I think the Ark is a perfect blend between a tv and monitor. Console gamers who are used to playing on a big display have that option and PC players that like a smaller screen get that. The Ark second gen fixes all the pip complaints the 2022 model had.

Thank you for honest review! I visited a local store, and found out my maximum resolution I'd be pleased with is 48 inches. 55 is huge for work on a desktop

i think over time this thing could be so nice for all applications. im going to use it for stocks and gaming so i should be good. but i will love to see what type of suport this new system will have

Something no one mentions. you can push the screen all the way up and game standing up not needing a standing desk

For gaming (gamer here) I utilize the wheel controller to adjust the screen size for me. In a game like fortnite, i shrink it down some to probably 38" with the cool glass background. looks amazing. for something where im not being competitive like Harry Potter I blow it up to full size for that incredible emersion.

I work since 4 years with a 55 dell and I’m happy with it. Of course I’m not right in front of it, it needs some space between you and the display.

How do you connect your M1 Mac with the ARK, I’m having issues connecting it I know I can mirror the screen but I don’t want that rather connect it directly with HDMI but than either I have to use a docking station or have a Apple hdmi to thunderbolt connector that requires usb-c power cable as well is there another way that you found more convenient?

Thanks for the review! One neat feature about the monitor is that you can resize the screen size to 27" or 32". Granted you're wasting a bunch of screen real estate, but as someone who would love it for gaming it could be a worthwhile compromise. What did you think of the PPI (pixels-per-inch)? Btw, your son is a beast at Fortnite 😂

A triple setup of these for flight simming would be fantastic! I'd love it if Samsung or LG would make a 55" curved OLED monitor for a triple monitor dedicated simming setup (but can you say expensive). It wouldn't need the vertical rotation, as that seems to be more of a gee whiz selling feature than a practical use feature. Having said all that, a smaller version, say using the LG 48" OLED would (I think) be the sweet spot size for many simmers/gamers, as 55" is overwhelming (as you point out). I'm currently using the LG 42 Flex, which is fantastic, but it's left me craving for a slightly larger size...

what about the colours in photoshop? did you see any big differences? are they correctly callibrated ?

I feel like so many people kind of review these monitor/tvs incorrectly. I understand that you want to use it as a monitor, and the curve is supposed to allow you to do so effectively.... but honestly in my experience the best way to use something like a 55inch monitor is mounting if you can and backing it up a little bit from your eye balls. one of the reasons why curved tv's went away was because they were terrible for the most part lol... Especially in larger formats. I have been using the C1 55" for about a year now and life got so much better once I made those little tweaks and stopped tried to use it like a conventional monitor display. But i enjoyed your vid.

Did you try from further away? I use a 42” on a daily basis and need it further away so your neck doesn’t get sore. There is a fine balance between size of screen, distance from screen, and resolution.

What’s text like, I’m worried that at 80/90 ppi it. Text would look pixelated. I’m looking at the ark as it been heavily discounted and for my user case i would sue it mainly for ms word, safari, Evernote, rstudio, and reading. I currently have a triple monitor setup ie iMac 2019 27” and then two addition 4k monitors, i would like to use this to as single monitor for when i upgrade to a Mac Studio, with possible an 8k 27” monitor in portrait for reading docs

Please can someone answer a simple question is word, execel, etc and if you use a terminal pixeleted or is it sharp.??????????

not so hard install, right technique and base muscle work

I love mine, be your own judge

How did you connect the Mac to it? My display feels blurred out using the HDMI using it vertically stacked up.

I would have loved to seen what stocks look like laid out. When Forex-trading I'm always looking for historical highs and previous low's. Also how hot is this unit to sit in front of?

what is your computer spec

Around the 2 minute mark you're using a 'zone' type thing to organize your computer windows ... how do you access this???

Just ordered this. But im having doubts… thinking of canceling im worried about text sharpness as this is only 80ppi

Didn't even try it in 21:9. No clue about "dominent eye" and how to set up the multitasking.

Too close to the screen, gotta have a desk further out tbh

IDK what's with people. and whipping their heads when they can just move their eyeballs instead.? I'm legit wondering because I never used something this big but I'm considering buying.

So this guy buys a gaming monitor and says he doesn’t game. Then reviews a game and says it’s laggy, despite the lag being his hardware. Wtf bro…

Gaming Halo product not good for productivity... Not a good plan to review ut in the first place

omg could have done without you complaining about whipping your neck for 15m? dude...lol I will thank/like your review though - thank you for the input

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Damn maybe you might've enjoyed it more if you wasn't sitting so close to it😅

2:10 please don't tell me you give this a negative review because boomers can't multitask?

Samsungs websites says this 55in mess of a screen, got an average USER score of 3.9 out of 5. But, when you actually look at those reviews, you will quickly notice ALL the 5 star reviews are what they call 'incentivized' reviews! That simple means the reviewers received a financial reward or free product (usually the very item they reviewed!). This is awful bias, unethical, and is not representative of the REAL USER reviews on this screen. A quick check of the non- incentivized reviews, reveals a total of 20 people actually gave it a total of 46 stars, which represents a REAL score of 2.3 and NOT 3.9! Samsung are using this disgraceful and unethical 'incentivized' reviews bias to make their products look better than they actually are. Shame on them for that alone. This screen is a bloated mish mash of ideas, non of which are ideal, and all together they create a bloated overpriced mess, an unusable product ,which is not really ideal for any of the solutions it claims it offers. BUT wait..it does tilt! haha! That one stupid feature is what all the 'paid for' youtube reviews (adverts!) pretended was some amazing cool feature......its useless and pointless and a gimmick. Anyway.... Nice review and thumbs up, cheers.

Somebody's sitting waaaay too close to the really big monitor. He's trying to use it like it's a 27 inch. lol