Flat or curved monitors

[BSim500]

You can also comment why you prefer flat or curved monitors.

Flat. I did try a curve but I just could not get used to the non-straight bendy lines, especially in Excel. And if you use anything remotely approaching illustration, drawing or CAD, forget it. From a typical view distance of around 70-80cm (2.5ft), I've had no problems whatsoever using both larger 31.5" (16:9) and 34" (21:9 ultrawide) flat screens (ie, no colour shifting at the edges. Isn't that the whole point of IPS in the first place?)

Curved monitors provide consistent viewing distance from the screen. Aids immersion when gaming.

Only if you sit in the "sweet spot", ie, a 1500R, 1800R, etc, curve means you actually need to sit 150-180cms (5-6ft) away from the screen for the edges to be the exact same distance as the centre. I can't even reach the keyboard from there nor read tiny unscaled 109-130ppi text, so I've always found the "correct" distances you 'must' sit of curved displays a practically useless marketing gimmick...

 

[Chomiq]

I like my displays just the way I like my women - flat.

jk, never used a curved display, probably wouldn't mind it for a day to day use except for watching movies or tv shows (owners might share they own experience on this).

 

[Bomby569]

Curved are fine for gaming, but for productivity and i mean real work, they suck.

 

[Waldorf]

@Chomiq
and here i thought your pic accurately reflects the user, a cute asian girl..
bubble burst

 

[Bomby569]

@Chomiq
and here i thought your pic accurately reflects the user, a cute asian girl..
bubble burst

hey "he" can be a cute asian lesbian, don't judge

 

[Chomiq]

@Chomiq
and here i thought your pic accurately reflects the user, a cute asian girl..
bubble burst

I'm glad I no longer use my Kim Yong Il avatar:

Oh wait, no this one:

 

[xtreemchaos]

i love my curved UW ill never go willingly back to flat .

 

[caroline!]

Flat because I use them for work as well and have a 3 screen setup with 27" LG GL850BView attachment 254066

Is that Dying Light II?

I like my displays just the way I like my women - flat.

They're low fat, that's what peak performance looks like

 

[R-T-B]

Beatings will continue until morale and praising improves.

Ok.

*Beats mussels*

 

[jesdals]

Is that Dying Light II?

Division 2 - but recently playing a lot of Destiny 2

 

[caroline!]

Division 2 - but recently playing a lot of Destiny 2

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At least I was right about the 2 ^^

I'm waiting for the seven seas version of Dying Light 2 to come out, yarr!

 

[MarsM4N]

Curved is not great for photo editing. I'll never defend it for professional work, but it is great for a single user sitting in a fixed location, to get the screens facing directly at you so you can see the entire thing

Yea, some picture editors where complaining having a hard time getting straight lines on curved displays.

Flat because I use them for work as well and have a 3 screen setup with 27" LG GL850BView attachment 254066

I see, a man of culture.

 

[Vayra86]

Cat or flurved, I do them all

Heres one example: I can fit two 32" curved in the same space as 2x27" flat, and the second screen being curved is less strain to turn my head to look at - i'm still looking at it 'straight on' instead of needing... you know what, i need MS paint

Forgive my atrocious artwork. I am an artist, and I refute any and all claims i'm REALLY BAD AT THIS.

With dual or triple monitor you can either have the screens parallel (black like) or angled (red line). If you dont run the red line, you're not looking straight on at the screen and you're literally not seeing all of it, optical illusion style.
(I run dual - but i'm seated facing the center. You can remove the left most screen and you have my setup, from these examples)


With curved - and these are fantastic 100% totally accurate to scale curves of course - you turn your head and you still see everything straight on
(seriously, the curves arent accurate. I'm not capable of drawing it right, just trying to explain what i mean)

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Curved is not great for photo editing. I'll never defend it for professional work, but it is great for a single user sitting in a fixed location, to get the screens facing directly at you so you can see the entire thing


Extreme example: if you're side on to a flat screen you get nada
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Curved you get more
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So under certain setups, you're possible - not guaranteed, but possible - to be able to use more of your screen space, with curved.

