CURVED

DISPLAYS

History
TV - Curved screen TVs were introduced to the
consumer market in 2013
while curved screen projection displays have
been around since the 1950s.

Why Curved TVs?

They are marketed as providing an
"immersive" experience, and
allowing a wider field of view.
But there is an optimal viewing
position which is directly along the
central axis of the TV with the
central point of the screen at eye
level. Viewers seated in any other
position come to experience
degradations in picture quality
ranging anywhere from minor to
severe, the most notable being
trapezoidal distortion.
Curved TVs supposedly offer
minimized glare from ambient light.

Curved vs Flat
Distortions are observed on large flat TVs on the
edges which is minimized in curved TVs
Sensitivity towards ambient lighting is lesser in
curved displays
But optimum field of view is lesser in curved
displays