experience on curved screen?

5 years ago

Originally Posted by Kay King

Does anyone here own a curved screen TV? I'm going to be purchasing a large screen TV in the next couple of months.

The current TV is 60" and it works fine....BUT it's an older model and not a "smart TV". We are FINALLY getting fiber optics here so we can stream without constant buffering.

I know the curved screen (Samsung?) didn't really catch on - and for that reason there are some excellent deals on the 65-70" curved models.

Don't understand pros/cons of the 'curve'...opinions?

Amazon reviews on these models can be helpful, as long as you don't read too many of them. If you do, you'll be more confused than when you started.

I looked into many sets before settling on my 75" Sony 4K. For my money, the curved-screen was nothing to get excited about. Some people swear by them - but I seriously doubt they know why. :-)

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Evan Blade 5 years ago

4K seems to be what's popular, thanks for the information.
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lanfear63

5 years ago

Originally Posted by Kay King

Does anyone here own a curved screen TV? I'm going to be purchasing a large screen TV in the next couple of months.

The current TV is 60" and it works fine....BUT it's an older model and not a "smart TV". We are FINALLY getting fiber optics here so we can stream without constant buffering.

I know the curved screen (Samsung?) didn't really catch on - and for that reason there are some excellent deals on the 65-70" curved models.

Don't understand pros/cons of the 'curve'...opinions?

Kay

In my opinion, curved screen tv's are a fad, and one that's dying out like 3d tv where you had to wear the glasses.

Having looked at one for hours at a friends house, the only thing was that it was slightly more immersive to watch stuff than a flat one. however, the viewing angles are restricted.

Curved screen gaming monitors are popular with avid computer game players, but they sit right up close to be immersed.

I would not buy one, it would never even be a consideration for me when choosing a TV.

Best go into a store like Best Buy and look at both (if you can find any curved ones) Make a choice.

To my mind it was an interesting but failed experiment that never caught on regarding big screen tv's

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Kay King

5 years ago

I've read so many reviews I'm cross eyed. Is there much difference in viewing from 65" to 70 or 75"? I'd keep what I have but it's not a 'smart' TV - (whisperins here as I don't want to hurt it's feelings)...

The 'viewing area' seems to be a big deal in those reviews - but this will be in my personal living space where no one watches TV/movies except pooch Gracie and moi. It's a huge room so can position couch, etc as close or far as I please so the 'area' stuff doesn't seem to apply.

Prices go up steeply when you go over 65" - but have found a couple good deals on 70" screens. Don't mind the price but I'm too thrifty to buy when not 'on sale'...so planning ahead for holiday sales this year. I'll probably end up at MicroCenter paying beaucoup bucks for a honkin' big TV....

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5 years ago

Originally Posted by Kay King

I've read so many reviews I'm cross eyed. Is there much difference in viewing from 65" to 70 or 75"? I'd keep what I have but it's not a 'smart' TV - (whisperins here as I don't want to hurt it's feelings)...

The 'viewing area' seems to be a big deal in those reviews - but this will be in my personal living space where no one watches TV/movies except pooch Gracie and moi. It's a huge room so can position couch, etc as close or far as I please so the 'area' stuff doesn't seem to apply.

Prices go up steeply when you go over 65" - but have found a couple good deals on 70" screens. Don't mind the price but I'm too thrifty to buy when not 'on sale'...so planning ahead for holiday sales this year. I'll probably end up at MicroCenter paying beaucoup bucks for a honkin' big TV....

As regards to turning your tv into a smart tv, as long as you have hdmi connections, the addition of a $40.00 Roku or Amazon Fire Stick would give you that. I would always go for the Amazon one as it has more apps and storage. , being an android O/S device. both connect to Wifi independently of the tv. so you could use your existing one.

You are really looking at getting 4k or a super hd quality picture when buying a new one.

That's the main thing over an old hdtv.

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5 years ago

Originally Posted by Kay King

I've read so many reviews I'm cross eyed. Is there much difference in viewing from 65" to 70 or 75"? I'd keep what I have but it's not a 'smart' TV - (whisperins here as I don't want to hurt it's feelings)...

Well, mine's a 'smart' TV, but I don't use anything associated with that. I have Comcast and Netflix - nothing else I need. That said, I do like watching my marketing videos on YouTube at 75", but I think I get that through Netflix. Not sure. Could be Comcast.

