Originally Posted by Peter_CJ:
“I haven't sat and watched a program on a curved screen TV, so don't have an opinion. But some of the explanations for the curvature sound dubious to me. One being that the eyeball is round. But most people watch TV with two eyes, and the part of the eye that deals with vision is so small that any curvature must surely be irrelevant.
Another selling point was that people on the edge of the viewing field get a better picture, which definitely must be counter-intuitive if true. As I recall, light travels in straight lines, so unless there are two seating positions, i.e. one at the convergence point, and another ‘back-row’ position further away for divergent viewing, how can a curved screen be better than a flat one for viewing angles?
Have an image of Homer Simpson sat bang in front of the TV at the convergent point watching with one eye closed, as the rest of the family shout for him to: GET OUT OF THE WAY!”
Well, if you're sitting just less than side on to an LCD flat screen, the picture you will see will lack contrast.
But sitting at the same position with a curved screen TV, the bit of picture that you can see is angled more towards you, so won't have lost contrast.
So in that sense the viewing angles are better.
Obviously, if you are sitting exactly side on to a flat screen
or a curved screen, then you won't see
any picture, as the bit curved on your side will obscure the bit on the other side curved towards you. And I would think that would happen at the same spot,whether the screen was flat or curved.