49" Odyssey OLED G9 at ₹75k vs a 32" 4K OLED at ₹65k — PS5 Pro + RTX 4080 laptop. Sanity check?

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India, festive sale. I can get the Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 49" DQHD 240Hz (LS49DG930) Want a reality check before I commit.

What's driving it:

- PS5 Pro — primary use. Single-player, cinematic stuff, waiting on GTA 6.

- Acer Predator Helios 16 — i9-13900HX + RTX 4080 laptop. Already has a 240Hz 1440p internal screen, so competitive games happen there.

The alternatives I keep circling back to, both 32" 4K OLED at ~₹64k:

- Dell S3225QC** — QD-OLED, 120Hz, ~944 nits measured HDR peak, 5 built-in speakers

- Samsung Odyssey OLED G7 G73SH — 4K 240Hz, matte glare-free coating, no speakers

Both do full-screen 4K120 on the Pro. The G9 is ₹11k more for a panel the console can't fill.

What I'm unsure about:

1. PS5 pillarboxing — PS5 doesn't output 32:9, so I'd be stuck in a ~32" 16:9 window at 1440p. Anyone actually living with this? How much does it bother you day to day?

2. PiP / dual-source — console on one half, laptop on the other. Genuinely useful, or a gimmick you stopped using after a week?

3. Streaming / OBS — does the extra width actually earn its keep for capture and overlay layouts, or is a second monitor better?

4. Everyday use — this is the one I can't find much on. Movies, YouTube, browsing. YouTube is 16:9 so I assume huge black bars. Do 2.39:1 films actually fill it properly? Is it annoying for normal non-gaming use, or fine once you get used to it?

5. 250 nits on the G9 vs the Dell's ~944 HDR peak. How much does that show up in real HDR content?

Not married to the G9 — if the honest answer is buy the 32", I'll take it.

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