I had a curved monitor for years, for both my office and home computer. I recently decided to get a flat monitor for my home computer. Big mistake! It looked like it was curved backwards. My brain was so adapted to the curve that it created this optical illusion that the flat was actually a reverse curve. I figured I would get used to it after a bit, but the problem is after a weekend of use I did get used to it, and flat looked flat. No problem, right? Well, then I went back to my office computer with the curved monitor which reset my brain to thinking in terms of curved. So when I went back to my home computer it looked curved backwards again! Lesson being, if you use curved, or flat, stick with it - you will get used to either one. But don’t go back and forth between the two.
Yes going back to a flat monitor from curved it really bends your world Imagine me with a radius of 1000R on a 34" monitor I don't think is an optical illusion just some bug in the matrix they couldn't update it yet lol
I switched from a Msi mag321cqr curved 31.5" va to a Acer predator 271HU IPS Flat 27" and its been 2 weeks i can still sense its curved in the oppisite way. can anyone here follow up with there experience after a longer period of time?? i dont want my very expensive monitor to feel like a tube monitor from the the 90s lol!
@@timbonnell2182 thank you for sharing your experience. Did you keep the curved monitor or not? I'm trying to figure out if I can use both without harming my eyes and brain.
I just switched from a curved monitor to a straight monitor and I can confirm that it feels like the screen is bending outward. I hope it gets better soon. Interesting how our brain works.
Thank god for this! 4 years on a curved then went to 43" Flat and it looked like the image was curved away from me! Was getting ready to RMA the monitor unitll I watched this!
I got 2 24" curved monitors side by side for productivity work. Love it. Text is so much easier to read on the edges. Want to mention that is the best YT channel name. I am guessing your a wedding photographer and now required videographer. Wow, impressive hard work.
Just made the switch back to a flat panel from a curved panel and had the same fishbowl style effect. I thought my display may have been defective. Thanks for the video!
Thanks for the video. I'd considering replacing my twin 27" monitors with a curved screen, and am looking for arguments for and against. One point: You gave your wife your old screen for a Christmas present? Wow! You live dangerously. Respect though.
Thanks for the video! Going to a curved monitor was very easy for me initially with an LG (38" ultrawide) 38WK95C-W, and then a new LG (49" ultrawide) 49WL95C-W. These displays are huge, crisp, and provide a ton of extra real estate to work with!
Ive been doing research on whether i should get s flat monitor and nownthat you have said all this im going to stick with getting a flat monitor. Thank you for the great video and clarity
Thanks for this, been on a curved monitor for the past 6 years... just upgraded to a flat 1440 and experiencing the "bow"... nice to know I'm not crazy or permanently damaged :)
Thank you so much. I was going to get crazy. Almost wanted to bring the monitor back. Have same issue, used more than 2 years curved 34 one for more than 8 hours a day. Now I just bought a 40 IPS Flat and I have this negative curve effect. Tried all settings, contacted Apple and the support from my monitor. Did all what they recommended nothing helped. Now I know why. So, then I just use it like that and hopefully will getting soon to be normal. After that experience, I can say for me no more curved monitor.
same for me, I got 34 curved and then after some time I spotted my TV screen and other monitors, even screen of cell phone seems to look convex. I think it is a huge deal that almost nobody from reviewers talk about this brain-melting issues. Im gonna sell this curve monitor and bring back the flat one. I'm afraid long term melting brain like that could put some permanent issues to us. Especially because vendors are hiding the problem and there is no test/checks what this kind of brain treatment can do for your health. Big disaster that this topic is not talked wider. Great kudos to this channel to mention that problem.
thanks for a sincere review! Would anyone simply answer one more question, please? I'm an old* 2D-CAD architect, who's plan's linework are my $$$-maker. Have you, or anyone reading, worked with 2D CAD linework on curved monitors enough to say IF linework there remains precise-enough? All the YT-reviews focus on video production/artwork/games (the fun stuff for many! haaa) Pssttt...you know, maybe "moving your head" is a GOOD thing, to alleviate "staring stiffness"?!!! * yeah, kids, I'm 72+ , and using CAD since '82, and STILL miss the "athleticism" of the long-gone pencil-on-vellum drafting! Thank you, and...stay young :-)
I was contemplating between a flat 4k monitor and a curved ultrawide. In the end I bought a 49" Dell coz im mostly a 3D artist and a casual gamer and Im happy with it! if ure getting one, never get one that has too aggressive curves. The curve and the width of the monitor need to have a good balance so straight lines will look straight. I have no issues switching from flat to curved vice versa.
Did you compare it to a Samsung CRG9 ? I am a 3d Artist as well and trying to decide between a more aggresive curve and a slight curve like the one on Dell and LG. I am more concerned about the edges of the screen being hard to read.
I remember the 1st day I Installed my new monitor I went to bed with so much headache. I remember took me around 1 or 2 week for feel comfy. And I even was thinking couple times to returning but I decided I would try. I will tell you something, for me this is the best monitor ever because the way how my eyes and my brain can see the stuff right now it's so much better.
After 6 months using a Dell 34 curved, I still see every line curved. I still see 21:9 videos with optical distortion. Some people get used to it, some don’t and you will have to discover if you will by purchasing one.
I have a Philips 32" 328E1CA for one month and still notice the curved above and mostly below eye level. Especially while working with windows and spread sheets the further below eye level the more the edge of the window bends according to the curvature of the screen.
