SAMSUNG Odyssey G3 Series 27-Inch FHD 1080p Gaming Monitor, 144Hz, 1ms, 3-Sided Border-Less, VESA Compatible, Height Adjustable Stand, FreeSync Premium (LF27G35TFBNXZA)

This Odyssey G3 from Samsung sits at the bottom of the Odyssey series, below the G5. While the G7 and G9 offer some really impressive refresh rates and resolutions, the G3 is just a basic Full HD 144Hz non-ultrawide without any kind of wide color or High Dynamic Range support. This is still a very capable display in a modern, sleek looking design. Bezels are super thin all the way around the edge of the screen, with a slightly thicker bottom chin. The Samsung name is on the front, the odyssey “O” is on the back of the monitor. I like the overall look, it has some gamer aesthetics, but it’s not so flashy that it would look out of place in a home office or at a typical workplace. Its unavailable on Amazon at the moment, but I believe it sells for around $270. The panel type is VA, and even for one of those, it has a high contrast ration at 4000:1. If you crank up the brightness, you will notice some backlight bleeding around the edges and some issues with black uniformity as a result. Except for that, this is a decent VA panel. Max brightness is rated at 250 nits, this is ok but not the brightest for a monitor in the price range. On the official product page, there is no info given about how much of the sRGB spectrum is covered, I would guess between 95-99% just from my time testing it out. For the port selection- you get 1xHDMI 2.0, 1x DisplayPort 1.2, 1x VGA, and 1x 3.5MM auxiliary out (headphone jack). There are 5 buttons on the back right side, four are for navigating the menu, and the other one is the power button. I didnt really like the way the menu is laid out, but I was able to do everything I needed to to get it up and running. There are dedicated modes for first person shooters and other presets, I never use these and find that they usually look worse than the normal or cinema mode. There are options for brightness, contrast, The overall build quality of this monitor is above average, everything looks solid and you can tell Samsung values attention to detail. You need a philips screwdriver to assemble the stand and thats not included in the box. Its just 3 screws for each of the feet on the base of the stand. The stand is quite nice and very sturdy, it offers a full range of motion, this is not common for affordable monitors like this one. Its height adjustable, it can tilt, swivel, and can rotate 90 degrees and can be used in a portrait mode orientation (like videos on TikTok). The housing is still gamer themed, but it is more subtle than the G7 and G9. From the front, it just looks like a normal and modern 16:9 monitor. There is a hole in base of the stand for cable management, its not the most elegant solution, but it is still better than a lot of monitors in the sub $300 range. This monitor features AMD Freesync Premium to prevent screen tearing. The response time is rated at 1ms. Watching videos on this screen is really enjoyable, I know videos aren’t the main focus for a high refresh display, but it’s nice to see that picture quality isn’t sacrificed in order to hit this sub $300 price point. I noticed on the Samsung support website, there seems to be no drivers available for this monitor (at least in early May ‘21 at the time of this review). That’s unfortunate, as it might allow it to work better with Windows. Most OEMs offer drivers for their more affordable monitors, maybe it’s because of how new this product is, but it’s still worth a mention. Apex Legends, Gears 5, and The Outer Worlds all looked great on this monitor at above 100FPS. My Windows 10 laptop instantly recognized this monitor as a 144Hz display when I connected over the included DisplayPort cable. The cable actually seemed decent, unlike some of the ones that other OEMs throw in for free with their monitors. I didnt notice any ghosting or major artifacts when playing at a high frame rate, other than the bleeding backlight/uniformity issue, this is a well performing display. Im not sure that Samsung should have made this part of the Odyssey Gx line of monitors. Its just not in the same league as its bigger brothers that are much more expensive and include a lot of features that are not present with this model. I think this is a solid deal though, especially when it goes on sale and the price falls below $250. I would definitely recommend it then, for someone who wants a high refresh rate display on a budget and doesnt want a TN type panel. Buying from a trusted and well known brand is always better than going with some company you’re unsure about. They will stand behind their products and honor their warranties, in my experience. Also, it makes no difference that this monitor supports DisplayPort 1.2 and not 1.4, because that is enough bandwidth for Full HD at 144Hz. It would only be an issue IF this monitor had a higher resolution, refresh rate, or color space that was then limited by the DisplayPort 1.2 version. It would have been pointless to include support for 1.4 on this display since the monitor cannot benefit from having it.

I don’t know how this monitor is used or manufactured at all. Maybe because of ratio of Bigger screen than 24 inch and low price, But the aspect for the screen size and it’s resolution is not at all worth it. I better recommend 24 inch FHD than 27 inch and also other companies than Samsung. Because, though monitors are used mostly for entertainment and gaming and also work, I believe monitor is mainly for gaming and work rather than TV. This looks like a lowest resolution old TV reduced size. I bought this for work mainly which I need in vertical as well. It is terrible to read any text in this monitor. Every text is blurred and weird oh god hurts my eyes. Samsung has great TVs but I am not going to prefer a monitor of Samsung again. I made a biggest mistake and purchasing a 4k LG monitor.

Using it since a month now, very convenient which height adjustment and picture quality is awesome!

My grandson loves it.

I use this monitor with eye saver mode that really protects my eyes even after hours of work day. Max possible refresh rate shows 120 Hz for me. Either theyre lying on Amazon page or the seller sent older model to me. Im not going to return this but unhappy with this fact.

I brought this monitor four months ago, and it start to blinking and some stripe shows on the screen. Sometimes, I will be totally black out for no reason(half of screen become black).

PROS: Basically none. CONS: -Image quality is terrible -You can see the backlight behind the pixels -Sooo much backlight bleed -VESA Mounting is NOT done well. Its the correct thread spacing, however the mounting surface is depressed about half an inch into the frame which disables any vesa mount to fit in that space so you cant even mount it properly. -For being 144hz, there is so much mouse trail or ghosting that it actually hurt my eyes to move my mouse around my screen. Its as if youre using a CRT, Im not even exaggerating. -Not only the ghosting but if you move the cursor slowly, the cursor will go behind windows somehow, it beats me man, I have no idea how that even happens. I will never buy a Samsung-screened product ever again. This monitor ruined my experience with this company, completely. TL;DR Do not listen to the 4.6 star rating, and instead, listen to the 1 star reviews that you see, they are truthful and describe the monitor to a tee.

Everything was perfect until 27 days after receiving it the speaker stopped working. Apparently since it came back damaged (not my fault) they took $45 out of my refund for a damaged restocking fee. Definitely my fault. Thanks amazon.

This monitor has really horrible ghosting in games, if you’re using it for work or video streaming it is good quality, but ghosting and input lag (despite how it’s advertised) are not good enough for the price to use in video games

This is a pretty good monitor, but as with any monitor with a VA panel, expect some pretty significant black smearing, to counter this i turned it to the fps setting in the monitor’s menu. this chopped black smearing in half, possibly more. overall buy this if you’re on a budget or need a second monitor