Curved displays are stunning things to look at, but unfortunately they do not come cheap, at least for the most part. Samsung’s curved display lineup is no exception, at least until now where during Gamescom 2018, the company announced (via SamMobile) a new affordable model in the form of the CJG5.The new model will be offered in two sizes: a 27-inch version and a 32-inch version, where they are priced at around $400 and $460 respectively. Granted you could get non-curved monitors for less, but when you consider that Samsung’s other curved monitors are priced close to $1,000, these do seem more affordable.
That being said despite the difference in size, both models will share pretty much the same features in terms of hardware. This includes a 2,560×1,440 resolution, a 16:9 aspect ratio, a 1,800R curvature, 4ms response time, 3,000:1 contrast ratio, and 300 cd/m2 brightness. The monitors will also come with 2x HDMI ports, 1x DisplayPort, and a headphone jack. There does not appear to be USB-C connectivity so if you’re hoping to use this with the MacBook Pro or another laptop with USB-C, you’d be out of luck.
According to Seog-gi Kim, Executive Vice President of Visual Display Business at Samsung Electronics, “Due to the rapidly increasing demands of gaming monitors, we sought to offer competitively-priced gaming monitors for more users to benefit from premium technology.”
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