Samsung CHG90 Review

Incredible widescreen experience; Like having two monitors in one; Great gaming performance; Impressive HDR;

Resolution a bit low for its size; The price; Impractically massive;

Samsung CHG90 49-Inch Curved Ultrawide Monitor Review

Even among gaming monitors, most of which throw staid, conservative designs to the wind, the Samsung CHG90 49-Inch Curved Ultrawide Monitor ($1,099.99) stands out. Its gigantic curved screen, the equivalent of two 1080p monitors placed side by side, provides a deeply immersive gaming experience. The wide screen is also handy for editing super-wide spreadsheets or displaying multiple documents side by side, although a low pixel density means that your documents may not look particularly sharp. Helped by the inclusion of AMD FreeSync 2, the monitor displays HDR content in vivid color with excellent contrast, but its unusually wide aspect ratio means that a standard widescreen movie will fill only half the screen. As stunning as this monitor may look at first glance, you'll want to be sure you can leverage the wide aspect effectively before diving in. One Ostentatious Display The CHG90 is a large, bulky monitor, best handled by two people when moving it around. When affixed on its...

The stunning 49-inch screen of Samsung's CHG90 packs wow factor, providing an immersive experience for gamers, and it lets productivity-minded users keep several windows open side by side.

Ultra-wide screen provides for an immersive gaming experience; Good HDR performance; Blistering native refresh rate over a DisplayPort conection; AMD FreeSync 2; Wide, sturdy mount

May be tricky to find room for this display in tight quarters; Screen dimensions less than ideal for viewing videos; Relatively low pixel density compromises its ability to render fine detail; No built-in speakers

Samsung CHG90 ultrawide monitor review

No one buys a 49-inch curved ultrawide monitor because they need one. No. This is about extravagance. This is about luxury. This is about hubris. If you have a craving for the excessive — or perhaps just a spark of curiosity in your mind about what it might be like to game on the world’s widest ultrawide gaming monitor — the 49-inch Samsung CHG90 must be seen to believed. Curved, ultrawide monitors could have been just a fad, but instead they just keep getting larger and more exciting. The CHG90 feels like the pinnacle of that development, stretching out to an ungodly 49-inches wide. It looks like something that belongs on the bridge of the starship Enterprise. We had it set up for weeks in the office, yet every day someone new stopped to gawk as they walked by. Who can blame them? It took up nearly the entire width of a desk. The base is large as well, dominating the surface and leaving little room for a keyboard, mouse, or laptop. What’s the benefit of its size? You can open multiple...

An ungodly amount of screen real estate; High refresh rate is perfect for fast-paced games; Colors are accurate and vivid; Excellent contrast ratio;

3,840 x 1,080 screen could be sharper; Under 300 nits; No USB-C;