From PC World: Curved TVs were all the rage at CES last January. Now Samsung is hoping to entice PC gamers to pay a hefty premium for a 27-inch curved computer monitor. Where conventional consumer-oriented 27-inch displays with native resolution of 1920x1080 sell for as little as $220, Samsung thinks it can fetch $430 for its curved model SD590C.
Quoting from Samsung’s press release, Samsung marketing VP Ron Gazzola says that the SD590C’s curved design was “carefully engineered to draw you into the display and truly make you feel a part of the content.” Samsung says the curvature not only gives the display a wider field of view that makes the display seem bigger than it actually is, but that it also reduces visual clutter in the viewer’s peripheral vision.
Critics who have reviewed curved TVs report that pictures seem to have more depth, and that objects at the edges of the screen look sharper because the curve of the display tracks the curve of your eye. But those reviews have been of TVs with screens that are at least twice as big as a computer monitor, and that are viewed across much greater distances.
On the downside, faultfinders have noted that distracting reflections—especially from ambient light sources—are much more prominent in curved displays. Potentially more troubling, many reviews have reported that the benefits from a curved display manifest themselves only on very large displays—65 inches and up. But that might not be the case with a curved display that’s only two feet from your face.
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