Samsung Electronics has unveiled three new matte-finish, anti-glare Odyssey OLED gaming monitors in the lead-up to this week’s CES 2024 in Las Vegas. The new tech is part of a trend toward bigger, faster QD-OLED gaming monitors that will pave the way for greater nuance and realism for game content creators in addition to heightening the experiential factor for players. The new Samsung displays include an updated Odyssey OLED G9 — a 49-inch curved ultra-wide gaming monitor with DQHD (5,120 x 1,440) resolution, a 32:9 aspect ratio and other upgraded features.

The Odyssey OLED G8 (G80SD) and Odyssey OLED G6 (G60SD) round out the new offerings. The Odyssey OLED G8 is the first flat 32-inch Samsung OLED gaming monitor with 4K UHD (3,840 x 2,160) resolution and a 16:9 aspect ratio, Samsung says in a press release. The G9 (G95SD) and G8 both have a 240Hz refresh rate and 0.03ms gray-to-gray (GTG) response time.

The Odyssey OLED G6 — a 27-inch QHD (2,560 x 1,440) monitor which supports a 16:9 aspect ratio — has a 360Hz refresh rate and the same 0.03ms GTG response time. GTG is the time it takes for a pixel to change from one shade of gray to another, though the metric also encompasses color change.

The three new Odyssey OLED monitors are “the first gaming screens to feature OLED Glare-Free Technology that minimizes daylight and ambient light reflections so you can use it at any time of day,” reports VentureBeat, adding that “no matter the viewing angle or direction, gamers will have an enjoyable and captivating experience” that puts them “in the action with minimal distractions.”

The three models — Samsung’s second generation, following its 2023 debut in the category — come to market later this year, with “AMD FreeSync Premium Pro to eliminate choppiness, screenlag and image tears in fast-action and complex game scenes” and VESA DisplayHDR True Black 400, for more detail and vivid colors, per VentureBeat.

Of the anti-glare finish, CNET writes that “OLED screens have typically been glossy, which makes them look really nice (especially in retail stores) but using them in a lot of lighting can be frustrating because of reflections,” urging “an increase in matte OLED/QD-OLED screens this year.”

Of the dual-refresh functionality incorporated into all three monitors, CNET notes that while the tech “isn’t brand new,” with Samsung and Razer debuting it last year for Blade 16 laptop screens, and LG announcing it for its 2024 UltraGear 32 game monitor, “it’s still pretty rare.”