According to a report from Korean outlet ETNews (via SamMobile), Samsung is getting ready to release its massive 55-inch curved Odyssey Ark monitor this August. The monitor, which was announced in January at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES), has reportedly gone through a few certification programs that have to be done before it can go on sale.
Details about this monitor are still scant. According to The Verge, Samsung has said that it’ll have a 16:9 4K panel and that the stand will support pivot, tilt, and rotation. It also announced that it would come out in the second half of 2022 (which the reported August window falls squarely in). But let’s be honest, when you show up with a monitor that promises to physically tower over you while you’re using it, people will pay attention even if you don’t announce the price or refresh rate.
One thing that adds a bit of credence to the report is that Samsung has successfully released other monitors that it announced around CES this year. The decidedly less ambitious M8 smart monitor has already started hitting store shelves, as has a smaller (read: reasonably sized) curved gaming monitor, the Odyssey Neo G8. While that’s obviously not proof that the Ark is up next, it is good to see that Samsung has a track record of shipping its CES monitors this year.
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