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Maybe it also depends on the radius of the curve, and how far you're from the monitor
@ yep maybe, but I also noticed by testing a Samsung G9 that on a larger surface, if you keep the windows small in width, the distortion is way less visible. On a 34' I tend to have 2 windows opened that takes half the place, on a 49' I would tend to use smaller windows. I overall prefered the G9 experience over my 34' at work. Even if the curve is way more pronounced. But the price tag is so much higher than for a double 27' 4k setup...
I'm so glad you posted this. I'm probably switching from the same curved monitor to the same flat monitor, but for the sharpnes of HiDPi, not a 4k preview. I've been in front of it an hour and I'm actually a bit nauseous. I think I'll give it a bit of time, but I'm pretty sure it's going right back in the box. Thanks for letting me know I'm not crazy though!
Yeah I'm getting this weird bulging convex effect on my new flat screen monitor after using a curved one for a couple of years. At first I thought my screen got damaged but its just my brain and eyes going funky.
So weird! I’ve exactly the same effect: convex impression… thx Tom for your review, I think I’ll still wait a couple weeks to see if my brain come back to a “flat” sensation
I think it's fascinating that humans can adjust to something that is obviously giving you wrong proportions. Your brain uses context clues with a flat monitor to get a full picture of what you are looking at, making your accuracy quite impressive. I like the video!
Ok, i just thought it was my monitor. going from a curve monitor for 5 years to a flat one, as I writing this I only had this monitor for less than hour, and I thought my monitor was bending inwards and thought it was broken. Glad to know that it will be fine and just need time for my brain to get use to it. thanks for the video :)
finally found what I've been searching for. I'm about to buy a curved monitor for the home office, so I'd be switching from curved (home) to flat (office) and viceversa quite often, so it might not be such a good idea.. Thanks a bunch for the insight!
are you still facing the same issue. i just bought my new flat monitor and replace my 5 years curved monitor. It thought it is due to the defect. Please let me know.
Buying a curved monitor 34” was one of my best ideas ever, howver I was certainly not expecting my view to be warped when going back to flat, it’s crazy but it adjusts shortly
As a UI Designer, I just prefer a FLAT monitor. Yes, aesthetically curved monitors look beautiful. But I just have zero interest in getting my brain to work with a curved monitor..lol. I just hate curved screens..lol
OMG I thought this wouldn't be the case with me and YES, my new flat ultra wide monitor seems like it curves backwards! I'm coming from a 34inch curved monitor. lol
Thank you for your review. I was literally thinking a UW Flat was better than a UW curve, but given that I don't need something as fancy as your monitor, I am going to go for a Samsung ViewFinity S6VC for general office work (excels, emails, teams, etc....). I hope it's a good choice (never actually seen it live)
LOL! A month ago I got a 55" 4k monitor and it BLEW MY MIND. I was going to return it, but I figured I would give it a bit. Now I LOVE it, and flat panels seem so weird now. :)
Brain warp. :-) Bought the flat LG 34WK95U-W , 34", 21:9 UltraWide® 5K2K Nano IPS Monitor to go with a new Puget Systems workstation. Love it. DaVinci Resolve in the future...I'm older so I move slow. Haha!
I’m guessing it would be a bad idea to have a curved screen at home and not have one a work. It’s probably uncomfortable to come home to a curved screen after being on a non-curved screen all day, right? What do you think? My office has a normal screen but I’m thinking about buying a curved one at home. However, switching like that would prob be a headache and a half.
I' m facing this situation, curved monitor at home and flat at work resulting on vision distorsion. Don't buy a different type of monitor from what you already use.
@@judemadeanotherchannel If you mean get used to the distorted view, the answer is no. It took 2 to 3 month to recover a normal viewing on the flat screen (without getting back on the curved one).
But what about the real world outside? If you get used to a curved monitor (& IMHO the content on a curved monitor should be fisheyed to compensate, but games or desktops don't do that), how does it not affect your perception of the real world?
I have a 34" curved (1500R) ultrawide, and when I have to look at my wife's flat 24" monitor, it freaks me out because it looks like a really old CRT-TV to my brain. :P That is, it's "bending the other way", to me brain.
@@arnigx The thing is that when you sit close to a flat monitor, the edges of the screen are notably farther away from your eyes than the center is. Because it's farther away, it looks smaller, right? Because that's the law of perspective. But we get used to that and don't think it looks like it's curving away from us. the brain "fixes" that for us. So you look at a flat monitor and you think it looks flat. But because I am used to looking at a monitor that is curved around/toward me, and thinking that is "flat", a monitor that is actually flat makes my brain think it's curving *away* from me, because the brain expects the distance to the edges to be the same as to the center when something looks "flat", but that's no longer the case. And yes, that's really freaky! And yes, it did take a few days to get used to the curved monitor, as the brain sees that it's curved, at first. But it "forgets" this after a while, and it looks flat. That's when normal, flat monitors start looking freaky, instead.
It all depends on the curve and the size. If it's a slight curve on a 34" you will need at max a few days to get used to it because without a curve a line won't look straight because it'll be further away from your eyes on the sides. Best thing is to just pick 2 monitors and return 1 ;)
I'm noticing this now after I switched my main monitor from a curved to a flat. The worry I have is that I'm still going to be using my curved monitor as a secondary above my flat for a vertical dual monitor stand, and how my brain is going to work around this. Will I achieve superhuman eyes?
