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what's so great about curved screens?

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I can kinda see the need at an IMAX theater when the screen is 90ft wide, but even then I'd need to be in the first 50 rows for it to matter.

but not at 80"... unless I'm sitting 1' away.

so what's the point?
 
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It's the next marketing "gotta have it" gimmick to get people to throw money at the high end sets.
 
Reflection rejection? Curved surfaces won't reflect quite as bad. (I think someone explained it in detail in reference to phones at one point here.)
 
Midwayman said:
Reflection rejection? Curved surfaces won't reflect quite as bad. (I think someone explained it in detail in reference to phones at one point here.)
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I would think in the case of a phone having a slight curve would bring the edges of screen closer to your thumb making for a slightly easier reach in larger screens.
 
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I would think in the case of a phone having a slight curve would bring the edges of screen closer to your thumb making for a slightly easier reach in larger screens.
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seems like it would decrease touch accuracy. the contact point is moving from the meaty part of your thumb to the edge. of course I'm just conjecturing. I've never had my hands on a curved screen phone.

but back to curved TV's. Anyone at this point dropping $5k on a curved TV has a light controlled environment, so that can't be it.
 
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It looks fancy and high tech. They can sell you on TVs being curved and 1" thick etc. Very artsy and high tech looking.
 
It has to do with projector lens distortion and focusing. Ideally, the screen should be shaped like the inside surface of a sphere with the projector located at the sphere's midpoint. This would put every point on the screen equal distant from the projector removing all problems of focus distance and edge fuzzing (which lenses are needed to attempt to correct while also creating other distortions to the image).
 
Fallen Kell said:
It has to do with projector lens distortion and focusing. Ideally, the screen should be shaped like the inside surface of a sphere with the projector located at the sphere's midpoint. This would put every point on the screen equal distant from the projector removing all problems of focus distance and edge fuzzing (which lenses are needed to attempt to correct while also creating other distortions to the image).
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What about the curved oled TVs?
 
its marketing, and a gimic, the curved OLED that exists now is what a 55" and most people who have reviewed it have said it has worse off angle viewing than a normal LCD there really is only 1 sweet spot (dead center)

yea it looks cool but is a stupid idea,

a curved screen for a PJ assuming you have the room to do it can be worth it
 
Anubis said:
its marketing, and a gimic, the curved OLED that exists now is what a 55" and most people who have reviewed it have said it has worse off angle viewing than a normal LCD there really is only 1 sweet spot (dead center)

yea it looks cool but is a stupid idea,

a curved screen for a PJ assuming you have the room to do it can be worth it
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How about a 4K 105" flat panel? 🙂

It doesn't make sense with small screens, but at 100"+, it could definitely enhance the movie watching experience. And add Dolby's High Dynamic Range on top of that and we're really cooking. 🙂
 
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