Playing new games is often one of the joys of the holiday season. In the northern hemisphere it’s too cold to go out half the time and down here in Australia we have the opposite problem. It doesn’t matter if you’ve been gifted some great adventures or you’re finally taking the time to sit down and play some games, this time of year is perfect for gaming.
Even when all of these factors go into the gaming vacation of your dreams, consider yourself lucky to find something to play on. I’m not talking about a rig to run it, although we can certainly help with that as well. But what you might really need this holiday season when your house is full of friends and family occupying your entire viewing space is an extra gaming screen. To take with you to your private gaming retreat.
As the weather may increase for my friends in the UK, this scenario may only get worse. To help, I found this Samsung Odyssey G5 27 inch gaming monitor on sale at Curries for £239.00 (opens in new tab). It’s billed at around £50 below regular prices and after comparing it to other sites that seems about right. Placing this monitor in the lower £200 range is certainly a tempting deal, especially with these specs.
The Samsung Odyssey LC27G55TQWUXEN model on offer here promises a 144Hz refresh rate on a nice-looking 2560 x 1440 WQHD curved screen. It supports HDR 10 and mega dynamic contrast. This means you should get clear images with very deep blacks and vivid colors. Perfect for playing some nice games.
The curve on this model is 1000 R, which is quite concave. Most of our most popular curved monitors (opens in new tab) are closer to 1800, except for Samsung’s bestial Odyssey G9 LC49G95T ultra wide (opens in new tab) Offer that shares the 1000 R curve. Be prepared to feel a little hugged by this screen in a lovingly haunting way.
In the spirit of gaming monitors, Samsung’s G5 has a 1ms response time combined with AMD FreeSync Premium. This means that if your k/d ratio isn’t as good as usual, you probably can’t blame this screen. Maybe you stick with blaming the holiday spirit.
Being a Samsung monitor means you get that branded panel and they are known to make very nice ones. There’s also a 2-year guarantee to take the worry out of a large purchase. At the time of writing these were listed as low stock in the Curry’s store so you might want to jump in quickly if you’re looking for one of these holiday deals.
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