To be clear, I’m not saying you should randomly spend a month or two’s worth of rent on a mini LED gaming monitor that’s the size of a decent TV. In fact, it feels a little wrong that it could even be that easy – it’s been nine months of hype surrounding the Ark of the Odyssey since it debuted at CES 2022, and it’s such a scary product that you feel like you need someone’s permission to take it. At the very least, your chiropractor should sign a note saying you understand the risks of using a computer screen that can elevate you completely. It may be you, but you make sensible and responsible financial decisions. Correctly; Image: Samsung My colleague Cameron Faulkner spent some time with the Ark of the Odyssey, but it will take a lot more testing to determine whether something this huge in both price and size is really worth it versus, say, just buying an LG OLED TV and climb into your office. However, one of them wouldn’t come with Samsung’s built-in Gaming Hub, which lets you connect to game streaming services like GeForce Now or Xbox Cloud Gaming without needing anything other than your monitor and some sort of input device (although let’s be honest, anyone buying the Ark probably has a pretty good gaming setup to go with it). There will be some who will give in to temptation. In fact, the Best Buy closest to me is now saying I’d have to wait until Saturday to do an in-store pickup for the Ark, even though there was one available for pickup when I looked earlier this morning. That means someone in Spokane has dropped $3,500, plus 8.9 percent sales tax, on that display. They might even be playing on it as we speak. If that was you and you end up reading this, please contact me and let me know what your thought process was and how the Ark is treating you so far. (Also, wanna hang out? Yeah, I’m only interested in seeing your screen, but I’ll bring the Pizza Pipeline or something to fix it for you.)
