Samsung Announces the Gaming-grade Notebook Odyssey

[btarunr]

Samsung Electronics America, Inc. today unveiled the award-winning Samsung Notebook Odyssey, a new portable gaming PC with high-power performance and dynamic display. Available in 17.3-inch and 15.6-inch models, the Samsung Notebook Odyssey packs power in a beautiful and innovative design with premium features to offer a premium gaming experience.

"The Samsung Notebook Odyssey was designed specifically with gamers in mind and is equipped with exclusive features to offer users one of the best gaming notebook available on the market," said YoungGyoo Choi, Senior Vice President of the PC Business Team, Mobile Communications Business at Samsung Electronics. "Today, serious and even casual gamers seek computing devices that not only pack power for intense graphics-rich games but also feature a stylish and portable design. We're excited to expand our PC portfolio with a premium gaming solution featuring refinements in design, cutting-edge technology and enhanced gaming usability."



Unmatched Features for High-Power Performance
The Samsung Notebook Odyssey includes exclusive features built specifically for intense and casual gamers alike. With advanced technology, such as the HexaFlow Vent, an advanced cooling and ventilation system that helps the device remain cool. Created for maximum performance and endless play, users can also open the HexaFlow Vent, which is located on the bottom panel of the device, to upgrade the storage and memory.

For optimal gameplay, the Samsung Notebook Odyssey is equipped with an intelligent and robust processor. Powered by a 7th Generation Intel Core i7 processor (Quad Core 45W), both models of the Samsung Notebook Odyssey offer users lightning fast performance with premium graphic technologies.

New Advanced Display for High-Quality Vivid Images
In addition to its high-performing engine, the Samsung Notebook Odyssey 17.3-inch offers a beautiful viewing experience including a backlight that goes up to 300 nits (280 nits on 15.6-inch) in brightness for crystal clear images. Its mesmerizing screen also includes an anti-glare surface treatment to minimize reflection, allowing gamers to focus on their next move without distractions.

The Samsung Notebook Odyssey transports gamers into faraway lands and exciting scenes with life-like color contrast and wide-view angle display. It also offers high-quality vibrant images to provide an immersive and dynamic cinema-quality HDR video experience.

Innovative Design and Function with Enhanced Usability
Without compromising on function, the Samsung Notebook Odyssey features an innovative design that's both functional and refined to provide users with optimal usability. Unlike many bulky gaming PCs, the Samsung Notebook Odyssey is easily portable, allowing users to take their game with them on the go.

Beyond its sleek design, The Samsung Notebook Odyssey's keyboard includes advanced features including ergonomically curved keycaps (0.5mm volcano keycaps on the 17.3-inch, 0.3mm crater keycaps and backlit WASD keys to provide users with optimal interactions on the 15.6-inch). For personalization and easy access to crucial keys, users can also choose the backlit color of individual keycaps on the Samsung Notebook Odyssey 17.3-inch.

In addition to its premium gaming features, the Samsung Notebook Odyssey includes exclusive software solutions for peer-to-peer sharing with other devices such as smartphones. With PC Message and PC Gallery, gamers can easily share files, messages and photos anytime, anywhere.

Samsung will debut Notebook Odyssey at CES 2017's regular exhibition hours, from January 5-8 at the Booth #15006, in LVCC, Level 1, Central Hall.



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[Prima.Vera]

I came to see what graphics the 17 incher has, only to find is TBD.

 

[Pete1burn]

I came to see what graphics the 17 incher has, only to find is TBD.

Yep, me too. Crossing fingers for at least a 1070. Always liked the Samsung brand, but not sure if this will win over an Asus ROG for me.

 

[BArms]

It's hard to tell if it will look like complete crap or not. 99% of gaming notebook's today I'd rather kill myself than be seen in public with them.

 

[brumak51]

more explosion incoming!

 

[Shihab]

Good timing too! Local laws have made it mandatory to have two fire extinguisher in vehicles; one for the phone and one for the book!

