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Author Topic: Samsungs' New "Curve" TV.....real visual benefits or another marketing dog? Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 06-11-2014 02:02 PM                     The title really says it...What do you guys think of the new Samsung "Curve" TV? The commercials make it out to be some sort of huge innovation in home TV/Cinema viewing. I think it's an incredibly stupid waste of money and resources....curved screens went out of vogue what, 40+ years ago in theatres? I just can't see any possible benefits on a screen that is under 20 feet wide. (Actually never saw any benefit on the cinema screens of the 60's and 70's either.) What do you guys think?  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-11-2014 03:07 PM                        quote: Tony Bandiera Jr I just can't see any possible benefits on a screen that is under 20 feet wide. I agree here. I'd think that it would make the best viewing area even smaller than a flat screen, wouldn't it? Or have they figured a way to deal with that? I just think a curved screen that is only a few feet wide would look sort of stupid on a wall. On a dedicated "home theater" installation where it fills a wall up, then maybe it'd be cool.  |  IP: Logged Lyle Romer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1400 From: Davie, FL, USA Registered: May 2002 posted 06-11-2014 07:49 PM                     Other than for light uniformity with a silver screen or something, the only way I can see a curved screen do anything is if it actually wraps around the audience.  |  IP: Logged Steve Matz Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 672 From: Billings, Montana, USA Registered: Sep 2003 posted 06-12-2014 11:01 PM                     One of the reasons CINERAMA used the Curved Screen was to simulate the way we really see in real life.Viewing a 2D or 3D Movie your still seeing it as a straight forward image or basically Tunnel Vision.Our PERIPHERAL VISION allows us to see to a certain degree whats to our left and right without moving our head. A curved screen would give us a more real simulation of how Human vision works. On a small curved screen I'm not sure you would gain the desired effect but I have never watched one so I can't say for Sure if the effect works anything close to a Cinerama type Curved Screen... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral_vision  |  IP: Logged Terry Lynn-Stevens Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1081 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Registered: Dec 2012 posted 06-13-2014 01:33 AM                     The first curved tv I saw looked pretty cool. I am not sure if there is any benefit other than the look of it.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 06-13-2014 02:55 AM                     Along with this unit having to sit farther away from the wall and not flush as with the other units, especially if they are wall mounted. You watch: this is to entice studios to make all letterboxed optical media in a "smilebox" format to go along with this screen. If one is going to do curved, do it right like how the cinemas do it, or just keep it flat. -Monte  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 06-20-2014 07:12 PM                        You called it: Another Marketing Dog. And that's from a guy who thinks all screens should be curved...in cinemas!  |  IP: Logged Terry Monohan Master Film Handler Posts: 379 From: San Francisco CA USA Registered: May 2014 posted 06-24-2014 09:13 AM                     The prices I hope will go down on these new curved screens. I'll buy a 48 incher when the price is lower and watch all my old 70mm films on BR DVD. Many amusement arcades many years ago had rear screen curved games, they looked a little distorted but fun to watch. They put you in the drivers seat. I had hoped the new curved screens for the TV home would have been more curved. Can't wait to have a baby Cinerama screen in my bedroom. They are selling these fast at Best Buy in SF, many times out of stock when I go to compare sizes. The color was so crisp and sharp from such a thin screen. Like them or hate curved screens in the movie theatre or at home you will know have a choice.  |  IP: Logged

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