Samsung 105" Curved 4K Prime shipping!

[Gunbuster]

At 353.8 pounds I would not trust those spindly little back legs to keep $120K stable.

 

[BUTCH1]

Trust me, I've seen them in person, and I find them no more immersive than a comparably sized flatscreen HDTV at the same resolution. Don't get me wrong, a 100+ inch 4K HDTV looks astonishing in person, but the curved screen has literally nothing to do with that. Best Buy likes to set up little viewing areas for the super-high-end stuff so it looks as good as it possibly can. But, functionally, there really isn't a difference to the picture quality of Samsung's high-end flat TV versus their high-end curved TV, yet the "curve" adds a minimum of $500 to the price. It's a marketing gimmick, same as 3D, that draws you in as something new and exciting and goes away in a few years when people realize that it can actually detract from the viewing experience.

All I can say is they also had the high-end flat models on display as well and I just found the curved screen added an element of immersion that the flat-panels could not duplicate. It's defiantly a YMMV situation though so anyone looking to blow $8-120K on ANY TV needs to schedule a long viewing session and bring along some 1080P content that they mainly watch and see if the curved design adds anything to their experience.

 

[sportage]

Came across this thread.
I myself wouldn't do 105" even if, but 65 - 78 might be ok for the average home.

As for curved screens...
If you notice in a movie theater, the screen is curved.
Newer, more modern theaters, that is.
And all the theater seating is contained within the "curve".

If you stick up a curved screen in a living room where seating is outside of the curve, that kinda defeats the purpose of a curved screen.

Now, as for 4K content.
True, little is available.
DirecTV claims 4K, but their current satellite(s) can not support much 4K.
The new DirecTV satellite that will expand their 4K has not yet went online.
Not until middle 2015 will that new DirecTV satellite fire up with 4K.

Because of current limitations with DirecTV satellites and 4K, little is offered.
Most of the DirecTV 4K content is the same content offered on the 4K media player from Samsung, and now that 4K player is tossed in FREE with most Samsung 4K televisions sold.

4K is going to catch probably sooner than later, especially if DirecTV lives up to its 4K promise once their new satellite goes online mid 2015.
And with new technology coming in televisions, such as OLED tv's, 4K will look better and better.

Technology changes so rapidly with TV, but 4K will be here for sometime to come once it catches on. Naturally, manufactures will need some new technologically gimmick to keep selling their TV's, 4K as the answer. Manufacturers will insist media providers do their part in offering 4K.

At least for the coming 5+ years the 4K trend will dominate the television market.
TV's will get better at displaying content at higher resolutions beyond 1080p, and that will require content with the matching higher resolution to keep up with the new TV's offered.

On one side you have OLED, then you have UHD TV from the other side.
Both look great when displaying 4K content.
And who knows what manufacturers have in mind next?
But 1080p will phase out, replaced by 4K.
The question is, what technology will your new TV have for displaying that 4K?

 

[Fritzo]

I dont understand why curved gives a better TV experience.

I don't either. It seems it would actually make viewing angles worse.

 

[T9D]

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[rsbennett00]

To those that don't understand why the curve is better, I weep for your children. It's pretty common sense.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

 

[Meghan54]

To those that don't understand why the curve is better, I weep for your children. It's pretty common sense.

Too bad common sense so far has explained why curved TV's are not selling worth a darn. This "tech" is going to fail harder than 3D did.

But, hey, keep believing a very slightly curved TV screen, viewed from 10 ft. or more away, is more immersive or whatever you care to say. I don't know about you, but unless the outer edges of the TV screen is even with my ears, the slight curvature of a screen sitting 10 ft. away most certainly will not fill my peripheral vision, or anyone else's for that matter.....unless you have tunnel vision.

 

[Gunbuster]

Clearly the curved screen push is from the drywall union to redo everyone's flat home theater walls!

The Gunbuster cockpit is the true use for a curved screen.

 

[KeithTalent]

Time to throw this piece of junk out, I read 8K TVs will be at CES. 4K is old news.

KT

 

[olds]

Time to throw this piece of junk out, I read 8K TVs will be at CES. 4K is old news.

KT

This

 

[lxskllr]

Clearly the curved screen push is from the drywall union to redo everyone's flat home theater walls!

The Gunbuster cockpit is the true use for a curved screen.

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/gunbust3r/cupC7jj.jpg

That girl's got some long shins :^D