On a side note: "Premium features" and only 1080p monitors? Okeeeeey...

 

[ShurikN]

On a side note: "Premium features" and only 1080p monitors? Okeeeeey...

1080p is the sweet spot for 15/17" laptops. Everything over it is overkill, plus it requires much better hardware and therefore drives prices too high. Everything under is pathetic.
For example, a 24" 1440p screen has lower pixel density than a 15/17" 1080p one.

 

[Shihab]

1080p is the sweet spot for 15/17" laptops. Everything over it is overkill, plus it requires much better hardware and therefore drives prices too high. Everything under is pathetic.
For example, a 24" 1440p screen has lower pixel density than a 15/17" 1080p one.

"Sweet spot" is a term I'd be fine with with cost-effective/wallet-friendly products. However, if they are going to label a product premium, they need to equip it to match what the market perceives what a premium should be. 1080p@17" (even 15") doesn't even match Apple's conservative Retina spec!

I'm not saying that 1080p15/17" don't work though.

 

[Black Haru]

"Sweet spot" is a term I'd be fine with with cost-effective/wallet-friendly products. However, if they are going to label a product premium, they need to equip it to match what the market perceives what a premium should be. 1080p@17" (even 15") doesn't even match Apple's conservative Retina spec!

I'm not saying that 1080p15/17" don't work though.

Stop! This is a gaming machine, anything higher than 1080p is just a moneygrab. There is a hell of a lot more to a display than its dpi, what makes a panel premium goes much deaper. Thats not to say that this will follow throughon that promise, but im really tired of manufacturers using higher res screens on laptops as an excuse to jack the price way up. It's not inherently a better experience.

 

[Frick]

The Samsung laptops I've used has been pretty damn nice and they have held up nicely. It's a shame they stopped selling them here. This doesn't look half bad.

 

[Shihab]

Are we going back to the "720p is enough, 1080p isn't needed" days? And wait a second, doesn't the current, hype-driven, de-facto standard for high-end gaming specifically demand 4k support?
"Premium" doesn't necessarily mean substantially better in all metrics (thanks to industries' abuses of the term). We're all tired of something. I, for one, am tired of still seeing a >decade old resolution still marketed as high-end, or in this case, "premium" machines.

 

[Frick]

Are we going back to the "720p is enough, 1080p isn't needed" days? And wait a second, doesn't the current, hype-driven, de-facto standard for high-end gaming specifically demand 4k support?
"Premium" doesn't necessarily mean substantially better in all metrics (thanks to industries' abuses of the term). We're all tired of something. I, for one, am tired of still seeing a >decade old resolution still marketed as high-end, or in this case, "premium" machines.

Me I'd rather take a high quality 1080p screen than a meh 4K screen, but mostly because scaling in Windows and many programs are not 100% there and that I don't game much. And there is a point to the argument that you need more oomph to "properly" drive a 4K panel.

 

[Shihab]

Have I made a claim somewhere that it takes only high pixel density to make a good monitor?

And the said argument fails to take into account that my argument (or lack thereof. Dunno why I had to go defensive over a rant!) is concerned with what's supposed to be an expensive, high-end machine, and from what I believe I implied, this should cover all the hardware. Though I never had 4K specifically in mind then. I'd rather see a decent IPS or even a not-so-premium-ish PLS QHD panel with high refresh rate, personally. Funny thing is, Samsung -ironically- seems to limit its sub-24" PLS stand-alone monitors to 1080p only.

 

[ty_ger]

I hate it when "authors" copy and paste the sales mumbo jumbo fed to them by the manufacturer.

Award winning? Which awards? How does a brand new product -- which was not yet publicly revealed or reviewed -- win awards?

 

[Prima.Vera]

Finally I was looking for a gaming laptop without stupid 4K display and super expensive. Let's hope the 17 incher will have at least a gtx 1070, so it can play any game at full details.