I have Apple TV, but I don't know what it's for. lol

The 'viewing area' seems to be a big deal in those reviews - but this will be in my personal living space where no one watches TV/movies except pooch Gracie and moi. It's a huge room so can position couch, etc as close or far as I please so the 'area' stuff doesn't seem to apply.

Get the largest set you can. My 75" replaced a beautiful Sony 55" top of the line LCD XBR model (now in my bedroom) and after two years it feels like a 55"-er.

I'm looking at an 85", now, bit will probably wait and make the jump to something larger. That 10" really doesn't look like that much of a jump.

Prices go up steeply when you go over 65" - but have found a couple good deals on 70" screens. Don't mind the price but I'm too thrifty to buy when not 'on sale'...so planning ahead for holiday sales this year. I'll probably end up at MicroCenter paying beaucoup bucks for a honkin' big TV....

Best Buy always has killer deals on TV's. You'll see. Oh, and don't forget that Sonos surround sound system. You gotta have that. If the dog doesn't hide, it's not loud enough.

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5 years ago

I succumbed to the curved fad when they came out. I have to say it doesn't really make a big difference. If it's just you and your pooch watching, that's the ideal scenario to get the most benefit from the curve.

I haven't noticed that being farther back or closer makes much difference, more the side to side is a bit more limited. And of course size matters - though if it's just you then I'd say 65" is plenty. Mine's a 65" and I'm quite happy with it even when having multiple people watching, it doesn't feel too small. Had an 80" once but that just gets insane and the thing takes over the space.
What matters a lot more in terms of use and enjoyment has been the smart tv features and the black capability. I was told that was the secret to a great tv once and I'd have to say I think there's truth to that. The blacker the black level, the better the images. The colours on tv's these days are just amazing, so really, any new tv will probably make you quite happy

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Kay King

5 years ago

Thanks - my interest in the 'curves' was only tweaked because of the great sales on those models. I agree they will be out of production before long - didn't catch on. Appreciate the info.

I'm so technically challenged - it's just sad.

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Dan Riffle

5 years ago

Kay, I have a 65 inch curved OLED. The curved aspect adds nothing, nor does it really subtract anything. Ergo, if you can get a great deal, don't be afraid to go curved. In my instance, the curved TV had a better processor than the flat model of the same TV. That's the only reason I went with it.

As far as 65 or 70, buy the best picture quality in the largest size you can afford (provided your room can accept the larger size -- some rooms don't need 70 inch TVs). Opt for picture quality over size and let size be the tie breaker. Larger TVs with inferior picture quality just exacerbate the issue.

CNET.com offers excellent reviews and is my first stop for reviews.

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lanfear63

5 years ago

Dan has an Oled TV, That's top of the line.

The contrast on these tv's are so good. Any black area's are pure black simply because in those area's the pixels are completely turned off, so pure black, ultimate contrast, amazing picture.

Nip into Best Buy and look at one of these tv's, you will see the difference.

The downside is that they are still at premium prices.

The next best thing is a Qled. These are simulations of Oled. They have more colors than the sub $1000 stuff you see around and prices are pretty good on them. Don't know how much you want to pay max.

Ask to see a Qled,. excellent picture, lots of colors

I tend to favour the Sony brand personally.

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Kay King

5 years ago

I've been looking at over $1k start resisting when it reaches $2k - but I don't need the best of the best....don't watch sports - mainly news, travel, movies, sitcoms I've recorded. I'm happy with the TV I have now but it is the oldest in the house - probably 12 yrs old.

At the time it was a top of the line Sony - and expensive - but it works great and while the picture isn't up to latest standards...it's still good.

If I sound 'waffley' it's because when I buy a product - I 'use it up'. It's hard for me to replace something that isn't broken

Thanks for the advice !

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5 years ago

Originally Posted by Kay King

I've been looking at over $1k start resisting when it reaches $2k - but I don't need the best of the best....don't watch sports - mainly news, travel, movies, sitcoms I've recorded. I'm happy with the TV I have now but it is the oldest in the house - probably 12 yrs old.

At the time it was a top of the line Sony - and expensive - but it works great and while the picture isn't up to latest standards...it's still good.

If I sound 'waffley' it's because when I buy a product - I 'use it up'. It's hard for me to replace something that isn't broken

Thanks for the advice !

Surprisingly not much on Amazon for Sony Qled, but this one from Samsung looks to be a good deal. 65" for $1297.00, reduced from over 2k

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Non affiliate link. Just an example.

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tagiscom

5 years ago

My Mother has a 69" Sony Bravia, (well pretty hard to measure it, but it is over the top big).

