Samsung Curved LED TV

[BrewsterBear]

Samsung's new 2014 curved LED televisions look tremendous;

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-dvd-blu-ray/televi...

I'm looking for a 55" telly to replace my 3 year old 46" Samsung which will get relegated to duties in the den. The 46" has performed flawlessly so I'm hoping that this "new" tech will do the same. I can't find any independent reviews anywhere online though...

[J012E]

I happened to be in Curry's yesterday and had a look at this very screen. It did look pretty cool to be honest but in all honesty i'm not sure it made any difference to viewing pleasure.

It was sat next to another top end 55' flat screen and to be honest I couldn't really tell the difference. Wait for the professional reviews before spending £2k+ I'd say.

[TimJMS]

£2K already? John Lewis were asking £7k for these in early January. Tricky to wall - mount, I'd imagine

Edited by TimJMS on Sunday 30th March 11:20

[E31Shrew]

TimJMS said:

£2K already? John Lewis were asking £7k for these in early January. Tricky to wall - mount, I'd imagine

Edited by TimJMS on Sunday 30th March 11:20

Looks like you saw the OLED version

[turboman786]

Can't wait for these to drop a bit further.........it'd be very nice at £1000!

[BrewsterBear]

TimJMS said:

£2K already? John Lewis were asking £7k for these in early January. Tricky to wall - mount, I'd imagine

Edited by TimJMS on Sunday 30th March 11:20

That'll be the OLED. They're coming down in price too, although I'm still not convinced they're worth it.

As for the curved LED I'll see if I can find one on display somewhere and weigh up my options.

[RobDickinson]

We spent years trying to make flat tvs now people want curved ones.. Why?

[TheInternet]

RobDickinson said:

We spent years trying to make flat tvs now people want curved ones.. Why?

Marketing / gimmickry.

[Mr Pointy]

RobDickinson said:

We spent years trying to make flat tvs now people want curved ones.. Why?

I'll have you know it's taken years to learn how to make them curve the other way. Flat was just one step on the road.

[RobDickinson]

Yes, I'm sure its a technical marvel. But why? There is no reason I can think of that by choice I want my tv curved.

[ASK1974]

RobDickinson said:

We spent years trying to make flat tvs now people want curved ones.. Why?

Leaving aside that the manufacturers need to reinvent theTV every year to motivate sales there is a good reason for this, however it's much more relevant with projection systems where the screen size to viewing distance is 2:1 or below. Basically the idea is that the distance from the eye to every part of the image is equal, with a flat screen the outside of the image is further than the middle. It does work and extended viewing of large, curved screens is a very comfortable experience. Do we need it? No, but it's just another evolutionary path for the telly.

At CES this year LG had a curved, motorised OLED screen (55" from memory) that could be changed from flat to curved. That was pretty cool. Problem with curved screens though is they won't fit to the wall very nicely so from an interior design perspective not the easiest to manage.

By the way the LG stand at CES blew everyone away, the forth coming OLED screens they have are sensational.

Edited by ASK1974 on Monday 31st March 09:10

[RobDickinson]

I know the 'justification' I dont believe it, its just marketing BS to sell more tvs

[TimJMS]

E31Shrew said:

Looks like you saw the OLED version

BrewsterBear said:

That'll be the OLED. They're coming down in price too, although I'm still not convinced they're worth it.

As for the curved LED I'll see if I can find one on display somewhere and weigh up my options.

Thanks both. It was a stunning screen, but as has been mentioned a bit daft on such small screen sizes.

[ASK1974]

RobDickinson said:

I know the 'justification' I dont believe it, its just marketing BS to sell more tvs

BS is a bit strong as there's good, technical reasons for it, however I agree with your sentiment. Once curved screens get down to a few grand for a 60" then it'll be a very good choice, but that's a long, long way away...

[98elise]

ASK1974 said:

RobDickinson said:

We spent years trying to make flat tvs now people want curved ones.. Why?

Leaving aside that the manufacturers need to reinvent theTV every year to motivate sales there is a good reason for this, however it's much more relevant with projection systems where the screen size to viewing distance is 2:1 or below. Basically the idea is that the distance from the eye to every part of the image is equal, with a flat screen the outside of the image is further than the middle. It does work and extended viewing of large, curved screens is a very comfortable experience. Do we need it? No, but it's just another evolutionary path for the telly.

At CES this year LG had a curved, motorised OLED screen (55" from memory) that could be changed from flat to curved. That was pretty cool. Problem with curved screens though is they won't fit to the wall very nicely so from an interior design perspective not the easiest to manage.

By the way the LG stand at CES blew everyone away, the forth coming OLED screens they have are sensational.

Edited by ASK1974 on Monday 31st March 09:10

They will only be any good for the one person facing the centre of the screen. If you're the poor sod sitting to one side then the picture will be distorted.

They are doing it because they can, and it might sell more TV's.

[peterperkins]

I've not seen these in detail but as I'm hoping to move into a windmill in the summer I have thought about looking at them as the curved wall mount requirement might be cool and practical.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

RobDickinson said:

We spent years trying to make flat tvs now people want curved ones.. Why?

Coming soon...deep screen tv.

[Maxf]

I had a look at the OLED Samsung - the ability for 2 people to watch 2 seperate channels (with the glasses on) was awesome. Not sure if other, cheaper, sets have this feature - but for some playstation time, while Eastenders is on, was pretty amazing.