Samsung Odyssey OLED G8 (LS32DG800)
Here is a closer look at Samsung Odyssey OLED G8 (LS32DG800).
About
A third-gen QD-OLED monitor whose HDMI 2.1 chip is capped at 40Gbps rather than the full 48Gbps — forcing DSC compression, worsened by the Tizen smart-TV OS interfering with wake-up handshakes from Modern Standby laptops.
- HDMI version
- 2.1
- DisplayPort version
- 1.4
- Max resolution
- 3840x2160@240Hz
- Requires DisplayLink driver
- No
Ports: 2× HDMI 2.1, 1× DisplayPort 1.4 and 2× USB-A
Confirmed with
- Notebook (generic)
A strict firmware limitation suppresses native support for content running at 24Hz and 50Hz over its HDMI 2.1 interface. The Tizen smart-TV OS underlying the monitor frequently causes handshake delays when a host wakes from Modern Standby sleep states.