Thunderbolt 3 brings minimalism to Samsung’s next massive monitor

Beefy desktop PCs are great and all, but by the time you’ve plugged all your gear into one, you’ll be tied up in knots on account of all the cables. Swap out that tower for a laptop, and plug in Samsung’s sizeable CJ791 monitor instead: it only needs a single Thunderbolt 3 cable to handle video signals, and charges your machine up at the same time. That should help keep cable snakes under control, and let you keep your desk as wire-free as possible. It’s shaping up to be a pretty tasty monitor in its own right, with a 3440×1440 resolution, wide 21:9 aspect ratio, and 4ms response time. It’s QLED, too, which Samsung reckons means whiter whites, darker blacks and better colour reproduction all round. Handy for graphics pros as well as gamers, then. It’ll be on sale later this year, with prices to be confirmed ahead of launch.

Tom Morgan-Freelander Deputy Editor

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A tech addict from about the age of three (seriously, he's got the VHS tapes to prove it), Tom's been writing about gadgets, games and everything in between for the past decade, with a slight diversion into the world of automotive in between. As Deputy Editor, Tom keeps the website ticking along, jam-packed with the hottest gadget news and reviews.  When he's not on the road attending launch events, you can usually find him scouring the web for the latest news, to feed Stuff readers' insatiable appetite for tech.

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Smartphones/tablets/computing, cameras, home cinema, automotive, virtual reality, gaming