Playing new games is one of the joys of the holiday season. It’s too cold to be outside half the time in the northern hemisphere, but here in Australia we have the opposite problem. It doesn’t matter if you’ve been given a great adventure or if you’ve finally made time to sit down and play a game. At this time the game is ready.
Of course, if all these elements come together for your dream gaming holiday, you might be lucky enough to find something that lets you play them. I’m not talking about a rig to run it, but we can certainly help with that. What you really need this holiday season is an extra game screen. We take you to your private gaming sanctuary.
With the weather likely to get worse for our friends in the UK, this scenario may only get more dire. I was. Curry £239.00 (opens in new tab)The regular price charged around £50 which seems about right when compared to other sites. Placing this monitor under £200 makes it an attractive deal especially with these specs .
The Samsung Odyssey LC27G55TQWUXEN model offered here promises a 144Hz refresh rate on a beautifully curved WQHD 2560×1440 screen. Supports HDR 10 and Mega Dynamic Contrast. This means you get crisp images with very deep blacks and vibrant colors. Perfect for playing beautiful games.
This model has a curve of 1000 R and is quite concave.Most of our favorite curved monitors (opens in new tab) Closer to 1800, except for Samsung’s ferocious Odyssey G9 LC49G95T ultra-wide. (opens in new tab) Offerings that share the 1000 R curve. Be prepared to be a little cuddled to this screen in a loving and immersive way.
In the spirit of gaming monitors, Samsung’s G5 combines AMD FreeSync Premium with a 1ms response time. This means that you probably can’t fault this screen even if the k/d ratio isn’t as good as it usually is. Maybe stick to blaming that holiday spirit.
Being a Samsung monitor means you’re getting a panel from that brand and they’re known to make some really great stuff. No worries. At the time of writing, these were listed as low in stock at Curry’s store, so if he’s wanting one of these holiday deals, I’d recommend hurrying up and getting it.
