When it landed final 12 months, the Samsung Odyssey Ark was about as uncompromising as gaming displays obtained. The 55in curved Godzilla of gaming shows might envelop your imaginative and prescient in panorama mode, or rotate to portrait mode for multi-screen productiveness with out truly needing a number of screens. Properly apparently Samsung determined that wasn’t fairly productive sufficient, so it has added a complete heap of latest Multi View modes to a successor mannequin.
You’ll now be capable to see as much as 4 separate inputs onscreen directly, with out having to create space for additional screens or mess about with monitor arms. Meaning as much as three HDMI inputs, plus the brand new DisplayPort 1.4 connection, which helps 4K decision playback for UHD streaming providers, through the OneConnect field. That permits you to stash the whole lot out of sight and have only one wire going into the monitor itself. The unique Ark might solely hack a single HDMI supply directly, so it is a main step up.
Samsung has additionally added a KVM change, letting you hook up a single set of peripherals to regulate a number of programs, reducing down on cable litter.
As earlier than, the Odyssey Ark remains to be backlit with mini-LED tech, and has blindingly vibrant Quantum HDR 2000 certification for impactful colors (sorry, you continue to gained’t discover OLED tech right here – the 34in Odyssey G8 OLED stays your solely Samsung choice there). Refresh price maxes out at 165Hz, and there’s nonetheless AMD Freesync Premium Professional on-board to eradicate picture tearing whereas gaming.
Portrait mode stays its celebration piece, letting you rotate the enormous 55in curved panel round on its stand and nearly stack three separate inputs. Solely now you aren’t restricted to Samsung’s personal sensible TV interface (together with Video games Hub cloud streaming). It has the acquainted TV distant for sitting again on the sofa, and the Ark Dial rotary controller for tweaking settings in your desktop.
The up to date Odyssey Ark 55in shall be available for purchase later this 12 months. Samsung has but to disclose pricing, however the first-gen mannequin price a considerable $3500/£2600; we’re betting on the same (and certain increased) quantity for this newest version.