Interesting to see so many people having the same experience of switching from a curved to flat. Makes me wonder if it has something to do with how our eyes adapt. Depending on the distance you sit from your monitor, if you're really close, and spend 8 hours working every day on your monitor- maybe the actually shape of your eye changes- or specific parts like the lens, distorting our vision. Maybe it becomes more pronounced on flat monitors- cause I sure as hell don't have the same fisheye effect in real life lol
main question is if this "effect" wont damage our brain in long term and why vendors dont talk anything about this brain influence. I would love to hear some neurologist opinion about that. I dont want to have brain-fkup after 5-10 years of curved monitors usage...
I got motion sickness tonight and I have a curved monitor so this explains some of it. My stomach was queasy after playing only a couple hours of Minecraft building a house
The issue for many people isn't the curve itself but rather that some monitors use a non-uniform curve where it's very curved in the middle and then completely flat at the final 1/3 or so on each side. Samsung is the worst offender of this. I had a 1000R Samsung G7. Everything looked weird on it. The middle looked like I was looking deep into something then the sides looked like they were going away from me (because they were). My brain & eyes could just sense something so off with the picture and experience. Also, when going back to flat monitors, the flat monitors would look like the centre was bulging towards me for the first 20 mins or so and then the opposite issue with the centre of the Samsung. I could sense the weird centre issue but ESPECIALLY the weird side issue with the curved Samsung monitor even after 2 months. I then got rid of it and went back to a flat panel. 1 year or so later, I got an LG 45GR95QE monitor, it's curve is even more aggressive at 800R but it's curve is completely uniform. And guess what? The LG never, ever, EVER felt weird or different from a flat panel, not even the first single minute of use...LITERALLY. Nothing looks "off", going back and forth between it and flat-panels has absolutely no centre bulging / in-denting effect, no weirdness with the sides, nothing. I don't even feel like I'm looking at a curved monitor with the LG, unlike with the Samsung which always looked and felt like I was looking at some weird, "off", distorted image even 2 months later.
I had a similar issue the first few weeks after I switched to a curved monitor. It was a particular game for me. City Skylines. It's a city building Sim and I became very frustrated because trying to get the roads to line up was a challenge. I was able to turn on the snapping feature in the game that aligned everything for me. I turned it off after a week or two. I just got used to it like you did. Im not sure how much I'd enjoy switching back to a flat panel now after using curved for years.
For me, I will go curved with 32:9 monitor. With a monitor that wide, it makes absolute sense to go curved. For single 16:9 monitor screen, I will take flat all day long.
Went from 35in untrawide VA curved to 32in flat IPS, both 1440p. IPS is great, even 32in for 1440p is a bit large, display experience is just wayyy better. 2 days now, still feeling weird, still checking the screen and makeing sure its flat lmao :P if you are really unsure, just see it thru your smartphone's camera. it will show the "real" pannel which is flat for sure XD
I remember the adaptation from convex CRT's to flat screens. Going to a flat screen felt like you were looking at a concave display. I couldn't even imagine a concave curve display but I'm sure you would get used to it. I'm hopping on the ultra-wide flat panel band wagon as I really don't feel like adjusting my brain once again.
I spent a few days comparing 49" ultrawide, curved displays to 43" 4k monitors. I went with the 4k monitor at 3840x2160 pixels. I use it for 3D design and coding.
It's useful, but has actually put me off wanting to get a curved monitor, because I don't want to think that a flat screen looks curved the opposite way, or distorted.
Very nice informative video. The part where you explained about straight lines and such, was an eye opener for me. I have asd so I don't think Curved would be comfortable for me. I work with 3d models for games, so I feel I need a flat monitor. I currently use my 50" TV, but I sit wayyy to close to that. I'm thinking about getting, a 34"in Ultrawide Flat Monitor.
Can anybody here give an update as to whether they got used to a flat-screen coming from a curved one? I just got a flat monitor after using a curved one for about 3 years. I always feel dizzy just looking at the convex impression the flat monitor now gives me. So no I haven't got used to it.
I thought i was the only and was going crazy Still cant get used to it Damn Going back to Flat i always see the middle of my new LG CX OLED flat screen CURVED BACKWARD Danngggg
I have a main monitor thats curved and 144hz and a second monitor thats flat and 60hz and thats no problem at all its weird in the beginning but like always your brain gets used to it :)
I've used both, at the same time. My 'brain' doesn't 'get used to', or 'correct' curves, nor do I 'want' it to. Straight lines are straight, curved is curved when viewed from any vertical angle but 90 degrees. I see what's on the damn screen, from the perspective of my eyes. Flat doesn't 'make you move your head' from side to side any more than curved. If anything, curved makes you move your head up and down to check the cuve. Reading glasses can sometimes produce an affect similar to a curved screen, and make curves on a curved screen much worse. This leads me to think that maybe glasses could be made that would reduced the curves on a curved screen, idk. (they might be shaped funny) If so I think they'd have to be for a certain vertical fov (matching a smaller monitor close or larger farther). Idk if they ever tired to make compound curved (torus) screens, but I think that would be better. If your eyes where in the middle of 'both' radius, then lines should look straight. It would be interesting to know why they don't make cured that way instead of just horizontally curved. Seems pretty stupid, actually, to only have curve one way. Idk for sure, but I'd guess it's probably just too difficult to make compound curve. Maybe I will google that question.
