![]() ![]() Samsung also list a 1 million:1 contrast ratio with the Mini LED backlight dimming active. However you look at it the HDR 2000 label suggests, and the listed spec confirms, that the updated Odyssey Neo G9 display will offer a peak brightness of 2000 cd/m2 which is impressive and should help produce bright highlights in HDR content. Samsung instead simply list this as “HDR2000” on their spec pages so far which starts to make things confusing as it implies it is conforming to VESA’s criteria, when really it’s just their own label of some sort! We’d like to see the screen officially certified by VESA one way or the other really. This is not actually an officially announced certification level yet from VESA, although it’s probably reasonable to expect it to appear alongside this monitor and other possible future screens, with the only real difference from existing HDR 1000 and HDR 1400 levels being an increased peak brightness. Thanks to the Mini LED backlight the screen is was originally listed on the Chinese retailer Taobao as featuring VESA DisplayHDR 2000 certification. ![]() HDR 2000 Use of the VESA DisplayHDR 2000 logo was later disputed by VESA, now Samsung market this simply as “HDR2000” The high number of zones helps minimize blooming and halos in HDR content and is a step beyond even current FALD backlight models which have fewer zones. This will offer 2,048 local dimming zones which should provide significantly improved local dimming capability compared to the existing G9 model which has a very limited number of edge lit dimming zones and offers fairly poor implementation for HDR as a result. Obviously everything has to have the word “Quantum” in it for it to be considered by Samsung! Samsung are calling this a “Quantum Matrix” backlight with “Quantum Mini LED’s”. One of the key features to this upgraded Neo G9 (aka G9v2 as we were originally calling it) is the Mini LED backlight. What makes this new version particularly interesting is the addition of a Mini LED backlight for improved HDR performance and local dimming. It will still be based on a VA technology panel with a 240Hz native refresh rate and a wide colour gamut. It keeps the same large 49″ ultrawide format, 1000R steep curvature and 5120 x 1440 resolution as the current G9. The Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 (full model name was originally listed as S49AG95NC, may actually be S49AG950) will be the successor to the existing G9 model and is aimed at gaming and HDR multimedia. We now have some more detailed information about the expected spec and features thanks to an early product page that has appeared on Chinese retailer Taobao. The exciting update to Samsung’s Odyssey G9 display was announced back on 3 March 2021 with limited information provided at the time by the manufacturer Samsung. Originally published 10 April 2021, now updated 16 July 2021 ![]()
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