lol yeah 34" monday brainfart..im waiting to see more options available

btw is HDR gaming a thing or just hype up BS? I want to see good examples of it if available

Actually local dimming is not that important, I find it is over exaggerated. My monitor now got 2048 local dimming,  it is FALD panel, turn on do look nice to be mimic more like OLED as true black is black but they is some compromise where sometimes it is over black, turn off not means it look bad, sometimes it is even better. Also sometimes I find FALD make the bright area crazy bright and some sort of eye hurt in gaming. Another issue FALD make the desktop unusable especially on dark themes as well the halo effect at mouse cursor is deeply annoying. 😅

Local Dimming is not a good technology, how many dimming zone also not enough  unless they can make every dot is dimming zone.

I am happy now worth local dimming default off and on manually only if plan to watch video especially HDR video content.

For pure black, still only OLED manage to do it.

I seen nearly all monitor with FALD include Asus that USD $3K monitor with 1024 dimming zone. All same issue. Even latest iPad Pro using miniLED also got this issue.

Halo effect at bright moving object is local dimming characteristics since TV era use as PC monitor.

It is very hard to seen this issue on movie, it run perfectly in my Neo G9 monitor. But this issue is happened when use as PC in Windows productivity usage.

Agreed Neo G9 had many issue in launch and Samsung take too long to settle it, but lucky all is solved in latest firmware and Samsung is putting more effort on QC, mine is manufactured in year 2022 and I am pretty sure it is perfect no dusk issue or line issue that happened in first badge release.

aaaaaaaand it arrived today!!

I have no picture to show, but here's what I thought (First Impression from a non-gamer).

Build Quality =
A bit filmsy. When I use menu buttons and all that, the whole thing kinda wobble. I'm not sure which is better, V-stand or big fat flat stand, but I think V-stand might give better support. Then what is bad in my book? Back in the days, Samsung sell a very wobbly LCD monitor. That is bad. I'll never forget it, because that's what most CC uses.

Things in box =
I am a big fan when supplier/manufacturer includes display cables. This comes with 1x DP, and 2x HDMI. +1 in my book <3

Ports on monitor =
Again, big fan. Saves me the trouble plugging in-n-out from CPU case. +1

Screen real estate =
It's (almost) edge-to-edge display. I like it!

Curvy screen =
It's my first time using it, and my daily driver is a macbook pro. Scrolling window side-to-side is very... comfortable. It feels like Spider-Man scrolling an interface when he's making a new suit.

Screen quality/color =
Ah, the elephant in the room! Honestly, it is true that the color setting out of the box is pretty bad (Standard setting). But I find the default custom settings are quite good, at least the white looks pretty white to me! (default custom setting has everything in 50%. 50%RGB 50%CMY etc )
Black is very black. My MBP can only output 1080p via HDMI, so I have leftover screen real estate on both sides, and I get to compare the black on the side. It looks like they're the same (97% ish or more, I feel)
I am getting a Thunderbolt2 DP cable, and that should allow me to use the entire glory of this monitor.
Then what about black smearing?!
I haven't experience anything like that just yet :/ It wasn't as obvious to me.

Verdict:
At a RM1900(Dell Malaysia website) price point, it is actually a decent buy. I like how it looks, how it feels, and the extra functions it provided. Getting the right color can be a pain in the ass, but it is definitely not the end of the world.

For other potential buyers.... This 34" VA panel is being used by many other manufacturers....that price their products at around 1.5k, & some w 3 years warranty support too...

Guys, I just bought 34" Samsung Odyssey OLED G8. First time get an ultrawide and OLED monitor. Any tips to test the monitor for any defect? What software to run and so on.

Thank you.

May I know what is EPP?

I know this model still needs at least RM 5.4k at lazada/shopee.
Mostly still selling RM 6.5k