Samsung Unleashes Five New Curved Monitors

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Maybe I'm a closed minded hater in this particular subject matter, but I don't believe that the slightly curved screens have any place on my desk or in my living room. In a movie theater type setting, sure.. but when the viewing distance is inches to 'several' feet, I just don't see it as more than a stupid gimmick and the sooner it 'goes away' the happier I will be.
 


It's the exact same concept at home as in a movie theatre. On a flat monitor, the edges are further from your eyes than the center. Curving it makes the viewing distance to all parts of the monitor equal. This eliminates color changes at the edges. It absolutely has a place on our desks! It will never go away! All reviews of curved monitors have been very positive so far!
 
Large price tags but they are missing features a large portion of the PC gaming market is going to want. High resolutions and G-Sync or Free-Sync/low response time/ high refresh rate.

If they are targeting professionals, they better think twice. They can get better color reproduction at a much lower price point.
 


It's the exact same concept at home as in a movie theatre. On a flat monitor, the edges are further from your eyes than the center. Curving it makes the viewing distance to all parts of the monitor equal. This eliminates color changes at the edges. It absolutely has a place on our desks! It will never go away! All reviews of curved monitors have been very positive so far!
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I agree that curved monitors are awesome for desktop use. If only these companies didn't charge such crazy prices for them.
 


The irony is that most people [myself included] feel exactly the opposite. The distance you sit from a TV or theatre screen is just too damn far to reap any benefits from a slight curve [Check out this article on Ars Technica about it]. A monitor on the other hand is close enough where a curve can actually have a benefit and enhance immersion in games.
 


The irony is that most people [myself included] feel exactly the opposite. The distance you sit from a TV or theatre screen is just too damn far to reap any benefits from a slight curve [Check out this article on Ars Technica about it]. A monitor on the other hand is close enough where a curve can actually have a benefit and enhance immersion in games.
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Thanks for the link.. I'll amend my prior statement to say I don't envision wanting a fixed curved TV in my house, but perhaps I should not be so quick to dismiss curved screen(s) on my (work) desk.
 
Maybe I'm a closed minded hater in this particular subject matter, but I don't believe that the slightly curved screens have any place on my desk or in my living room. In a movie theater type setting, sure.. but when the viewing distance is inches to 'several' feet, I just don't see it as more than a stupid gimmick and the sooner it 'goes away' the happier I will be.
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You do get an very noticeable "tube effect" with a flat monitor. I have a 24" and it definitely does not look flat to me when I'm sitting in front of it.
 
I think it's amusing just watching the trends of tech. It used to be crt type screens (including older tvs) were very convex, fishbowl in appearance. The idea was to make the image visible to a wider area. This was reduced until we had flat screens (crt) and flat panels. Now the latest is concave designs. I've seen complaints of lcd screen flicker and yet I thought that was supposed to be one of the major improvements over crt tech, no flicker. We've gone from an imaging tech capable of no lag/ghosting, wide viewing angles with accurate color reproduction and true blacks (crt) to splitting it up into different panel segments. Now you either get fast response and poor blacks and viewing angles with poor color reproduction or good colors and deeper blacks but with lag and ghosting. I'm almost afraid for tech to 'improve' any further. Gimmicks make the world go round I suppose.
 
This is why at tech lovers we need to support retail establishments like Best Buy and MicroCenter especially. If you want to spend $500 on a monitor you'd want to at the very least see it in person, with these stores dying out you sort of just relying on the opinion of some YouTube dude. Especially the curvature, you need to see that in person.

As far as MicroCenter, it's like last place in USA where you can go and actually touch and see a PC case, see multiple motherboards, see other components.
 

There's is however one gargantuan advantage with both LCD and OLED over any CRT. I remember, "fondly", how fun it was to move house with a 21" flat CRT.... It weighed over 30 kilos, I think....
And you can never get a CRT anywhere near as accurate and sharp as a digital display.
 


