curved TV - worth it?

wesley · 14 Jul 2015 at 09:08

hi guys

is curved TV worth it? i'm a little surprised there is a little talk about curved TV on this forums secton.

what do you think ? is it bette than 3D TV?

i never 'get' the 3D TV. my eyes doesnt work with 3D TV very well. how matter how many times i try at shop, at friends house.

but i stand in front of a large curved TV. it blew my mind away. i could see some much depth in TV.

or was it a demo program 'trick' my eyes?

D3K · 14 Jul 2015 at 09:11

The point is lost on me unless you are a loner who sits in an armchair in front of it. Add it to the gimmick pile alongside 3D.

a1ex2001 · 14 Jul 2015 at 10:01

D3K said:
The point is lost on me unless you are a loner who sits in an armchair in front of it. Add it to the gimmick pile alongside 3D.

Got to agree lovely if you have you seating positioned right and you can sit in the sweet spot totally pointless if your lounge isn't set up like a home cinema with the TV as the focal point and your family is more than about 2 people!

wesley · 14 Jul 2015 at 11:32

i live on my own.............i sit on the armchair in right front of boring 40" TV

Minstadave · 14 Jul 2015 at 11:44

Makes no sense to me. Don't get the benefit as most families will view their TVs from different angles.

shadow_boxer · 14 Jul 2015 at 12:17

Don't really understand the appeal of curved screens. I could see them being very immersive as pc/gaming monitors at the appropriate size/viewing distances. As TV's...nope.

a1ex2001 · 14 Jul 2015 at 12:33

wesley said:
i live on my own.............i sit on the armchair in right front of boring 40" TV

right on brother, build yo man pad.

Curved screen would work for you lonesome existence just please clean up the knee deep beer cans and fag butts before you invite anyone round and put your stash of special interest magazines away.

ChocolateStarfishRammer · 14 Jul 2015 at 12:38

As above, unless you live in a narrow tunnel.

No point.

Psycho Sonny · 14 Jul 2015 at 13:10

I'd get one for a bedroom tv but not living room due to viewing angles being restricted some what.

Also the curve is subtle it's not a huge one. I think a lot of people probably could get away with having one if they have a small living room or don't have people over very often.

All the imax cinema screens are curved, which i didn't notice until i looked at the edges (sitting in the middle).

wesley · 14 Jul 2015 at 14:26

lol alright then i wont get one

insane200 · 14 Jul 2015 at 14:42

Simple answer is no, curved is pointless unless you plan to buy 65'' and above, thankfully most manufactures are sticking with flat panels as the main range and doing a couple token curved models for the sake of it.

Jim99 · 14 Jul 2015 at 14:55

Looking in the shops, there really wasn't much to write home about.

The curve didn't *add* anything, it was just curved. Personally I found the effect a bit strange, felt harder to focus than the same specs in a non-curve model.

The OLED was however pretty impressive.

Ekim · 14 Jul 2015 at 17:10

I have a curved TV (Samsung UE55HU8500) and as far as I can tell the curve brings absolutely nothing to the game. Sitting in front of it (around 6/7ft away) you can't tell its curved.

I didn't want a curved TV but ended up the the 8500 as I managed to get it on a pretty good deal.

Greebo · 14 Jul 2015 at 17:13

Get the best of both worlds. Lg have a curved oled tv which wyou can adjust the curve from flat to curved with the remote!

Have it curved when its just you and flat when you have visitors!

Raymond Lin · 14 Jul 2015 at 17:40

Was at a client's house last weekend and they had a MASSIVE samsung curved TV, when stepped back, you can't tell at all. The IQ was very good though.

kona786 · 14 Jul 2015 at 17:46

Nicely done there - would look better if it wasn't curved IMO.

valve90210 · 15 Jul 2015 at 11:39

Raymond Lin said:
Was at a client's house last weekend and they had a MASSIVE samsung curved TV, when stepped back, you can't tell at all. The IQ was very good though.QUOTE]

Is that not at least part of the point though, that the curvature over comes the problem whereby large rectangular screens can start to look a distorted shape to the human eye, so this allows a large screen to maintain a rectangular shape

Amp34 · 15 Jul 2015 at 12:01

insane200 said:
Simple answer is no, curved is pointless unless you plan to buy 65'' and above, thankfully most manufactures are sticking with flat panels as the main range and doing a couple token curved models for the sake of it.

Unless you're looking at larger 4k OLED TVs, then almost all are curved for some reason.

Raymond Lin · 15 Jul 2015 at 12:54

valve90210 said:
Raymond Lin said:

Was at a client's house last weekend and they had a MASSIVE samsung curved TV, when stepped back, you can't tell at all. The IQ was very good though.QUOTE]

Is that not at least part of the point though, that the curvature over comes the problem whereby large rectangular screens can start to look a distorted shape to the human eye, so this allows a large screen to maintain a rectangular shape

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I don't think that's the point, the point is the distances between the centre and the corners are similar due to the curvature. That require you to site in 1 single sweet spot. When I was that far back, the TV becomes "too small" for the curvature to make any difference.

Greebo · 15 Jul 2015 at 13:20

Raymond Lin said:
valve90210 said:

I don't think that's the point, the point is the distances between the centre and the corners are similar due to the curvature. That require you to site in 1 single sweet spot. When I was that far back, the TV becomes "too small" for the curvature to make any difference.

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But when you are that far back you are probably further back than the recommended viewing distance of the tv anyway, be whether its flat or curved

Like i said, best of both worlds is an oled tv with adjustable curve. Give it a few years and all tv's except budget ones will be like this. Adjust the curve to your viewing distance so each part of the screen is the same distance to your eye.