And the sales guy sold it to her at a discount, eventhough she ummed adn arrred about it being too big, and considered getting them to take it away for a smaller size.

The sales guy also said, (as Frank did) that the bigger the better, and you won't regret it.

Several years later, my Mother loves the big size, and wouldn't trade it in for anything smaller.

Once you have watched movies, etc with landscape scenes and such, you will also go down the bigger the better is good.

Kay you also have to remember that since it is a smart tv, some of the text, (like the channel info, ) can get quite small, so get the biggest screen size you can afford or stand, and initially it might be, "why did l buy this monster", but in a few months time after purchase, like my Mother, you may be thinking, "glad l bought this monster.

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5 years ago

I have a 65 inch Curved Samsung TV, the picture is amazing and no matter at which angle you sit in front of the Curved TV you feel like the TV is at the optimum viewing angle. Make sure you get 4K HDR or better.

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Dan Riffle

5 years ago

Kay, here's a good primer on what's currently available. While I make no personal recommendations, I own versions of three of the TVs listed (I have a consumer electronics addiction...)

https://www.cnet.com/topics/tvs/best-tvs/

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Kay King

5 years ago

Dan -

Isn't that a rather expensive addiction?

I was reading the cnet reviews last night but didn't see that link - that 'best deal' is a brand I never heard of but Cnet has rave reviews so looking at it...TCL6 . 65" 4K ROKU - and other stuff that goes over my head but sound good. I am not an 'educated buyer' - but I will be buy the time I make a purchase...

I can't justify over $2k to watch TV so OLED is out...

Also will keep the curved in mind as the prices are down becuase it's not caught on with the public. There are curved Samsung 2018 - 65" - for just under $1k on Amazon.... and would fit my needs well.

Never heard of TCL brand - but CNet seems to recommend it highly - uses Roku so that sound good. Will probably stay with 65" as moving to 75" is $1k more and I don't need to be that fancy.

You guys are so helpful - will probably ask for more advice before i pull trigger on this purchase.

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Dan Riffle

5 years ago

Originally Posted by Kay King

Dan -

Isn't that a rather expensive addiction?

I was reading the cnet reviews last night but didn't see that link - that 'best deal' is a brand I never heard of but Cnet has rave reviews so looking at it...TCL6 . 65" 4K ROKU - and other stuff that goes over my head but sound good. I am not an 'educated buyer' - but I will be buy the time I make a purchase...

I can't justify over $2k to watch TV so OLED is out...

Also will keep the curved in mind as the prices are down becuase it's not caught on with the public. There are curved Samsung 2018 - 65" - for just under $1k on Amazon.... and would fit my needs well.

Never heard of TCL brand - but CNet seems to recommend it highly - uses Roku so that sound good. Will probably stay with 65" as moving to 75" is $1k more and I don't need to be that fancy.

You guys are so helpful - will probably ask for more advice before i pull trigger on this purchase.

Mark and I both own versions of the TCL TV. I have the 55 inch Series 6 version in my bedroom. Very good TV for that purpose. Dollar-for-dollar, I'm more impressed by it than my OLED.

TCL is a Chinese company (that owns Blackberry) that's been making headway in the TV space for a few years. They currently price their technology under market price.

I would, however, recommend checking it out in person. The Roku TV operating system is...different. I'm not a fan as it doesn't completely jive with my Harmony remote, but that's a first world problem.

And yes, it can be an expensive addiction, but it's one of my few vices (I can't afford many vices anymore with a two-year old stomping through the house and my wife said no to putting a 50 gallon craft beer brew set up in the basement...)

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lanfear63

5 years ago

Originally Posted by Kay King

Dan -

Isn't that a rather expensive addiction?

I was reading the cnet reviews last night but didn't see that link - that 'best deal' is a brand I never heard of but Cnet has rave reviews so looking at it...TCL6 . 65" 4K ROKU - and other stuff that goes over my head but sound good. I am not an 'educated buyer' - but I will be buy the time I make a purchase...

I can't justify over $2k to watch TV so OLED is out...

Also will keep the curved in mind as the prices are down becuase it's not caught on with the public. There are curved Samsung 2018 - 65" - for just under $1k on Amazon.... and would fit my needs well.

Never heard of TCL brand - but CNet seems to recommend it highly - uses Roku so that sound good. Will probably stay with 65" as moving to 75" is $1k more and I don't need to be that fancy.

You guys are so helpful - will probably ask for more advice before i pull trigger on this purchase.

