SAMSUNG S80A Computer Monitor, 27 Inch 4K , Vertical , USB C , HDR10 (1 Billion Colors), Built-in Speakers (LS27A800UNNXZA),Black

Love USB C - powers / charges my MacBook Air perfectly. Also can plug my iPad Pro (USB C) directly into the display as well. USB ports on the back make it slick for plugging in the USB A dongle for the Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse as well as I purchased a USB A Ethernet adapter to provide dedicated wired connection to my setup. USB C really does make sense. So many displays continue to use HDMI or worse; DisplayPort as their primary connection. Why not use 1 cable from your monitor to your laptop which provides everything (power to your laptop, audio from your laptop to the monitor's speakers, video output, laptop's data connection, and peripheral connections back to the laptop)? - Also a great setup if you share a workspace or have multiple computers you need to use (personal vs work vs family member's computers). Just plug into USB C and everything just works. Screen brightness at first was disappointing until I saw online there are 2 settings you need to disable - 1) Eye Care / Strain setting, 2) Eco Mode. Once disabled, the monitor was super bright. The 4K resolution is great and everything is super crisp and colors pop. HDR - I might be using this setting wrong, but when I enable it, the screen dims significantly to the point where I can't use it. Not using this has not been an issue. Adjustable Stand - I don't understand why manufactures think everyone is the same height or looks at a monitor at the same level. I know you can buy monitor mounts but it seems silly to not just include an adjustable stand to begin with. Luckily this monitor stand adjusts and raises and lowers easily. In the package, both HDMI and USB C cables were included as well as the power cord. Ascetically, this is a very nice, thin bezel monitor. It looks professional and sleek on my desk. I could see where a 2nd one probably makes for a very nice set up. I would recommend if you need a one-stop setup display.

Husband needed a monitor to go with his new computer..so, nervously i looked and looked…for awhile. I saw this one, and that a lot of people get it for gaming. Now he will not be using it for gaming; he has a console for that:). But he’s on his computer a lot everyday, so he needed a new one-his old one was older than some of you are !!! HA !! Well, anyway, when i saw that the speakers were built in , and that a lot of reviews were positive (thanks people for all your reviews…i read them a lot and we all benefit when the honest opinions (about the products ) are out there !! So he says..”it’s great and it’s a good price too”, so there you have it . By the way..it was super easy to put together and plug in , set up. It’s soooo much bigger screen the the old one , so he can see everything better..and i forgot to mention, that ther graphics are great. I’m not an expert on this, but he likes it a lot, uses it all the time , and we’re happy with it. I do hope this helps someone out there looking for a new monitor/screen. ….cheers

This monitor has a lot going for it and at a price that you just can't find elsewhere (especially if you get it during one of the very frequent discounts). Main features are 4K, single-cable USB-C connection, speakers that are actually loud, full featured stand, and USB hub. After reading many of the recent reviews and what people have said, I thought I would respond with my experiences (I'm an IT guy). I've connected it to both a 14" and 16" MacBook Pro M1 via USB-C. The screen is beautiful and side-by-side, I can barely tell the different between the Liquid Retina XDR display of the MacBook and the Samsung. Fiddling with settings on the monitor, I disabled ECO mode and set the screen refresh to high (60Hz). Some report that at high-refresh, the USB ports slow to USB 2.0, but I did not have that experience. On a M1 MacBook Pro, set at 60Hz, the USB ports on the monitor report to be USB 3.0 5Gbps according to System Report on the Mac. On a Windows PC (XPS 13) via USB-C, 60Hz does slow down the USB ports to USB 2.0. Not sure why Mac and Windows work differently in this respect. Using USB-C, both MacBook's are charged via the monitor just fine. One issue I did have on both MacBook's is the monitor keeps waking up every few minutes once the MacBook and screen go to sleep. I've had to revert to either unplugging the monitor or manually powering it off via the button under the monitor. Speaking of which, Samsung's multi-button system UNDER the monitor is annoying but you get used to it. Speakers. Best speakers I've heard in a monitor. Most are so low volume, they are worthless, but not this Samsung. Nice and loud. One issue is I cannot control the volume of the monitor speaker from my Mac. The volume control is greyed out. Sort of a bummer I suppose. As others have said, disable ECO mode if on out-of-the-box to increase brightness. Colors, as I said earlier, are fantastic. Overall, I'm very pleased with this monitor, especially at a <$300 price (if you can grab a couple when on sale, do it!). You won't find all these features in a monitor at this price anywhere else.

I’ve had this for about two years. It’s a beautiful monitor, especially for the price. Color is good, connections are many, and the stand is quality. There are two caveats that you may or may not find helpful. I was disappointed that my Apple silicon Mac mini can’t change the volume on this monitor without a software app. (OS X limitation, not the monitors fault) I actually use this in 1440p. 4K at this size is overkill, and makes many UI elements too small. Using the clean resolution scaling of 1080p is too big. Knowing what I know now, I probably would have looked for a 1440p monitor without speakers, which could have saved me a few bucks, or jumped up to a 32” 4K or even an extra wide 2x 1440p monitor (49” double width). That said, I’m happy with this monitor and haven’t ever felt it was a bad purchase decision. I’ve used with hdmi input and usb-c from a Mac mini without any problems. I use eqMac for volume control and do actually use the speakers on the monitor since my 2.1 speakers died—the quality is sufficient for things that are not music or movies, but for those uses I’ll just put in my AirPods.

