Computer monitors. Just when I thought I’d seen ’em all, I realised I ain’t seen nothin’ yet! Before I walked into the room to experience the Samsung Odyssey Ark 55-inch for the first time, I knew the gist of what I was in for. But somehow nothing could have prepared me for this incredible behemoth of a monitor.
First impressions
The Odyssey Ark is a premium gaming monitor that boasts a TV-like experience but with all the features you wish you had in a computer monitor. It has a 55-inch 1000R curved display at a 16:9 ratio, which means you can display up to five different ‘screens’ or streams of content at a time when in landscape mode. There’s also the insane ability for the Ark to rotate into a portrait orientation for up to three different streams of content. The idea is that the screen is large enough to totally engulf you in your content or games from either…