If you're not sitting centered on the display, the viewing distances to all parts of the monitor will vary just like a flat screen. The further you move off-center, the worse the image will look.
 
I agree, crt's are heavy. However they have true black, no ghosting and more accurate colors than lcd. The only flat panels with decent color accuracy and color depth are extremely expensive like eizo's. Picked up a pro series 22" crt for like $25 used. It's heavy and it puts off some heat but at least I don't have to choose between color reproduction, good black levels and response time. We're talking 1998 tech vs 2015 tech, time for 'new' tech to catch up and start producing results. There's no excuse for having to decide between the two. I shouldn't have to have 2 monitors side by side, one for photo accuracy and one for gaming without horrible ghosting.

Plus as an added perk, I don't lose clarity if I decide to change my resolution from 1024x768 to 1600x1200. Can't exactly do that with an lcd type panel which is stuck to it's native resolution. Heavier, yes. A bit more power hungry, yes - but older tech was actually an improvement over what's available now and that's going backwards. Just seems like flat panel tech in general came out prematurely, needed further refinement and wasn't quite ready for release.

In 2015, I don't think people should have to choose between a pencil that writes and one that erases. They've done both tasks well for quite some time now and no reason to backtrack. Understandably the new tech has it's hurdles. It does have some improvements and less weight, power consumption and desk real estate are nice perks. They're secondary though to the primary function which is providing a display. Does anyone want to have 2 tv's in their living room? One that's only good for watching broadcast t.v. and another that's only good for watching bluray movies? Of course not and to propose such a thing would be a disaster. People want a t.v. they can watch broadcast, dvd's, bluray, play their game stations on etc. I'm not alone, many others want a monitor they can do photo work on AND game on. Doesn't make much sense to dump $400-1000 on a high end video card to get rich game textures and fine details at high resolutions just to find out that you have to settle for a washed out display or else your monitor is too slow and that gorgeous game you paid dearly to have show in all it's glory is unplayable.
 
Flat is ideal image quality though a slightly concave display of around 5 degrees is ideal if you want to fit extra screen size in the same space like a small room or on a desk with limited space where a bigger display would look awkward or wouldn't fit normally.

Every 20 inches across in space on a desk or tv stand will gain you 1 inch more on a concave display. So if you can fit a 20 inch display in that space with a flat panel on a curved one you could fit a 21 inch 5 degree curved display.

Viewing angles are more of a problem with a curved display though if you over estimate the display size to compensate it largely alleviates that issue. If you would normally buy a 20 inch flat panel don't buy a 20 inch curved panel is the bottom line and expect similar viewing angles.
 


It's the exact same concept at home as in a movie theatre. On a flat monitor, the edges are further from your eyes than the center. Curving it makes the viewing distance to all parts of the monitor equal. This eliminates color changes at the edges. It absolutely has a place on our desks! It will never go away! All reviews of curved monitors have been very positive so far!
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The reviews have been positive because they are getting paid to make them. I would never and I mean NEVER own a curved tv or monitor. This is a stupid waste of time and looks even worse.
 
No Freesync = no purchase. I love the idea of curved monitors (NOT TV's) but the only way I am buying a new monitor is if it supports freesync. Gaming is my priority and freesync/gsync is a feature that people should not be without.
 
The reviews have been positive because they are getting paid to make them. I would never and I mean NEVER own a curved tv or monitor. This is a stupid waste of time and looks even worse.
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I'm going to call you out. First of all...A monitor or TV cannot be a waste of time...Maybe money, but not time. Second, a curved monitor is WORLDS different than a curved TV. You are correct with one thing; curved TV's are very stupid and a waste of money. But you sit close to a monitor and having it curved is actually immerse much like a curved IMAX screen (the real IMAX, not the little ones)
 


Actually you are mistaken, a curved monitor/tv can be a waste of time. Researching which one you want to buy, buying it and setting it up only to find out you don't like it. I have seen far too many of these tv's and read far too many reviews as well as the looks and they all make me never want to have one. I think they are all marketing hype and a waste.

 
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