Labor Day deals cut Samsung Odyssey G9 ultrawide prices to record lows

Retailers are rolling out steep Labor Day discounts on high end ultrawide gaming monitors, with several models in Samsung's Odyssey G9 family hitting record low prices at Amazon this week. Prices reported across outlets and price trackers ranged from about $699 to $1,499 depending on model and configuration, with many listings showing the 49 inch QD-OLED variants marked down most deeply for a limited time.

The most common deal reported places the 49 inch Odyssey G9 QD-OLED at roughly $899, down from a typical list price near $1,599. Other listings and trackers showed a version of the G9 family as low as $699 for a specific G95C configuration, and a larger Odyssey Neo G9 57 inch model discounted to about $1,499 from $2,299. Retail descriptions and reviewers said these were some of the lowest prices seen since launch and that availability may be short lived.

The monitors share a set of premium features aimed at gamers and multitaskers. Ultrawide Dual Quad HD panels with resolutions of roughly 5120 by 1440, refresh rates up to 240 hertz, and extremely low response times are commonly advertised. Variable refresh rate support spans HDMI VRR, AMD FreeSync Premium Pro and NVIDIA G-Sync...