Samsung ViewFinity S8 S80UD

Name: Samsung ViewFinity S8 S80UD
Brand: Samsung
Price: 450 USD
Availability: InStock

Cheap 90-watt USB-C is the whole reason to consider this one; everything else about it is a competent, unremarkable 4K office panel. Against the ProArt PA279CRV at $429 it gives up colour coverage — Samsung publishes 99% sRGB and no DCI-P3 figure at all, where ASUS rates 99% of DCI-P3 — and matches its four-way stand.

Approx. price

~$450

snapshot, not a live price

Sharpness

68ppd · retina-class

past the ~1 arcminute limit of 20/20 acuity — the grid is gone

HDR tier

No HDR

the maker makes no HDR claim for this panel

Peak brightness

350nits claimed

no HDR certification

USB-C power

90 W

keeps a 14-inch machine charged under normal load

Max refresh

60 Hz

5 ms GtG rated

Port speed — can each input carry this panel?

HDMI 2.0· full speed at 8-bit
DisplayPort 1.2· full speed at 8-bit
USB-C (DP Alt Mode)· full speed

This panel needs 17.9 Gbps at 3840×2160, 60 Hz and 30 bits per pixel, with no DSC to fall back on.

Best for: A cheap one-cable 4K dock for a work laptop

Specifications

Approx. price: ~$450
Type: Productivity
Screen size: 27 in
Resolution: 3840×2160
Aspect ratio: 16:9
Pixels per degree: 68 — retina-class
Pixels per inch: 163
Panel: IPS
Finish: matte
Curvature: Flat
Max refresh: 60 Hz
Response time: 5 ms GtG
VRR: None
HDR tier: No HDR
HDR certification: None
Peak brightness: 350 nits claimed
SDR brightness: 350 nits
Local dimming: None
Static contrast: 1,000:1
Colour gamut: 99% sRGB
Colour depth: 10-bit
HDMI: 1 × HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort: 1 × DisplayPort 1.2
DSC: Not supported
Port speed: 1 of 3 inputs at full speed
USB-C: Video in over USB-C
USB-C power: 90 W — 14-inch class laptop
Thunderbolt: No
KVM: Built in
USB hub: 3 ports
Speakers: None
Stand: height, tilt, swivel, pivot
VESA: 100x100
Weight: 13.4 lb
$ per inch: $17
$ per megapixel: $54

Features

90 W USB-C power delivery
27-inch 4K IPS with 10-bit colour
Full four-way adjustable stand
Built-in KVM switch

What it does well

90 watts over USB-C at around $450 — the cheapest 90-watt charger in this catalog
68 pixels per degree — 4K at 27 inches is past the point where pixels are visible
Fully adjustable stand including portrait pivot
10-bit panel, which is more than most office monitors at this price manage

What it gives up

60 Hz and 5 ms — this is a documents-and-spreadsheets panel
DisplayPort 1.2 and HDMI 2.0 are both dated even for 4K at 60 Hz
Samsung publishes only 99% sRGB coverage and no DCI-P3 figure, so this is not a wide-gamut panel
No speakers, on a monitor otherwise built to be the one thing a laptop plugs into

The two lists above come from the maker’s specifications and from published third-party measurements, not from owner reports. Where owner discussion has been read it appears in its own section below, so the two are never mistaken for each other.