Samsung Odyssey G7 G75F review: A big monitor with limited appeal

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The Samsung Odyssey G7 G75F is big. Very big. So big that I nearly had to move the shelves on my wall to make it fit in my space. That makes it an appealing option if you want a monitor that can also be used like a TV, or if you like to be as immersed as possible. However, the G75F suffers from several downsides that make the monitor hard to recommend. 

Read on to learn more, then see our roundup of the best monitors for comparison.

Samsung Odyssey G7 G75F specs and features 

The Odyssey G7 G75F has a 37-inch display with a 16:9 aspect ratio and 4K resolution. It’s important to note that, thanks to the magic of math, the monitor appears even larger than you might think. Its total display area is virtually identical to a 40-inch 21:9 aspect ratio ultrawide though, of course, the G75F is not as wide. The G75F’s display height is more than 18 inches, which is about 2.5 inches taller than a 32-inch 16:9 monitor. 

• Display size: 37-inch 16:9 aspect ratio with 1000R curve
• Native resolution: 3840×2160 (4K)  
• Panel type: Vertical Alignment (VA) 
• Refresh rate: 165Hz 
• Adaptive Sync: Yes, AMD FreeSync Premium Pro 
• HDR: VESA DisplayHDR 600 
• Ports: 1x DisplayPort 1.4, 2x HDMI 2.1, 1x 3.5mm audio out, 1x USB-B upstream, 2x USB-A 3.2 Gen 1 Downstream
• Audio: None 
• Additional features: RGB-LED lighting ring on rear of monitor
• Price: $899.99 MSRP, $649.99 typical retail 

The display’s size is its defining characteristic, and the feature set is otherwise modest. It has a refresh rate of 165Hz, supports AMD FreeSync and HDR, and has a couple of USB-A ports. USB-C is not included. 

Samsung lists the Samsung Odyssey G7 G75F at $899.99 which, frankly, is way too much. However, Samsung (like other monitor makers, including Dell) has a habit of listing a monitor at a high price and then discounting it to a more reasonable figure. Amazon listed the monitor for $899.99 on September 15, 2025, but it dropped to $599.99 on October 7, 2025, and had yet to increase at the time this review was written. 

Samsung Odyssey G7 G75F design 

The Samsung Odyssey G7 G75F looks bland out of the box. It pairs slim black bezels with a black rear panel and a black stand for a super-stealth look, but the quality of the plastics used isn’t high enough to make the monitor feel luxurious. Shoppers looking for an extra touch of class need to leap to the Odyssey G9 line, which tends to look more premium. 

With that said, I was happy to see the G75F boasts Samsung’s RGB-LED light ring on its rear. This is a circular RGB-LED lighting element that surrounds the point where the stand attaches to the monitor. It looks stylish and adds some ambient lighting in a dark room. It offers a more universal style than recent Asus and Alienware monitors, which use an RGB-LED logo. The light ring also supports CoreSync, which can change the light’s color to reflect content on-screen—though it’s dim and hard to notice unless you’re gaming in a pitch black room. 

The G75F has a 1000R curve, which is dramatic (a lower number means a more aggressive curve). However, unlike most curved monitors, the G75F is only curved in the center third of the monitor. The left and right sides are flat. 

This isn’t unheard of for Samsung, which has used this design in prior monitors, but I’m not a fan. The uneven curve creates a “warp” effect when viewing content that scrolls horizontally. This is visible at the point where the curve ends on each side of the display. It’s most noticeable in movies, which often have scenes that pan slowly, and in games where you scroll across a map, like Civilization VI or League of Legends. 

The monitor includes an ergonomic stand that adjusts for height, tilt, and swivel. It’s a solid stand and uses an extremely flat base that keeps the desk space the stand occupies usable. 

Samsung Odyssey G7 G75F connectivity and audio 

Samsung keeps the Odyssey G7 G75F’s connectivity simple. Video input includes two HDMI 2.1 ports and one DisplayPort 1.4 for a total of three video inputs. That’s typical for a gaming monitor. 

