Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

When I had to replace my square monitor, the squares were like $100+ more than the landscape screens.
I bought another landscape screen. My monitors don't rotate. At least I think they don't

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Wow.

foathog Loc: Greensboro, NC

It will go the way of 3D.

OnDSnap Loc: NE New Jersey

kymarto Loc: Portland OR and Milan Italy

It's not so much the curve as the screen quality: you need to consider contrast and color depth first and foremost. A curved screen, depending on the curve, also has an optimum viewing distance, which needs to be considered. I liked them for video editing, which generally need two screens' width, but I would go for one really good photo quity monitor for the image and a lesser screen for the controls, rather than paying the premium for the curve with lower specs.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

I have always used a flat screen, as does my professional lab. NO need for curves, unless of course, it is a young female.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

--Bob

Jimmy T Loc: Virginia

I guess that no one will respond to your question "I was wondering if anyone on here has personal experience with curved screen-wide monitors ?"
Like you, I will monitor your post to see if anyone actually responds to your question.
I will admit some have come close, however, no one has responded that they have/had a curved screen monitor and did/didn't like/loved it because of . . . . .
Sorry about the rant, however . . .
Patiently waiting,
JimmyT

cbmel

I used a 2 screen setup for 5 years. I got a 36 inch curved monitor and it works great. My prints still print flat and the monitor does not create any issues. Imo it helped clear up the clutter on my desk and it is big enough to use split screens if needed.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Yes, someone who has one please tell us how wonderful the gimmick is.

Canisdirus

Curved screens theoretically provide a larger field of view and a more “immersive” experience. To really get those benefits, you’d need a massive 100-inch screen, and you’d need to be sitting close to it.

larryepage Loc: North Texas area

I was interpreting the absence of responses as a pretty strong response in itself...folks had either looked and decided not or else had never thought it worth considering.

I've thought about it and looked both at a single large curved monitor and at multiple smaller curved monitors arrayed together. I even looked pretty seriously at one of the superwide gaming monitors. It was really impressive, with an aspect ratio greater than 2:1. Turned away when I realized how much money and electrical power would be required for the graphics card that would be required to drive it. Might look again if I ever receive a windfall with nothing more pressing to spend it on.

The thing that finally turned me away from the curved monitors is that I do quite a few panoramas. Viewing a wide panorama on a curved monitor from the correct distance can eliminate almost all of the distortion associated with it. The effect is beautiful. The problem is that the distortion is still present in any printed image, unless the print is viewed with that same curve. And we generally present and view our prints flat.

So for now, I'll wait. At least until I move into a house where I can fill all the corners with panoramic "installations."

jhkfly

I have a 65-inch cured screen TV which, because of the normal living room viewing distance makes some sense, but a curved 24-inch computer screen would be annoying.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Curved = gimmicky gaming monitor.

Photography and graphic arts monitors are flat like prints. Their designs favor bit depth, wide gamut color accuracy, stability, and realism.

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

I had a separate polished sheet of metal that I put the glossy face on. Not part of the dryer. It would bend either way in the dryer.