Is there any chance that this could cause some long-term damage to the eyes or whatever else might be involved? We probably don't have enough data, but now that I went back to my flat one -- I'm scared of ever getting a curved one again, in fact -- planning on selling my G7 (curved) and get a flat one. I also have astigmatism, and not even my eye doctor has any advice for me regarding monitors.
If anything flat ones could be more dangerous... but I doubt it's the case. Our vision is warped strongly by our brain which processes the image similarily like you process video in a video editing program. If our "program" edits the image differently it doesn't mean that the camera (eyes) get any damage.
So ive been using the curved monitor for about 10 mins then looked at a flat screen and i already hav the illusion its making me think its not my brain
that thing about not moving your chair to the the other side sounds like what i'm looking for. +1 point for curved. but i dont know how much the straight lines being bendy will bother me.
ultrawide no no for me, recently I went from curved to flat same size 32 inch and I got the fish eye effect. Annoying. Almost thought my monitor was bent or broke until these videos lol. Can anyone tell me if my vision will get used to it again? been on curved for 5 years now.
Yeah when I got my ultrawide the first noticeable thing was the taskbar being curved but then after a couple of weeks the taskbar looked straight again. And When I play games they feel more immersive then when I first got it so if you are looking into a curved monitor note that it'll take a while for your brain to adjust.
@@Betlethom43 Honestly forgot to update. Now Its all natural feeling and so much easier on the eyes and looking left/right corner of screen. I got used to it after about 4 hours, the initial start is was so annoying
The problem is IPS panel is worse for your eyes than VA panels. As a programmer, I use only VA panel monitors. They are much easier on my eyes. Many of my colleagues think the same and many other people on the internet. IPS televisions are good. Apple IPS display is good as well. I bet it's the different coating + different backlight. When I look at an IPS / Nano IPS monitor, my eyes are burning and I had to take lots of breaks. With VA panels? No break whatsoever and my eye strain is gone.
Not the case for me? But then i run the display in 10bit input mode, and i invoked the factory menu, it seems FRC is disabled in this mode. No jeans effect flicker. Also careful with the brightness, it's easy to overdo, that's going to be quite painful. Scrolling or paging text on a VA screen, no-go.
The monitor in my "DIY" home music studio is flat and my gaming monitor in my home office is curved. I use both extensively every day, so thankfully my brain is used to switching between them throughout the day and I do not notice any issues going from one to the other. This issue seems to arise for those who exclusively use a curved monitor and then switch to exclusively using a flat monitor.
Great video! how does your resolve GUI look? I heard resolve doesn't work well with 4K monitors on windows because of scaling. Otherwise I'm keen to get a monitor like LG 34WK95U-W , 34", 21:9 UltraWide® 5K2K
I archived my 27GL83A-B order on Amazon thinking that simply canceled the order without it disappearing and then went in search of a curved monitor with similar qaulity. Then I go and find out that archiving an order does NOT cancel the order so now I'm stuck with it instead of getting something I valued a little more. I hate how confusing Amazon is. But at least it's also a good monitor I just prefer slightly curved at 27inch.
Ahh I was looking for a video like this. So you prefer the curved screen to the flat. I'm in a hard debate of whether to get this monitor because of the resolution or a curved ultrawide. I love curved monitors, its very ergonomic, but none of them have a high enough resolution or a true "4k" resolution. I borrowed a buddy's curved monitor for a while and switched back to my flat ultrawide and found it annoying to turn my head from side to side to see the outer edges of the screen.
A monitor video without ads or a hyperactive presenter. Thank you for sharing your sanity.
I had a curved monitor for years, for both my office and home computer. I recently decided to get a flat monitor for my home computer. Big mistake! It looked like it was curved backwards. My brain was so adapted to the curve that it created this optical illusion that the flat was actually a reverse curve.
I figured I would get used to it after a bit, but the problem is after a weekend of use I did get used to it, and flat looked flat. No problem, right? Well, then I went back to my office computer with the curved monitor which reset my brain to thinking in terms of curved. So when I went back to my home computer it looked curved backwards again!
Lesson being, if you use curved, or flat, stick with it - you will get used to either one. But don’t go back and forth between the two.
Just put the curved monitor in the trash
You are so right brooo. It feels like backward curved for me too. How fast did you adapt to it? What about gaming difference with curved?
I was thinking to have one at my HO, but going to the office 2 days a week would be a flat old base. This is a very important point.
Yes going back to a flat monitor from curved it really bends your world Imagine me with a radius of 1000R on a 34" monitor I don't think is an optical illusion just some bug in the matrix they couldn't update it yet lol
When I switched back to flat monitor, I felt the monitor was curved in the opposite way.
Man, I thought my monitor was out of whack! I was about to RMA it! Just reading your comment makes me feel better, haha.
I switched from a Msi mag321cqr curved 31.5" va to a Acer predator 271HU IPS Flat 27" and its been 2 weeks i can still sense its curved in the oppisite way. can anyone here follow up with there experience after a longer period of time?? i dont want my very expensive monitor to feel like a tube monitor from the the 90s lol!
