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Samsung - 27" ViewFinity S9 5K IPS Smart Monitor with Matte Display, Thunderbolt 4 and SlimFit Camera. - Silver
Average customer rating
2.3
(3 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 3 reviews
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Customer Reviews for Samsung - 27" ViewFinity S9 5K IPS Smart Monitor with Matte Display, Thunderbolt 4 and SlimFit Camera. - Silver
Customer Rating
5
Great monitor when 50% off
on August 13, 2024
Posted by: Andy
from Vancouver
I bought this for my Mac Mini M2 & for the price do not regret buying this over the studio 5k
The matte screen, adjustable & significantly lower price led me to also buy one for my Father.
(We both purchased refurbished via open box)
The matte screen, adjustable & significantly lower price led me to also buy one for my Father.
(We both purchased refurbished via open box)
Mine was missing the remote control.
My Fathers was missing the power cord to plug to the adapter (not a big deal, the most common cord)
In hindsight I’d have ordered from another open box seller, they check inventory & even lower price!
This is the same spec 5k monitor as Apple but less than 45% of the price!
Also if you have a Samsung tv, the remote will turn off the monitor too ;)
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting bestbuy-ca
Customer Rating
1
Just buy the apple stuido display
on December 15, 2023
Posted by: apass
from St. Catharines
Honestly, based on the specs and initial use this should actually be a great alternative to the apple studio display (assuming you are ok losing your fn key functionality) which in the case for our office (this was purchased for a workstation mac mini) we were willing to accept some of the woes of not being an apple product, and being able to control sound, brightness etc. from the keyboard. The tradeoff was that we would get a matte finished screen with a superior web camera setup which in theory was (sort of) an advantage for the viewfinity. Unfortunately to this monitors demise, it comes with samsung's god awful Tizen OS which has been an absolute nightmare since day one. Again, a feature that I guess is sort of interesting in theory but in practical use as a monitor is almost completely useless. The Tizen OS causes constant input connection issues when the computer goes into sleep mode. Because it is technically acting as a TV more than a monitor, when the computer sleeps the monitor treats it as a loss of input connection, you get this ugly blue reconnection screen, before finally shutting down due to not being able to establish a connection. The deal breaker is that it is such a pain to reconnect. A mouse jiggle or keyboard click to wake the computer many times will fail to reestablish an input connection with the monitor and so far the only thing that works is unplugging everything and waiting 30 seconds before plugging everything back in. Imagine having to do this every day which is the frequency we have experienced. This is a massive flaw as I would say that 90% of people are using this exclusively as a computer monitor and not trying to watch tv or netflix on their 27" computer monitor. Really the only market I could see this TV feature being attractive to is students in dorms, but even still, they are not purchasing a $2000 monitor. They'll either buy a cheep M7 or M8 or can buy a typical 27" monitor for 150$ and a 55" tv for $600 and save over $1000. So do yourself a favor and just buy the apple studio display and avoid the stress. If it wasn't past the return period this thing would be going back to the store immediately. Imagine you have a gorgeous new car with all the bells and whistles, incredible reliability, tons of performance and drives amazingly, but every time you started the car you needed to jump start it with jumper cables. You would probably be super annoyed and want to just drive your old beat up civic right? This monitor is that car.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting bestbuy-ca
Customer Rating
1
Not recommended...
on April 12, 2025
Posted by: JS
from Toronto
It's a 5k monitor but not for anywhere near the apple studio display price. In fact, Samsung originally listed this monitor for about 1000 usd, (which is still too much) and repriced it to this ridiculous level possibly so that people will think they're getting a great deal when Samsung lists it at around "half" price. No, it's not built to last and it forces you to rely on a very annoying remote control to make any adjustments. The speakers are TERRIBLE! You will need those annoying computer speakers people had to buy back in the 90s, just to hear anything without straining your ears.
The panel itself is not studio display quality, but sub par and does not look uniform corner to corner.
I tried it despite the bad reviews but returned it same day and just bought the best...studio display. Don't waste your time unless the price drops down to 500 and you need a spare monitor.
The panel itself is not studio display quality, but sub par and does not look uniform corner to corner.
I tried it despite the bad reviews but returned it same day and just bought the best...studio display. Don't waste your time unless the price drops down to 500 and you need a spare monitor.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting bestbuy-ca