a better one

HOLY $H!T indeed! I would actually be down for daily driving something like this. Even more so with the multiview with 2+ hdmi inputs. The price isn't actually that wild for a seemingly very well put together piece of hardware. Was easily expecting this to be 5-10k USD.

LTT Home Theatre videos Ft. Jake sitting on a reclining chair while Linus does the hard work

I already bought a 55 inch curved monitor for gaming pc's but this install is definitely diffrent mines just a normal odyssey with high refresh rate and 4k.

The PiP restrictions seem to always be there. I remember being excited about my Samsung 3D TV because I figured with the refresh rates required it might have enough horsepower to handle dual inputs, but only with the TV Tuner and HDMI, not two digital inputs. Nice panel.

He’s getting extremely creative with his sponsors

omg.. this is surely my dream gaming and multipurpose theatre.....

With the 2023 refresh of this thing got usb-C and DisplayPort input options and it can now do multi view with multiple HDMI inputs. Only issue, as far as I can tell, is the framerate being limited to 120Hz with 2 | 60Hz with 3 or more HDMI inputs simultaniously shown. After I hear that I bought in immediately, it should be here within 10 business days. Looking forward to lifesize Linus on my desk!

Why settle with the "sound dome" When you can put multiple of those bad boys together and create the "sound circle" ?

This would be absolutely insane for programming. Just imagine how much code you could see at once!!

Lol that Cloud Strife/Buster Sword joke was actually spot on.

Would be cool if you can create two screens that act like two different monitors coming from the same device on this display

That thing in portrait mode would be killer for vertical scrolling arcade shooters.

While I am really excited for this monitor I was really hoping it was going to have a USB-C KVM type capability built in for the money. Having your personal gaming setup and then just have a single all in one USB-C or thunderbolt cable to plug in and run a laptop from. Would just be so much cleaner. Still freaking awesome monitor though!