@@timbonnell2182 Same situation : MSI Optix Mag321curv to Asus pg289q ==> vision distortion
@@elogeniumyt1338 It took an entire month! and its still sliightly distorted. i was used curved for almost 3 years prior however.
@@timbonnell2182 thank you for sharing your experience. Did you keep the curved monitor or not? I'm trying to figure out if I can use both without harming my eyes and brain.
Finally someone who knows what they're talking about :)
is he?
I just switched from a curved monitor to a straight monitor and I can confirm that it feels like the screen is bending outward.
I hope it gets better soon. Interesting how our brain works.
The only video on RUclips that explains a curved screen difference. Thanks 🌹
Thank god for this!
4 years on a curved then went to 43" Flat and it looked like the image was curved away from me! Was getting ready to RMA the monitor unitll I watched this!
I got 2 24" curved monitors side by side for productivity work. Love it. Text is so much easier to read on the edges. Want to mention that is the best YT channel name. I am guessing your a wedding photographer and now required videographer. Wow, impressive hard work.
That was the comment I needed. Thanks! :-)
Just made the switch back to a flat panel from a curved panel and had the same fishbowl style effect. I thought my display may have been defective. Thanks for the video!
Thanks for the video. I'd considering replacing my twin 27" monitors with a curved screen, and am looking for arguments for and against.
One point: You gave your wife your old screen for a Christmas present? Wow! You live dangerously. Respect though.
Only used for 4 hours and $500 was knocked off the price!!?? Sweet deal!! Loved the video
Thanks for the video! Going to a curved monitor was very easy for me initially with an LG (38" ultrawide) 38WK95C-W, and then a new LG (49" ultrawide) 49WL95C-W. These displays are huge, crisp, and provide a ton of extra real estate to work with!
Thanks for your valuable input Andrew. May I know why you had to upgrade to a 49" as I am deciding between a flat 4k 34" and the 38".
Ive been doing research on whether i should get s flat monitor and nownthat you have said all this im going to stick with getting a flat monitor. Thank you for the great video and clarity
Thanks for this, been on a curved monitor for the past 6 years... just upgraded to a flat 1440 and experiencing the "bow"... nice to know I'm not crazy or permanently damaged :)
Thank you so much. I was going to get crazy. Almost wanted to bring the monitor back. Have same issue, used more than 2 years curved 34 one for more than 8 hours a day. Now I just bought a 40 IPS Flat and I have this negative curve effect. Tried all settings, contacted Apple and the support from my monitor. Did all what they recommended nothing helped. Now I know why.
So, then I just use it like that and hopefully will getting soon to be normal. After that experience, I can say for me no more curved monitor.
same for me, I got 34 curved and then after some time I spotted my TV screen and other monitors, even screen of cell phone seems to look convex. I think it is a huge deal that almost nobody from reviewers talk about this brain-melting issues. Im gonna sell this curve monitor and bring back the flat one. I'm afraid long term melting brain like that could put some permanent issues to us. Especially because vendors are hiding the problem and there is no test/checks what this kind of brain treatment can do for your health. Big disaster that this topic is not talked wider. Great kudos to this channel to mention that problem.
Finally some real info about this topic and not BS. Thanks!
thanks for a sincere review! Would anyone simply answer one more question, please? I'm an old* 2D-CAD architect, who's plan's linework are my $$$-maker. Have you, or anyone reading, worked with 2D CAD linework on curved monitors enough to say IF linework there remains precise-enough? All the YT-reviews focus on video production/artwork/games (the fun stuff for many! haaa) Pssttt...you know, maybe "moving your head" is a GOOD thing, to alleviate "staring stiffness"?!!! * yeah, kids, I'm 72+ , and using CAD since '82, and STILL miss the "athleticism" of the long-gone pencil-on-vellum drafting! Thank you, and...stay young :-)
I was contemplating between a flat 4k monitor and a curved ultrawide. In the end I bought a 49" Dell coz im mostly a 3D artist and a casual gamer and Im happy with it! if ure getting one, never get one that has too aggressive curves. The curve and the width of the monitor need to have a good balance so straight lines will look straight. I have no issues switching from flat to curved vice versa.
Did you compare it to a Samsung CRG9 ? I am a 3d Artist as well and trying to decide between a more aggresive curve and a slight curve like the one on Dell and LG. I am more concerned about the edges of the screen being hard to read.
I remember the 1st day I Installed my new monitor I went to bed with so much headache. I remember took me around 1 or 2 week for feel comfy. And I even was thinking couple times to returning but I decided I would try. I will tell you something, for me this is the best monitor ever because the way how my eyes and my brain can see the stuff right now it's so much better.
Nice, thanks for sharing that. Glad to hear others had the same experience.
Finally I get the answer that I've been looking for 🙏🙏
Which one to buy I'm confused
@@deejexd4815 he is saying that it can take a while to adjust
After 6 months using a Dell 34 curved, I still see every line curved. I still see 21:9 videos with optical distortion. Some people get used to it, some don’t and you will have to discover if you will by purchasing one.
I have a Philips 32" 328E1CA for one month and still notice the curved above and mostly below eye level. Especially while working with windows and spread sheets the further below eye level the more the edge of the window bends according to the curvature of the screen.