I bought this monitor late last year but it had several issues: - Too Dim Samsung shipped the early batch of this monitor with Eye Saver and ALS sensor on by default. This is why early owners complained about monitor being to dim/dark. You could fix this by diving into the settings and disabling both options, but many people didn't know about this including the reviewers. - Coil Wind Noise Earlier batches of this monitor exhibited noticeable coil wind from the integrated USB-A ports on the back, especially when it was idle/asleep. This could be very distracting unless you're wearing headphones all the time. Some people said the issue could be fixed by switching the USB-C mode from "High Resolution Mode" to "High Speed Data Mode" but this option did not help my unit. I learned to ignore the noise, but it was not ideal for a 250-300 dollar monitor. I'm happy to say that the second monitor I received in March 24 fixes both of these issues. The brightness is bright out of the box, due to the two options being switched off by default. And the coil wind is completely gone. Now the monitor is completely silent and plenty bright. Samsung must have collected feedback from units that were returned and made some improvements to the units that are shipping to customers now. This is great to see, although I'm still stuck with an older version of this same monitor that has the coil wind defect, maybe Samsung support will repair or exchange the unit for a newer one. FYI, the only difference I found between the older unit and the newer one was the manufacture date, and the color of the label affixed on the back of the monitor. The older one has a dark gray label and says it was manufactured in October 2021. Newer unit's label is slightly more blue (blue-ish dark gray) and says it was manufactured in November 2021. If you can find this information in the box, I wouldn't even bother opening the old unit and would send it back to Amazon. Overall, I'm glad Samsung made meaningful revisions mid-cycle to address the top two issues that was besetting this otherwise great monitor. I'm glad I bought this instead of waiting for the Apple Studio Display. Apart from the lack of webcam and better OS X integration, this monitor does more than the Apple monitor. It also has, in my opinion, a batter stand that has height adjust, pivot, tilt and swivel, while taking up very little depth on the desk due to the tilted post. I also love that the base is super thin, leaving very minimal step. I highly recommend this monitor after the recent update.

I've been using USB-C for about a month. I switched over after getting a new laptop with USB-C video support. I still get video just fine over usb-c. However, something in the monitor logic broke today. This horrible design choice of a single button to do everything prevents me from turning the stupid thing off. Every time I click the multi-function button (which you have to do to get the menu to then scroll down to the power off menu entry--seriously, someone thought this was better than a simple physical power button), I get a stupid USB TEST black box on screen and then it turns Red with a USB TEST FAIL. The idiots at Samsung programmed something into this monitor to test validation before giving you the menu and so the only way to power off is to unplug the power cord. The USB TEST FAIL block won't even go away and I'm writing this review off to the side in a tiny browser window. Yeah, 4K video is still being sent just fine across the usb-c cable so I know there is no problem with the laptop or the cable. There's something broken in the internal FW menu logic of the monitor and now it seems I will have to buy a new long HDMI cable--though I'll spend the money and they'll probably tell me some new stupid error like HDMI TEST FAIL and prevent me from powering off again. I've unplugged both cables, waited 5 minutes, plugged usb-c and power back in. Same error when I click the button. Do NOT buy this Samsung crap. I haven't even had this a year and it's breaking because of the bad, cheap design choices.

I've had the monitor for about 3 weeks and I purchased it as an secondary USB-C monitor for my 2021 MBP M1 Pro. The monitor has worked as advertised, the USB-C cord that is provided with the monitor is giving me 4k @ 60hz and completely charges the battery without any issues. I use the monitor for programing and coding mainly and it can easily handle that. The stand is high quality, it has a low profile base and easily allows you to move the monitor to portrait mode and twist and tilt with ease. I'm not a PC gamer, but I assume it would easily handle most games but is limited by its 60hz refresh rate. I did quite a bit of research to find a solid secondary USB-C monitor for my home office and with the massive increase in demand for them since everyone is setting up home offices, prices are inflated on most monitors IMO. So far I would rate this as the best budget option for someone looking to get 4k @ 60hz out of a reliable secondary monitor for their MBP or PC.

The picture quality and readability of text is excellent. I picked this because people liked the display quality, and I also picked it because it has speakers, and the price was right. The speakers are certainly functional, but the bass response isn't really there, but it's great for my purposes to have them so I don't have to plug in separate speakers and have them falling over, and be extra clutter in my current living situation. One review said that the speakers would go loud enough to be heard, and other monitors with built in speakers they had tried didn't. I agree with this statement that this monitor does provide a a reasonable amount of volume. Another thing I read about a different monitor that does have speakers is that the volume was not adjustable from the operating system. I was happy to find that I can adjust the volume of these speakers in all of the usual ways from the computer. The only cables I am connecting to the monitor is HDMI and power. I am very happy to five star this one!