Should I buy a Curved TV?
Discussion
The best thing for me when I moved from a huge Sony Trinitron CRT to a plasma was the space I could save by wall mounting the TV. I'm guessing you can't do that with a curved TV and even it you could it would look a bit daft. Think it's just a passing fad that will soon die out, they've just made curved TVs because they can now and someone in a marketing department somewhere thought it would be a great gimmick to sell more screens.
In Corners and inside cabinets, the curved screen look stunning! I have an 88" one to fit in the next couple of week, inside a cabinet.
But just sat flat on the wall they do look a bit s
te, because of the curve you have to be super tidy and neat with your cabling as the curve exposes it all.
HTH.
V.
But just sat flat on the wall they do look a bit s
te, because of the curve you have to be super tidy and neat with your cabling as the curve exposes it all.HTH.
V.
If it is going in the middle of a wall, stick to flat.
Brands
Samsung - Bright and Cartoony colours (vivid)
LG - More natural
Panasonic - Good Blacks (less charcol)
Sony - Good Blacks and Better Sound
All of these are IMO, and all are based on out of the box perfomance. All can be improved with a little tune up.
Purchasing, Richer Sounds, John Lewis, Marks Electrical - All offer 5 or 6 year warranties and prices I can not beat with my trade suppliers.
HTH
V.
Brands
Samsung - Bright and Cartoony colours (vivid)
LG - More natural
Panasonic - Good Blacks (less charcol)
Sony - Good Blacks and Better Sound
All of these are IMO, and all are based on out of the box perfomance. All can be improved with a little tune up.
Purchasing, Richer Sounds, John Lewis, Marks Electrical - All offer 5 or 6 year warranties and prices I can not beat with my trade suppliers.
HTH
V.
I have been looking at loads recently, to be honest as much as I wanted an OLED I had decided that I have been happy with my Sony 46W905 for the last couple of years, and that was after loads of professional Panasonic and Pioneer plasmas. So after reading the glowing reports of the Samsung 8000 I had a go with one of them, but it has gone back, it was great when showing 4k HDR stuff that was bright, but couldn't do dark scenes at all.
So back to OLED again, just trying to decide if I want the Lg B6 or if I could live with the older LG 910, which I think is 90% as good (if you get a god 'un) apart from that curve!
I much preferred flat and think the curved thing is pointless, however, today I sat watching the B6 and the C6 LG Oled (flat vs curved) and I have to say that I was really impressed with the curved screen. There was something about it that gave it an almost 3D pop that the flat one didn't have.
But I am on a cabinet, no way I would have one if it were to be wall mounted.
So back to OLED again, just trying to decide if I want the Lg B6 or if I could live with the older LG 910, which I think is 90% as good (if you get a god 'un) apart from that curve!
I much preferred flat and think the curved thing is pointless, however, today I sat watching the B6 and the C6 LG Oled (flat vs curved) and I have to say that I was really impressed with the curved screen. There was something about it that gave it an almost 3D pop that the flat one didn't have.
But I am on a cabinet, no way I would have one if it were to be wall mounted.
Curved TVs are strictly for darkened rooms. If you are thinking of watching Curved TVs during the day or light evenings, just forget it! They will reflect light from every source and are virtually unwatchable from anywhere opposite the light source (if the light is coming from the left hand side, don't even think about sitting anywhere off centre right, and vice-versa).
rossub said:
Only benefit I can see is where your TV sits in a corner. You can get a bigger screen because you can set it back a bit.
This, we considered curved when buying a 60 inch but we ended up going for flat. As its in the corner it has to sit further forward than the old 40 inch. I now thing a curved TV would suit the room much better.Digitalize said:
OLED is the display technology to go for, but I don't even think you can get the 2015 models for under £1000.
Don't believe this is true, OLED is still in it infancy.Watching something like Sky HD on an OLED can a pretty crappy picture.
The new 2016 models would out do an OLED for every day viewing.
The large cinema screens are all curved and serves its purpose. Some wise guy thought it would be an idea to make curved TVs and sell to the public.. The curved TV has no viewing benefit.
Stick to a good flat panel, don't get hooked up on OLED ,read plenty of reviews and go see the TVs in person.
Digitalize said:
Even in its infancy (3rd year for large mainstream panels) it blows LCD out of the water unless you're viewing in bright conditions.
This is probably slightly over top. Read the shoots outs of the top TV models, OLED really doesn't blow anything out of the water.In fact, its worse when it comes to some HD materital through Sky.
OLED will be good, one day. Just not today.
KamSandhu44 said:
Digitalize said:
Even in its infancy (3rd year for large mainstream panels) it blows LCD out of the water unless you're viewing in bright conditions.
This is probably slightly over top. Read the shoots outs of the top TV models, OLED really doesn't blow anything out of the water.In fact, its worse when it comes to some HD materital through Sky.
OLED will be good, one day. Just not today.
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