Maybe it also depends on the radius of the curve, and how far you're from the monitor
@ yep maybe, but I also noticed by testing a Samsung G9 that on a larger surface, if you keep the windows small in width, the distortion is way less visible. On a 34' I tend to have 2 windows opened that takes half the place, on a 49' I would tend to use smaller windows. I overall prefered the G9 experience over my 34' at work. Even if the curve is way more pronounced. But the price tag is so much higher than for a double 27' 4k setup...
This is exactly a video I was looking for. Thank you a lot, this helped me.
I'm so glad you posted this. I'm probably switching from the same curved monitor to the same flat monitor, but for the sharpnes of HiDPi, not a 4k preview. I've been in front of it an hour and I'm actually a bit nauseous. I think I'll give it a bit of time, but I'm pretty sure it's going right back in the box. Thanks for letting me know I'm not crazy though!
Yeah I'm getting this weird bulging convex effect on my new flat screen monitor after using a curved one for a couple of years. At first I thought my screen got damaged but its just my brain and eyes going funky.
how long it will take for you to get back to normal? or get used to it?
So weird! I’ve exactly the same effect: convex impression… thx Tom for your review, I think I’ll still wait a couple weeks to see if my brain come back to a “flat” sensation
I think it's fascinating that humans can adjust to something that is obviously giving you wrong proportions. Your brain uses context clues with a flat monitor to get a full picture of what you are looking at, making your accuracy quite impressive. I like the video!
You just saved me money! Going for flat since I would be using laptop as well.
Curved is a must. So you saved nothing.
Ok, i just thought it was my monitor. going from a curve monitor for 5 years to a flat one, as I writing this I only had this monitor for less than hour, and I thought my monitor was bending inwards and thought it was broken. Glad to know that it will be fine and just need time for my brain to get use to it. thanks for the video :)
Have you gotten used to it now?
@@codebeastcodes yeah I have
finally found what I've been searching for. I'm about to buy a curved monitor for the home office, so I'd be switching from curved (home) to flat (office) and viceversa quite often, so it might not be such a good idea.. Thanks a bunch for the insight!
are you still facing the same issue. i just bought my new flat monitor and replace my 5 years curved monitor. It thought it is due to the defect. Please let me know.
@@chaysiewhoe not really, cancelled the order and went with a flat one.
Buying a curved monitor 34” was one of my best ideas ever, howver I was certainly not expecting my view to be warped when going back to flat, it’s crazy but it adjusts shortly
Same thing happened to me! lol I got car sick and felt like puking when I went from a 27 curved to a 32inch flat lol
Thank you. Just did the same thing and it feels curved in reverse. I figured it was my brain but I was hoping I wasn’t alone 😅
My curved LG did that to me too! I thought I was going crazy. lol
As a UI Designer, I just prefer a FLAT monitor. Yes, aesthetically curved monitors look beautiful. But I just have zero interest in getting my brain to work with a curved monitor..lol. I just hate curved screens..lol
OMG I thought this wouldn't be the case with me and YES, my new flat ultra wide monitor seems like it curves backwards! I'm coming from a 34inch curved monitor. lol
I thank the internet for having all the answers. Now I know that I'm not crazy.
Thank you for your review. I was literally thinking a UW Flat was better than a UW curve, but given that I don't need something as fancy as your monitor, I am going to go for a Samsung ViewFinity S6VC for general office work (excels, emails, teams, etc....). I hope it's a good choice (never actually seen it live)
Thank you for sharing the experience!
LOL! A month ago I got a 55" 4k monitor and it BLEW MY MIND. I was going to return it, but I figured I would give it a bit. Now I LOVE it, and flat panels seem so weird now. :)
Thanks for sharing that, fun to hear others people's experiences with curved monitors.
Brain warp. :-) Bought the flat LG 34WK95U-W
, 34", 21:9 UltraWide® 5K2K Nano IPS Monitor to go with a new Puget Systems workstation. Love it. DaVinci Resolve in the future...I'm older so I move slow. Haha!
I’m guessing it would be a bad idea to have a curved screen at home and not have one a work. It’s probably uncomfortable to come home to a curved screen after being on a non-curved screen all day, right? What do you think?
My office has a normal screen but I’m thinking about buying a curved one at home. However, switching like that would prob be a headache and a half.
I' m facing this situation, curved monitor at home and flat at work resulting on vision distorsion. Don't buy a different type of monitor from what you already use.
@@elogeniumyt1338 whay, is that ??
@@elogeniumyt1338 Did you ever get used to it?
@@judemadeanotherchannel If you mean get used to the distorted view, the answer is no. It took 2 to 3 month to recover a normal viewing on the flat screen (without getting back on the curved one).
1800R is almost flat and is great for ultrawide, pick one and solve it
But what about the real world outside? If you get used to a curved monitor (& IMHO the content on a curved monitor should be fisheyed to compensate, but games or desktops don't do that), how does it not affect your perception of the real world?
wow, i really like your voice a lot! nice video mate
I have a 34" curved (1500R) ultrawide, and when I have to look at my wife's flat 24" monitor, it freaks me out because it looks like a really old CRT-TV to my brain. :P That is, it's "bending the other way", to me brain.
what ?? how come ?? i am still confused ..........
@@arnigx The thing is that when you sit close to a flat monitor, the edges of the screen are notably farther away from your eyes than the center is. Because it's farther away, it looks smaller, right? Because that's the law of perspective.
