Samsung launches curved, 34-inch display with Thunderbolt 3

Samsung on Tuesday announced the global launch of the CJ79, a 34-inch curved monitor with Thunderbolt 3, marketed as both Mac- and Windows-compatible.

The screen has a 21:9 aspect ratio, 3,440-by-1,440 resolution, and covers 125 percent of the sRGB color gamut with 3,000:1 contrast. Mostly notably though it has two Thunderbolt 3 ports, one of which supplies 85 watts of power, enough for 13- and 15-inch MacBook Pros.

The monitor also incorporates two 7-watt speakers, picture-in-picture functions, and AMD FreeSync support. Other port options include HDMI, DisplayPort, and two USB 3.0 connections.

The company didn't immediately make pricing available; however, B&H Photo is accepting preorders for the C34J791 34-inch 21:9 Curved LCD Monitor at $899.99 with free expedited shipping within the contiguous U.S. Inventory is expected to arrive the beginning of September.

Samsung also announced the European debut of the CJ89, a related monitor starting at 43 inches. It has a 32:10 aspect ratio, 3,840-by-1,200 resolution, and its own KVM switch as well as two 5-watt speakers. Instead of Thunderbolt 3 it features two USB-C ports, but it can deliver up to 95 watts of power.

HDMI, DisplayPort, USB 3.0, and two USB 2.0 hookups round out connections. Samsung has even produced a 49-inch variant, which actually lowers resolution to 3,840 by 1,080, but upgrades the speakers to 7 watts. Both the 43- and 49-inch monitors are promised to ship internationally "soon."

In the U.K. the 43-inch display can be preordered for 599.99 pounds ($775.54), while the 49-inch one is 841.11 pounds ($1,087.21).

18 Comments

maestro64 5029 comments · 19 Years

About 6 years ago

other than knowing their colors will mostly likely be off, a curved monitor for computer work makes more sense than a curved tv screen. A person at work has one of these curved displays verse having two monitors and this works great and I would love to have a similar set up verse having two monitors.

ElCapitan 372 comments · 6 Years

Apple displays are MIA.

maciekskontakt 1168 comments · 15 Years

maestro64 said:

other than knowing their colors will mostly likely be off, a curved monitor for computer work makes more sense than a curved tv screen. A person at work has one of these curved displays verse having two monitors and this works great and I would love to have a similar set up verse having two monitors.

All of those monutors are colors off including Apple displays. The only precision color monitors are EIZO and NEC pro line for graphic designers, but they are quite expensive. We do have one for that kind of work.

razorpit 1793 comments · 17 Years

Sure would be nice to put in the cart with a Mac Mini Pro.

anton zuykov 1056 comments · 9 Years

maestro64 said:

other than knowing their colors will mostly likely be off, a curved monitor for computer work makes more sense than a curved tv screen. A person at work has one of these curved displays verse having two monitors and this works great and I would love to have a similar set up verse having two monitors.

Still does not make a lot of sense. Curved screen is a gimmick, because in order for it to align in viewer's field of view and not produce any additional distortions, the head of the viewer has to be positioned in a very precise spot. Moving it even a little bit left-right, up-down or toward-away from screen creates more distortions than the curvature was intended to remove, which destroys the whole point of having a curved screen in the first place (that is the ONLY point of why it was made curved in the first place).