Kay

No major difference between all these sub $1000, 65 inchers, curved or otherwise once you get up to around the $1000.00 mark, they are all going to be pretty much the same, Standard 4k with hdr.

Sticking with named brands that is. If you are happy with what you see with these then you could probably get a 65" for quite a bit under $1000.00

What i am saying is, if you want to go that bit better and pay say $1300, using that Qled Samsung as an example. It's really going to be a noticeable in the increased amount of colors you will get and the depth of the blacks.

So if i was prepared to go above $1000.00 in my purchasing, the choice is clear, I would be looking for a Qled, its that much better without being a whole lot more.

If i were buying now, I would be snapping up that Samsung I linked too, it is a steal.

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Dan Riffle

5 years ago

Originally Posted by lanfear63

Kay

No major difference between all these sub $1000, 65 inchers, curved or otherwise once you get up to around the $1000.00 mark, they are all going to be pretty much the same, Standard 4k with hdr.

Sticking with named brands that is. If you are happy with what you see with these then you could probably get a 65" for quite a bit under $1000.00

What i am saying is, if you want to go that bit better and pay say $1300, using that Qled Samsung as an example. It's really going to be a noticeable in the increased amount of colors you will get and the depth of the blacks.

So if i was prepared to go above $1000.00 in my purchasing, the choice is clear, I would be looking for a Qled, its that much better without being a whole lot more.

If i were buying now, I would be snapping up that Samsung I linked too, it is a steal.

That's a solid TV for the money. No Dolby Vision, but again, first world problems...

It's also edge lit rather than full array, but that might not matter to Kay.

Another primer: https://www.cnet.com/news/led-local-dimming-explained/

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Kay King

5 years ago

I've been using the link provided as a comparison with other models i've found - and it does look like a great deal.

Going to pop into a store tomorrow to look at some screens but think that Samsung may be what I need. Over $1500 I notice I sort of pull back. I don't watch that much TV - but probably will watch more once this rural area gets fiber optics.

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5 years ago

Originally Posted by Kay King

I've been using the link provided as a comparison with other models i've found - and it does look like a great deal.

Going to pop into a store tomorrow to look at some screens but think that Samsung may be what I need. Over $1500 I notice I sort of pull back. I don't watch that much TV - but probably will watch more once this rural area gets fiber optics.

Remember the golden rule Kay, when in store, smaller screens always look bigger than it will when it is in your home. Probably has something to do with all of the other screens around the one you are interested in, making it harder to get a handle on screen size.

Try to go to stores where they have one screen, (enclosed room, etc) to get a better idea of which screen size is ideal.

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Daniel Evans

5 years ago

I'm in the process / waiting to purchase a 65 inch OLED.

OLED may be high in price currently, but prices will fall.

OLED is miles ahead of QLED in quality.

If you buy a QLED, you'll concrete yourself into old tech and it could be several years until you catch up with OLED - which will then be significantly old.

Curved screens can only bring an element of immersiveness if you are up close so that its curve accomodates your peripheral vision. Maybe useful for gamers who are generally in close proximity to the screen.

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lanfear63

5 years ago

Originally Posted by Daniel Evans

I'm in the process / waiting to purchase a 65 inch OLED.

OLED may be high in price currently, but prices will fall.

OLED is miles ahead of QLED in quality.

If you buy a QLED, you'll concrete yourself into old tech and it could be several years until you catch up with OLED - which will then be significantly old.

Curved screens can only bring an element of immersiveness if you are up close so that its curve accomodates your peripheral vision. Maybe useful for gamers who are generally in close proximity to the screen.

Kay has to buy round about now though, so just showing the best bang for your buck at the time.

Qled fit's that bill as it's better than anything else aside from Oled which is still too expensive.

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rishwoj

5 years ago

I have a Samsung 55in curved 4k TV and really like it. We had it in the main room for the first year or so and to be honest didn't really notice the curve, but since we have put it in the much smaller bedroom it really stands out and somehow feel like it draws you into it more, so I think it depends where you have it.

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mckinley55

5 years ago

I totally discourage the curved screen that is not in focus. I observe deformations of the image on the sides. It is a fashion that is trendy but not technically perfect. There are technical reasons for these regrettable deformations on all screens. I will submit it to Samsung and other major brands! Compare with flat or curved screens in the cinema: you will quickly understand that the curved screens in the cinema do not present flaws ... To choose, the flat screen remains visually the best option.

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Frank Hualis

5 years ago

At the moment, this technology allows you to watch movies more volumetric

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