But we get used to that and don't think it looks like it's curving away from us. the brain "fixes" that for us. So you look at a flat monitor and you think it looks flat.
But because I am used to looking at a monitor that is curved around/toward me, and thinking that is "flat", a monitor that is actually flat makes my brain think it's curving *away* from me, because the brain expects the distance to the edges to be the same as to the center when something looks "flat", but that's no longer the case.
And yes, that's really freaky!
And yes, it did take a few days to get used to the curved monitor, as the brain sees that it's curved, at first. But it "forgets" this after a while, and it looks flat. That's when normal, flat monitors start looking freaky, instead.
glad i wasnt the only one with this problem😅
It all depends on the curve and the size. If it's a slight curve on a 34" you will need at max a few days to get used to it because without a curve a line won't look straight because it'll be further away from your eyes on the sides. Best thing is to just pick 2 monitors and return 1 ;)
I'm noticing this now after I switched my main monitor from a curved to a flat. The worry I have is that I'm still going to be using my curved monitor as a secondary above my flat for a vertical dual monitor stand, and how my brain is going to work around this. Will I achieve superhuman eyes?
Interesting to see so many people having the same experience of switching from a curved to flat. Makes me wonder if it has something to do with how our eyes adapt. Depending on the distance you sit from your monitor, if you're really close, and spend 8 hours working every day on your monitor- maybe the actually shape of your eye changes- or specific parts like the lens, distorting our vision. Maybe it becomes more pronounced on flat monitors- cause I sure as hell don't have the same fisheye effect in real life lol
main question is if this "effect" wont damage our brain in long term and why vendors dont talk anything about this brain influence. I would love to hear some neurologist opinion about that. I dont want to have brain-fkup after 5-10 years of curved monitors usage...
How about those who switch between curved monitor and laptop screen? There's no curved laptop screen lol
I got motion sickness tonight and I have a curved monitor so this explains some of it. My stomach was queasy after playing only a couple hours of Minecraft building a house
anything else gives you motion sickness?
The issue for many people isn't the curve itself but rather that some monitors use a non-uniform curve where it's very curved in the middle and then completely flat at the final 1/3 or so on each side. Samsung is the worst offender of this. I had a 1000R Samsung G7. Everything looked weird on it. The middle looked like I was looking deep into something then the sides looked like they were going away from me (because they were). My brain & eyes could just sense something so off with the picture and experience. Also, when going back to flat monitors, the flat monitors would look like the centre was bulging towards me for the first 20 mins or so and then the opposite issue with the centre of the Samsung. I could sense the weird centre issue but ESPECIALLY the weird side issue with the curved Samsung monitor even after 2 months. I then got rid of it and went back to a flat panel. 1 year or so later, I got an LG 45GR95QE monitor, it's curve is even more aggressive at 800R but it's curve is completely uniform. And guess what? The LG never, ever, EVER felt weird or different from a flat panel, not even the first single minute of use...LITERALLY. Nothing looks "off", going back and forth between it and flat-panels has absolutely no centre bulging / in-denting effect, no weirdness with the sides, nothing. I don't even feel like I'm looking at a curved monitor with the LG, unlike with the Samsung which always looked and felt like I was looking at some weird, "off", distorted image even 2 months later.
I had a similar issue the first few weeks after I switched to a curved monitor. It was a particular game for me. City Skylines. It's a city building Sim and I became very frustrated because trying to get the roads to line up was a challenge. I was able to turn on the snapping feature in the game that aligned everything for me. I turned it off after a week or two. I just got used to it like you did. Im not sure how much I'd enjoy switching back to a flat panel now after using curved for years.
For me, I will go curved with 32:9 monitor. With a monitor that wide, it makes absolute sense to go curved. For single 16:9 monitor screen, I will take flat all day long.
Went from 35in untrawide VA curved to 32in flat IPS, both 1440p. IPS is great, even 32in for 1440p is a bit large, display experience is just wayyy better.
2 days now, still feeling weird, still checking the screen and makeing sure its flat lmao :P
if you are really unsure, just see it thru your smartphone's camera. it will show the "real" pannel which is flat for sure XD
I'm late to the review, but between your review and all of the comments I feel I have a good grasp of "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly". ;)
Thanks for this, I thought my new monitor was bonkers. We of the curved live in a different dimension @.@
I remember the adaptation from convex CRT's to flat screens. Going to a flat screen felt like you were looking at a concave display. I couldn't even imagine a concave curve display but I'm sure you would get used to it. I'm hopping on the ultra-wide flat panel band wagon as I really don't feel like adjusting my brain once again.
I spent a few days comparing 49" ultrawide, curved displays to 43" 4k monitors. I went with the 4k monitor at 3840x2160 pixels. I use it for 3D design and coding.
Yes! I forgot about that feeling switching from CRT
Excellent video! Very useful info, I am strongly considering a curved now.
It's useful, but has actually put me off wanting to get a curved monitor, because I don't want to think that a flat screen looks curved the opposite way, or distorted.
i have the same problem , its so weird , I just hope that it disappear after days using it.
Very nice informative video. The part where you explained about straight lines and such, was an eye opener for me. I have asd so I don't think Curved would be comfortable for me. I work with 3d models for games, so I feel I need a flat monitor. I currently use my 50" TV, but I sit wayyy to close to that. I'm thinking about getting, a 34"in Ultrawide Flat Monitor.
