Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Honestly I was excited to see the CJ79 curved Thunderbolt 3 monitor as an option for my new MacBook Pro. I'm a long time Mac user and currently have two of the Thunderbolt 2 monitors on my desk. The option for a 1.5x wide monitor roughly the same height appealed to me despite less screen real estate as there would not be a bezel dividing the screens. I thought the curve would be fine as well. I got my new MBP and realized using my old monitors would require dongles to connect and would not offer charging so this seemed like the best option. I ordered it and it arrived in a larger box somewhat well packed. No visible damage. Opened it up and it was indeed glorious at first sight. Very light weight as well. The problems started when I unpacked it and carefully removed the plastic protective film from the bezel - the film grabbed so well it removed some of the paint on the bezel. That sucks for a nearly $900 monitor and quite frankly it's unacceptable to have missing bezel paint on day one. I could have lived with the missing paint perhaps but once connected to the MBP I realized that the image was a bit inferior. The font is pixelated and jagged. Seriously. I'm sure it's a Mac thing but the amount of adjustment and controls is very limited. I do image editing and CAD drawing and it was so noticeable I ended up buying a Thunderbolt 2 to Thunderbolt 3 dongle for $49 just to make sure it wasn't the output on my new MBP. It wasn't and honestly my old Mac Thunderbolt 2 monitors look much better than this Samsung. Be warned this is all plastic and a little bit cheap looking. If you are a Mac user and do graphics or drawings please go see one in person before buying as it more than likely is a step backward as far as image quality especially compared to a Retina laptop screen. I boxed it up for a return and started that process with Amazon. I will be using my old monitors and will need to purchase a dock with Thunderbolt 2 to 3 ports to make this work well. That sucks.