Thank you for praising my artwork. Beatings will continue until morale and praising improves.

And here I thought you were trying to draw a bodybuilder showing muscles pre-and post training. But they're screen setups. Okay. At least the dude is happy at the end

 

[AusWolf]

I like my displays just the way I like my women - flat.

I like my displays the way I like women - with a little curve.

 

[xtreemchaos]

me too !. 1500r

 

[Mussels]

Cat or flurved, I do them all


And here I thought you were trying to draw a bodybuilder showing muscles pre-and post training. But they're screen setups. Okay. At least the dude is happy at the end

I never progressed past stick figures with straight lines and circles to mark gender - I got the S22 ultra with it's pen so i can draw such things regularly, since my maturity level never upgraded past that either.



Just set up a friends new monitor setup - we had to measure everything out and she discovered she could run 2x24" flat, or 2x27" curved
The monitors she prefers were flat, so she was forced to go down in size - although considering the specs of what she had vs what she's getting, it's still a massive upgrade

(She went from an i5 w/ 1050 4GB and two mismatched 1080p 60Hz TN monitors to an i7, GTX 970, and 2x24" 120Hz VA. As someone who suffered from regular migraines and needs those low blue light gaming glasses, she's facepalmed really hard once she realised her antique hand-me-down monitors were half the issue)
Being a monitor related thread: Linky (the 120Hz is an officially supported 'overclock')

 

[MIRTAZAPINE]

Flat for me. I can't quite get use to the "fishbowl" effect of the curve screen. If it is a slight curve for very large screen I am ok. The improvement of high quality ips screen that enable you to see at angle makes the curve function less useful for smaller sreen.

 

[Shihab]

I like my lines ax+b and my planes strictly Euclidean.
Never could stomach non-rectangular, non-flat displays (at least since I switched to Flatrons).
Might have see them differently if I was into ultra wide monitors, but I like the natural compartmentalization separate monitors give, so...

 

[Vayra86]

me too !. 1500r

1000R is the category 'too short for its weight'?

I'll see myself out

 

[bonehead123]

When I was doin CAD stuff @work, I had a 43" in the center, flanked by 32" curved ones on both sides...but my desk there was huge & had tons of space for them + all my other stuff too. Worked really well for me at the time

I have 1 of each at home, like 'em both.. the flat main one is 49", the curved one is 32", which is to the left of the 49", which means I can still see stuff (spreadsheets, email, folder heirarchies etc) on the 32" easily without turning my head very far away from the 49"...

 

[Mussels]

Set up my friends new LCD's

Unfortunately she got shafted and instead of 100Hz (with 120Hz overdrive) she got the 75Hz models, yay for staff who are uneducated and grab a 'close enough'

2x 24" flat, side by side. And this is where curved shines
You can either have -- -- or -- \ (That should make sense)

With both flat, you either need to be far back enough to see both, or be able to move your chair over to see the second screen
With one angled, you need a really steep angle

I've suggested moving them both more to the right, and angling the right screen further inward. Theres nothing you can do really, to give you a proper 'flat' front on perspective of secondary displays, they're always off-angle

Her first attempt was centered and symmetrical, but the problem of "oof my neck" came up pretty fast

Top down view to show how much of an angle turned out to be 'not enough' with flats

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[MarsM4N]

Set up my friends new LCD's

I would move the left monitor more to the center & switch the right monitor to vertical.
Would be ergonomically more pleasing.

Would also get a bigger & more solid desk. More space & less wobble.

 

[Mussels]

I would move the left monitor more to the center & switch the right monitor to vertical.
Would be ergonomically more pleasing.

Would also get a bigger & more solid desk. More space & less wobble.

vertical is personal preference - doesnt work for her
Agreed on moving them over, but thats a two person job, she's a lightweight


was just bringing it up as a valid point for curved screens, the 'sweet spot' for secondary screens is a lot larger.
since i have both types in the house it gets weird as i shift between them and my eyes look the wrong depth for things, but i can see upsides for both