Samsung Builds A Potentially Affordable Curved Monitor

[N.Broekhuijsen]

Samsung's latest monitor may only be a Full HD unit, but it is curved.

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[TechyInAZ]

Interesting, I don't know how it can make stuff immersive but Ill see what the reviews say.

It would also made a very excellent triple monitor gaming setup.

 

[mavikt]

I guess that curved (computer) monitor makes more sense than the "banana" television.
It's amazing LG created a full page PDF outlining benefits of the curved design of televisions. I can see very few and would otherwise opt for a flat (OLED) one!

 

[SkyBill40]

Interesting. I'm not a super fan of the curved thing going on right now, but it's hard to determine whether it'll be a fad or a long lasting idea.

Any word on the expected price at this point? Are we to assume the refresh rate is 60hz? IPS or TN?

 

[hetneo]

IPS or TN?

Neither, it's VA panel.

 

[eklipz330]

actually i have my sights set on a curved 21:9 monitor. gotta wait for one with displayport 1.3 to get freesync goodness and 120hz at 1440p goodness

curved monitors make more sense because its usually one user per monitor. tvs, not so much.

 

[Tanquen]

It’s a fad, as in its kind of cool to make a curved display but it actually makes the viewing experience worse. Just go check one out. More glare, harder for folks on the side to see a good picture, more expensive to manufacture and the picture is squished in the middle. If you have a very large display that can wrap around you and the camera is shooting a 180° field of view, then maybe. But no video you watch will be shot that way and these curved screens are not big enough or curved enough for that type of setup to work anyway. These curved screens are just distorting the original isometric image.

 

[knowom]

It's not a bad idea, but I'm sorry the resolution sucks. I can't speak for others, but I'm not buying another 1080p display curved or otherwise. If Samsung made a display like this at 1920x2160 or 1920x3240 resolution I think they'd have no trouble finding interested people to sell monitors of that type both curved or flat for that matter. It's important that the price is still pretty affordable and no more twice or triple the price of 1080p.

 

[rwinches]

~$450 USD

http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/samsung-unveils-s27d590c-curved-27-inch-monitor.html

 

[alidan]

dynamic of 1:3000... god that monitor must look like hell if that number is so low.

 

[dovah-chan]

there are a great deal of monitors that have a lower contrast ratio than 1:3000. The huge number you usually see represents a labratory setting with the optimal lighting. This is the average real world contrast ratio that the user is likely to experience.