Are curved TV's dead?

VincentHanna · 14 Feb 2017 at 15:05

Sony and LG have announced no curved sets in 2017 due to consumer feedback.

http://www.whathifi.com/news/lg-and...l&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Will anyone miss these? I never saw the point of them myself. Maybe if you live alone and always sit exactly dead centre then they are ok but flat screens have always made more sense to me unless you are in a massive IMAX theatre or something.

VincentHanna · 14 Feb 2017 at 19:22

Well they did say Sony and LG...

VincentHanna · 15 Feb 2017 at 09:58

jpaul said:
many folks are sitting closer to their 4K than the size of the screen - I am agnostic

but continuing the trolling of whathifi journalism - happened to see a balanced curved article on flatpanelshd ...
surprising that google do not also have that article near top of search list -
... The truth/facts according to google first

That article suggests that the curve is dying as well and only Samsung seem to be clinging on to it?

What about the others? Philips abandoned the curve last year. Panasonic, too. Of all the new Sony 2017 high-end TVs none of them were curved. South Korean LG has also decided to kill the gimmick. None of the new LG OLED or LCD TVs will be curved in 2017. Walking around at CES, we did spot a few curved TVs, mostly from Chinese brands, but as TCL told us; these will be made available only in select Asian countries. Americans and Europeans are not interested.

All data that we have been presented points to curved TVs not selling well. Samsung has been alone in insisting that sales have been going swimmingly by making up more or less fanciful segments to refer to. The world’s largest TV maker will probably insist that this is the case until it no longer sells curved TVs but putting CES 2017 in perspective there can be no doubt that even Samsung is rolling back its major bet on the curve.

VincentHanna · 15 Feb 2017 at 11:27

Psycho Sonny said:
PC users want curved IPS panels.

TV users want flat VA panels.

TV users say they sit head on so don't need viewing angles then why wouldn't you want curved? PC users supposedly sit at an angle therefore they want IPS however why would they also want curved?

Basically it should be IPS and Flat or VA and Curved.

Both markets seem to be confused.

Would I buy a curved screen? Yes I would for my bedroom or gaming setups. For my living room though it will need to be flat.

No, TV users should want flat OLED panels

I have a curved gaming monitor (34" Ultrawide 100hz) which makes sense as I sit close and the curve fills my peripheral vision.

VincentHanna · 16 Feb 2017 at 15:10

You can't compare a 75" curved TV to an IMAX screen which is 26m by 20m

VincentHanna · 16 Feb 2017 at 15:30

Well an IMAX screen at IMAX Ratio (1.43:1) would make the BFI IMAX About 1250 inches diagonal for a start.

It's more like sitting 4ft from a Large screen TV in a house. The closer you are to a screen the more a curve makes sense.