Color performance after a full software calibration
I wish it could always be this easy. Adjust the white point and off you go. The settings I can give you for the optimum D65 are suitable for 160 nits, but also for 200 nits. I can assure you that such small adjustments to the brightness have no noticeable effect on the white point. This also applies to 250 nits.
OSD Setting D65 @ 200 Nits – User Mode
If you want to go a little easier on your OLED G8, go to brightness level 25 and you will then have 160 nits.
Gray Scale, Saturation and ColorChecker (OSD Color Space Auto) CCT correction
Gray Scale, Saturation and ColorChecker (OSDCustom) full calibration with Calman Ultimate
The white point is also adopted for the custom mode. So basically this already works for the P3 color space. You don’t really need to calibrate if you can live with a few DeltaE > 3. My opinion: set it and for get it!
Uniformity
The Samsung Odyssey OLED G8 also has excellent picture uniformity. Really impressive!
Image errors and other issues
My Samsung Odyssey OLED G8 has no panel problems in terms of dead pixels or anything else. In SDR, everything works with both NVIDIA and AMD graphics cards. You get the full 175 Hz at 10-bit color depth via HDMI 2.1 (48 Gbit/s) as well as DisplayPort 1.4a. Samsung simply uses DSC via DP, as should also be standard in 2023. Greetings to MSI. I have already expressed my opinion on the subject of text readability. If you don’t know them yet: click here!
With an NVIDIA GPU, the OLED G8 is quasi G-Sync compatible – even if not officially certified. So far – so good. With an AMD GPU, the Samsung Odyssey OLED G8 – unlike the MSI MEG342C – uses the FreeSync Premium Pro pipeline. So if you use this monitor with an AMD graphics card, you will unfortunately not be able to see the 1000 nits in HDR with FreeSync activated – at least not at the moment. But that’s the only thing I have to criticize about the OLED G8. More on this on the next page.
With regard to the monitor waking up when you boot up the PC, I can only say that although the monitor wakes up when you first start it, it basically only gives a sign of life when you see the Windows login screen. I can live with that, at least you don’t have to do anything yourself. I suspect that the TV processor needs a little longer here until it feels called upon to do its job. A disadvantage for sure, but only a tiny one – at least in my opinion.
Sound reproduction
As the Samsung Odyssey OLED G8 uses a smart TV processor, it can also be used as a streaming device for Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney Plus etc. The OLED G8 has an integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth module. It also has a speaker that can really be described as such. The sound is really ok. The bass could be even better. The highs and mids come across very clearly. The level stability is ok, but if you turn it up fully, the Windows sound (e.g. error message) pushes it to its limits. Firstly, it’s scratchy and secondly, it’s so loud that it almost scares you to death.
Webcam and microphone
Are not installed. This brings us to the topic of HDR.
- 1 - Introduction, Features and Specs
- 2 - Workmanship and Details
- 3 - How we measure: Equipment and Methods
- 4 - Pixel Response Times
- 5 - Display Latencies
- 6 - Color-Performance @ Default Settings
- 7 - Direct Comparison and Power Consumption
- 8 - Color-Performance calibrated
- 9 - HDR-Performance
- 10 - Summary and Conclusion
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