# Any thoughts on curved TV screens? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 2, 2017, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-thoughts-on-curved-tv-screens/803355 "2017-12-02T17:27:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2017, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-thoughts-on-curved-tv-screens/803355/21 "2017-12-03T20:58:51Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > This. Maybe I just missed the commercials, but I’ve yet to see an ad saying why the’re better. They’re more immersive and fill your field of view. But that only works well if they’re ~65" or larger and if you’re sitting in the right spot. The “right spot” is larger than one person but if you have a family-style set-up with a couch and love seat or recliner at right angles, forget it. ---
**Author:** ![Sterling\_Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-thoughts-on-curved-tv-screens/803355/22 "2017-12-04T02:33:32Z")
They only make sense if you are watching TV by yourself and sitting at the focal point of the curvature. It would make more sense for a gamer sitting close to the screen. For multiple people, it’s a terrible idea. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-thoughts-on-curved-tv-screens/803355/23 "2017-12-04T15:43:33Z")
I owned a Samsung 60" curved screen and didn’t much like it. It had glare problems. Because it was curved it didn’t hide the wall mounting hardware at all so besides always protruding from the wall it gave kind of a random junky look to my living room. When you’re not watching a flatscreen it doesn’t look like some bad techno wall art like the curved looks. It had a great picture at night but I was still happy when the people who bought our house wrote it into their offer contract. That gave me an excuse to get an OLED screen when I moved which I absolutely love. ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-thoughts-on-curved-tv-screens/803355/24 "2017-12-04T16:08:52Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > I bought an OLED TV recently. It came in flat and curved and the salesperson told me flatly (yep, pun intended) not to get the curved. This was from a top guy at a dedicated electronics store. I don’t remember the reasons but he was emphatic about it. I have the curved OLED and I honestly don’t notice the curve at all, it’s very subtle. I love my TV. ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-thoughts-on-curved-tv-screens/803355/25 "2017-12-04T16:38:19Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > I guess no one watches TV as a communal experience anymore? > > Try watching a curved-screen TV from different points in the room. It loses its immersive appeal really quickly. See, I was under the impression (don’t ask me how) that the whole point of curved screens was to _increase_ the viewing angle for large rooms. You’re saying it’s the opposite? Good thing I’ve never bought one then. ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-thoughts-on-curved-tv-screens/803355/26 "2017-12-04T21:54:04Z")
> [@DrCube](#): > > See, I was under the impression (don’t ask me how) that the whole point of curved screens was to _increase_ the viewing angle for large rooms. You’re saying it’s the opposite? Good thing I’ve never bought one then. Might be different for OLED vs LCD, but there is definitely no issue with viewing angles from any seat in the room on the OLED screen. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-thoughts-on-curved-tv-screens/803355/27 "2017-12-04T22:52:50Z")
:pCurved screens and the Whiz Bang feature of two or three years ago, 3-D. [Link](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/01/whats-the-deal-with-curved-tvs/) as to why curved screens are (mostly) silly from 2014. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-thoughts-on-curved-tv-screens/803355.md?page=1)