USB connectivity is slim. The monitor doesn’t support USB-C, which is always disappointing to see in 2025. A pair of USB-A downstream ports are provided and will connect to your PC over a USB-B upstream port. It’s better than nothing, but this is the bare minimum USB connectivity you can expect from a modern monitor. 

A 3.5mm audio-out jack rounds out the options. It provides audio pass-through, which you may need, as the G75F doesn’t have built-in speakers. 

Samsung Odyssey G7 G75F menus 

The Samsung Odyssey G7 G75F’s control scheme deviates from the usual script. Most modern monitors use a joystick control, but the G75F instead opts for five buttons in a D-Pad arrangement. The result works a lot like a joystick and provides easy directional navigation through the monitor’s menu options, but it’s arguably easier to use because it’s more discrete and tactile. I like it. 

Samsung also provides a good range of menu options with clear labels that are easy to understand. However, the Odyssey G7 G75F generally opts for vague labels rather than precise labels. For example, it doesn’t include a range of modes that target a specific color gamut, and the gamma adjustment doesn’t list a specific target gamma curve value (such as 2.2 or 2.4). This is acceptable for a gaming monitor, but competitors like Asus’ ROG do a better job here. 

Unlike its competitors, Samsung doesn’t offer a Windows display utility that can adjust brightness, contrast, color, and other monitor settings. The company only offers Samsung Display Manager, which is a window management utility. Most of Samsung’s competitors have more feature-rich software utilities that provide control of monitor features within Windows, and some also support Mac. 

Samsung Odyssey G7 G75F SDR image quality 

The Samsung Odyssey G7 G75F is a monitor built to provide a huge display at a relatively low price. Its typical retail of $649.99 isn’t inexpensive, but its below most competitors in the 37-inch to 45-inch size category. 

That means Samsung had to make some tough choices to keep the price low—but I ran into some additional issues while testing the G75F. The monitor ships with several features enabled that significantly reduce image quality. These include an adaptive contrast feature and a dynamic backlight that doesn’t work well. 

The test results below were achieved with these features turned off. Would-be buyers should be aware of this. If you do choose to buy this monitor, you’ll want to turn the adaptive contrast and dynamic backlight features off to achieve the best image quality results. 

First up is brightness, where the Samsung Odyssey G75F leaps to a good start with a brightness of 341 nits. 

All of the monitors PCWorld has recently reviewed that are similar in size, refresh rate, or price were OLED displays, which typically have a maximum SDR brightness around 250 nits. The Odyssey G75F has an LED-backlight Vertical Alignment (VA) panel. 341 nits actually isn’t that bright for a LED-backlight monitor, but compared to OLED, it wins. 

The higher brightness means the monitor is more comfortable to view in bright rooms. 

Next up is contrast and, unsurprisingly, the G75F has a difficult time here. The monitor’s measured contrast ratio of 2970:1 is actually rather good for an LED-backlit panel, but it can’t compete with the incredible contrast provided by OLED’s per-pixel brightness control. 

I also noticed that the G75F, like many curved monitors with an LED backlight, has issues with uniformity. I noticed significant bright spots at the top and bottom center of the display, as well as at the corners. They’re not obvious in bright content but easy to see, and distracting, in dark scenes. 

The G75F has a decent color gamut that covers 100 percent of sRGB, 91 percent of DCI-P3, and 85 percent of AdobeRGB. This would’ve been great a few years ago, but the proliferation of OLED panels, as well as LCD panels with quantum dots, has boosted color gamut performance. The G75F’s color gamut is definitely behind OLED competitors and just average for a monitor in its price range. 

Color accuracy is an issue for the G75F. The problem is most apparent in blue and cyan colors, which looked odd and reported high color error values—dragging the overall 12-color average along with it. The image still looks okay, but I’d recommend trying to calibrate it if you have calibration software available. 

