PC Players: Yes, curved screens are really useful, here’s the proof

Good news PC Players: Yes, curved screens are really useful, here’s the proof

Why Buy a Curved Screen for Your Gaming PC?

The field of view of the human eye is naturally curved. Schematically, it’s more or less in the shape of an ice cream cone. When we look at a flat screen, especially when it reaches a certain size (27 inches or more), our eyes have to strain to clearly see what’s happening around the edges.

If you only spend one to two hours in front of the PC, constantly changing the focal length is not exhausting. But when you spend most of your time in front of a screen, the effort ends up being really painful. It is not for nothing that one speaks of “eye fatigue”. And that’s without counting on possible neck pain if you turn your head all day. By relieving your eyes, curved screens eliminate all of these problems.

You probably think that a curved screen distorts the image, that is, distorted. Not at all as it approximates the natural curvature of your field of vision. It’s pretty disconcerting, but what can cause image distortion at the ends of the screen are flat screens. In fact, our peripheral vision is much less accurate than our foveal vision.

Now that the theoretical groundwork is in place, we can answer our basic question: why choose a curved screen?

• More than Comfort all day, so less fatigue eyepiece
• immersion much stronger (we sometimes have the impression of having our head in the screen);
• Less reflections and distortions at the edges of the screen.

Regardless, more and more people are beginning to understand and embrace this technology. According to a study by the website Levvvel.comToday, curved screens make up nearly half of the PC gaming monitor market.

Which brand is best at curved screens?

When it comes to curved screens, there is one characteristic to be aware of. If you browse any merchant site, you should see a funny letter appended to a rather large number: the letter R.

A curved screen is just part of a larger or smaller circle. Remember your old geometry lessons. R, it simply means district (well, “radius”, but that’s just the English word for rayon). The large number next to it is a number from millimeter.

For example, as you have understood, a 1500R screen is a screen whose curvature is that of a circle with a radius of 1500 millimeters, or 3 meters in diameter. As a reminder, the smaller the radius of a circle, the greater its curvature. So a 4000R curved screen is almost flat and a 1000R curved screen has quite a bit of curvature.

The curvature of your eyes is close to 1000R. The 1000R screens are therefore the most relevant on the market. The thing is that such a curvature is quite pronounced … so quite complicated to manufacture. There are only a handful of builders capable of doing this. A handful of builders, including Samsung is the flagship in our opinion.

Most importantly, if the other manufacturers don’t push the curvature as far, that makes for a solid story. Logically, the more you bend a platter, the more likely it is to break, but Samsung has mastered its platters well enough to afford it.

The Odyssey G9 is the most curved monitor

When most connoisseurs hear the word “curved screen”, one product line comes to mind: the Samsung Odyssey. The Korean giant has achieved a real feat by establishing itself as a benchmark thanks to just a few products. Although Samsung makes far more curved displays than the Odyssey G5, G7 and G9, these products are inevitable.

The Odyssey Neo G9 has a curvature of 1000R

So why such a success? Intuitively we want to answer that it is thanks to that value for money, easy. Take the G5 for example. It’s a well-crafted display, packed with all the classic specs gamers are looking for: a 27-inch VA panel with a WQHD resolution of 2560 x 1440p, a refresh rate of 144Hz, and a response time of 1:1ms.

The 34-inch Odyssey G5 in 1000R is a good compromise between “curvature and size”.

The G5 benefits from HDR10 compatibility, FreeSync Premium and, in turn, G-Sync compatibility. All this for a price of only around 250$. If there are actions, we can even be among them. It’s really strong.

If you go upscale, the G7 offers many different sizes, with a scanning frequency of 240Hz (giving plenty of fluidity to images). Even higher, there is the G9, which is easily considered one of the best PC gaming screens in the world. In the same vein, Samsung recently announced the first 4K 240Hz monitor, still with the significant curvature of 1000R: the Neo G8 4K. We can’t wait to test this.

Check out all curved screens on Samsung website

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