Curved or Flat screen ? Recommend me a monitor around 32 inch.

The Matrix · Saturday at 09:20

I still can't decide which monitor to get, would you go curved or flat screen if your main uses are using the monitor as a bedroom type tv screen as well as it being my main PC screen. The main uses are normal computing, some photoshop editing occasionally, video editing as i have a drone and i'll be getting into that soon, plus i watch a lot of flims and youtube etc whilst chilling out in my bedroom, i'm open to suggestions, i don't game so ideally the best option for the things i mentioned, thanks.

hornetstinger · Saturday at 09:23

For 32" PC monitor I'd probably recommend curved but want a very subtle curve.

iamgigglz · Saturday at 12:38

I switched from 32” curved to flat and definitely prefer the latter. I’ve also had 34” ultrawide curved and flat, and it was only at that width that I found curved to be an improvement.
Also, if you’re using it as a TV type screen in your bedroom your viewing distance is presumably going to be quite high, further negating any benefit of curved.
AAAND for any kind of content editing you’re going to want a flat screen for the best representation of what the viewer will see.

radderfire · Saturday at 12:57

Flat for those use cases. What's your budget?

mraerosmith1981 · Saturday at 16:25

Flat for me, curved are ok, but feel a little claustrophobic at the extreme ends of the curves

hornetstinger · Saturday at 16:39

mraerosmith1981 said:
Flat for me, curved are ok, but feel a little claustrophobic at the extreme ends of the curves

What R curves did you have? I'd say get a ruler and if it appears straight from your POV it's fine. Some screens have a aggressive curve like the new samsungs

mattyfez · Saturday at 16:59

I quite fancy this, but it's a tad too expensive to justify, for me, as my 27" is perfectly fine.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/lg-32-32gs85q-b-2560x1440-nano-ips-180hz-1ms-a-sync-widescreen-gaming-moni-mon-lgc-03334.html

deviation · Saturday at 17:00

Flat every time!

iamgigglz · Sunday at 07:48

mattyfez said:
I quite fancy this, but it's a tad too expensive to justify, for me, as my 27" is perfectly fine.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/lg-32-32gs85q-b-2560x1440-nano-ips-180hz-1ms-a-sync-widescreen-gaming-moni-mon-lgc-03334.html

1440p at 32” is pretty terrible unless you only play Minecraft

The Matrix · Sunday at 08:55

iamgigglz said:
I switched from 32” curved to flat and definitely prefer the latter. I’ve also had 34” ultrawide curved and flat, and it was only at that width that I found curved to be an improvement.
Also, if you’re using it as a TV type screen in your bedroom your viewing distance is presumably going to be quite high, further negating any benefit of curved.
AAAND for any kind of content editing you’re going to want a flat screen for the best representation of what the viewer will see.

That makes a lot of sense, thanks

The Matrix · Sunday at 08:56

radderfire said:
Flat for those use cases. What's your budget?

I'm quite flexible on the budget, id say ideally upto around £400 ish.

mattyfez · Sunday at 11:48

iamgigglz said:
1440p at 32” is pretty terrible unless you only play Minecraft

It really isn't - on my 5700x3d/6800xt machine I run games at 1440p on my 42" LG OLED as a 2nd monitor to allow higer graphics settings, pixel density is something to be aware of, but I find it fine.

iamgigglz · 2025-10-13T09:25:09+0100

mattyfez said:
It really isn't - on my 5700x3d/6800xt machine I run games at 1440p on my 42" LG OLED as a 2nd monitor to allow higer graphics settings, pixel density is something to be aware of, but I find it fine.

Each to their own I guess. I had a 1080p 27" for about a week and the pixel density made me twitch.
Viewing distance will also make a huge difference, as will the monitor's ability to scale the incoming resolution to the panel's resolution. I'm guessing your LG is 4K.

hornetstinger · 2025-10-13T09:28:40+0100

mattyfez said:
It really isn't - on my 5700x3d/6800xt machine I run games at 1440p on my 42" LG OLED as a 2nd monitor to allow higer graphics settings, pixel density is something to be aware of, but I find it fine.

ummm your TV or GPU is scaling 1440p to 4k. Not the same thing at all having a native 1080p screen. I've got a 1080p 50" plasma and text is blurry.

There's probably a optimal PPI for monitor size/distance/eyesight/content/pixel structure.