The monitor’s default gamma result comes in at 2.3, slightly off the target of 2.2. Color temperature was at a default value of 6700K, slightly over the 6500K target. These values mean the image may look darker and cooler than the content you’re viewing intended, though it’s a more subtle difference. 

Sharpness is decent on the G75F. The monitor’s 3840×2160 resolution works out to about 119 pixels per inch across the 37-inch panel. By comparison, the pixel density of a 32-inch 4K monitor is roughly 138 pixels per inch. The G75F’s pixel density is closer to a 27-inch 1440p monitor. Still, the image looked sharp enough, particularly in games with any halfway decent anti-aliasing implementation. 

Ultimately, the Odyssey G7 G75F’s problem comes down to this: It’s a VA panel monitor competing in a world increasingly dominated by OLED. 

To be fair, the OLED competitors are generally more expensive and have a smaller display. So, if pure display size is what you want, the G75F can still make sense. 

In most cases, though, an entry-level 32-inch OLED, like the Dell 32 Plus 4K QD-OLED or MSI MAG 321CUP, will provide much better SDR image quality. 

Samsung Odyssey G7 G75F HDR image quality 

HDR is supported by the Samsung Odyssey G7 G75F—but it’s not great. 

The G75F is VESA DisplayHDR 600 certified, which means it should technically hit a peak brightness of up to 600 nits. That’s high for a monitor. 

However, as mentioned, the G75F is an LED-backlit display. Specifically, it appears to be an edge-lit display, meaning the LED lighting is placed at the edges of the display and light channels are used to direct it. 

This approach doesn’t really work for HDR. Turning on the dynamic backlight will boost contrast and brightness, but also causes obvious “pillars” of light in scenes with a mix of bright and dark. You can see lighting zones turn on and off as scenes change, which isn’t ideal, to say the least. 

So, while it does support HDR, I can’t recommend using it for games or movies. The monitor looks its best in SDR with the dynamic backlight feature turned off. 

Samsung Odyssey G7 G75F motion performance 

The Samsung Odyssey G7 G75F can hit a maximum refresh rate of 165Hz. That’s not an amazing refresh rate for 2025, but the G75F’s motion clarity at 165Hz is rather good. 

Viewing scrolling test images from DOTA 2 and League of Legends, as well as scrolling text, showed that the basic contours of a scene are easy to make out and that high-contrast text of reasonable size is readable with a bit of strain. It’d definitely not as good as OLED, which benefits from a lower pixel response time that in turn reduces blur, but I was pleased with the G75F’s motion clarity given its size and price. 

The monitor also supports AMD FreeSync Premium Pro. Nvidia G-Sync is not officially supported, but it should work with most modern Nvidia graphics cards as the G-Sync Compatible standard uses the same technical underpinning as FreeSync. I found an Asus ProArt P16 with an Nvidia RTX 5060 mobile detected the monitor as G-Sync compatible. 

Should you buy the Samsung Odyssey G7 G75F? 

The Samsung Odyssey G7 G75F is a monitor that would’ve been easier to recommend a few years ago. It does provide a huge amount of display real estate, good motion clarity, and decent sharpness. The monitor’s build quality is also good for a display that’s towards the lower end of pricing in its size category. 

 
However, the G75F suffers from the fact that OLED monitors have dipped drastically in price. The $680 Dell 32 Plus 4K QD-OLED is smaller, but it’s much better in both SDR and HDR image quality. Pay a bit more for an MSI MPG32URXW, and you’ll have a display that’s leagues ahead in ways you’re going to notice every day. 

It’s ironic. Samsung is the leading manufacturer of OLED displays for monitors, and Samsung’s aggressive pricing is the reason why QD-OLED monitors are available for well under $1,000. 

But that leaves a monitor like the G75F, which has a big LCD vertical alignment (VA) panel, in a tough spot. It only makes sense if you need a huge display at mid-size price. 

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