Can anybody here give an update as to whether they got used to a flat-screen coming from a curved one?
I just got a flat monitor after using a curved one for about 3 years. I always feel dizzy just looking at the convex impression the flat monitor now gives me. So no I haven't got used to it.
I thought i was the only and was going crazy
Still cant get used to it
Damn
Going back to Flat
i always see the middle of my new LG CX OLED flat screen CURVED BACKWARD
Danngggg
Lol same I thought my new monitor was broken till I read this. The middle part of my screen feels like it’s sticking out
I personally love the curved monitors. AND i have a curved samsung tizen TV and i swear it looks better than my 65 QLED
Curved = For pure gaming and media/movies!
Flat = Everything else
😎
Curved =ghosting +bad colors,,,,flat has a lot less motion blur and ghosting
glad im not the only one
That was one of my fears. :O Glad to know the brain adjusts. I wonder what would happen if you had two monitors and one was curved...
Oh boy, that is a good question. I have a feeling you would not want to mix them.
Marty Feldman had one of each too.
I have a main monitor thats curved and 144hz and a second monitor thats flat and 60hz and thats no problem at all its weird in the beginning but like always your brain gets used to it :)
I've used both, at the same time. My 'brain' doesn't 'get used to', or 'correct' curves, nor do I 'want' it to. Straight lines are straight, curved is curved when viewed from any vertical angle but 90 degrees. I see what's on the damn screen, from the perspective of my eyes. Flat doesn't 'make you move your head' from side to side any more than curved. If anything, curved makes you move your head up and down to check the cuve. Reading glasses can sometimes produce an affect similar to a curved screen, and make curves on a curved screen much worse. This leads me to think that maybe glasses could be made that would reduced the curves on a curved screen, idk. (they might be shaped funny) If so I think they'd have to be for a certain vertical fov (matching a smaller monitor close or larger farther). Idk if they ever tired to make compound curved (torus) screens, but I think that would be better. If your eyes where in the middle of 'both' radius, then lines should look straight. It would be interesting to know why they don't make cured that way instead of just horizontally curved. Seems pretty stupid, actually, to only have curve one way. Idk for sure, but I'd guess it's probably just too difficult to make compound curve. Maybe I will google that question.
Thanks..those 2 weeks could cost me more money than the monitor costs--Flat it is
Is there any chance that this could cause some long-term damage to the eyes or whatever else might be involved? We probably don't have enough data, but now that I went back to my flat one -- I'm scared of ever getting a curved one again, in fact -- planning on selling my G7 (curved) and get a flat one. I also have astigmatism, and not even my eye doctor has any advice for me regarding monitors.
If anything flat ones could be more dangerous... but I doubt it's the case. Our vision is warped strongly by our brain which processes the image similarily like you process video in a video editing program. If our "program" edits the image differently it doesn't mean that the camera (eyes) get any damage.
So ive been using the curved monitor for about 10 mins then looked at a flat screen and i already hav the illusion its making me think its not my brain
I wouldnt work on a glossy screen, that will drive my crazy! best setup for me is dual 27 inch..
I was looking for a video like that long time even I decide to buy the dell 38 curve display, thanks for sharing
that thing about not moving your chair to the the other side sounds like what i'm looking for. +1 point for curved. but i dont know how much the straight lines being bendy will bother me.
so did you say for video editting you prefer the flat monitor ? thanks
Behold the "Brain Bender", 🧠 its curved.🎉 thanks Gazillion for sharing this info and experience on these monitors.
I am curious about doing a combination of a curved monitor with 2 flat screens on the sides.
Thank you for the insight, Dave. Its very hard to find such reviews. I am still deciding between a 38" curved and this monitor. :D
Ah man! im using a flat monitor with a curved monitor at the side. will my brain be okay?
@@hephaestusyt2940 I just got used to it man. It should be fine
Mmmmm taho
Not really. Its just hard to see straight line from looking at curved then to flat. But after less than 2 weeks of using, you would get used to it po
24" lang curve ko. I think its better you stick with flat just to avoid what I have gone through
I wanna do an over/under with a large curved gaming on bottom and flat 4k UHD for video and pictures on top. Hope my brain doesn't melt.
it simple try to bend your reading paper compare to not bend the reading paper. which one is reading clearly🥱.
ultrawide no no for me, recently I went from curved to flat same size 32 inch and I got the fish eye effect. Annoying. Almost thought my monitor was bent or broke until these videos lol. Can anyone tell me if my vision will get used to it again? been on curved for 5 years now.
Many, many thanks for your insight
Yeah when I got my ultrawide the first noticeable thing was the taskbar being curved but then after a couple of weeks the taskbar looked straight again. And When I play games they feel more immersive then when I first got it so if you are looking into a curved monitor note that it'll take a while for your brain to adjust.
What about duel monitors with 1 flat and 1 curved
If I ever decide to get a ultra wide I don't think I would consider going with a curved ultra wide. I don't think I would care for it much.
First day on curved, idk if I'll enjoy this for general and gaming but will give it a few weeks
Got an Update?
@@Betlethom43 Honestly forgot to update. Now Its all natural feeling and so much easier on the eyes and looking left/right corner of screen.
I got used to it after about 4 hours, the initial start is was so annoying
@@BanjoJo wich one is better between flat IPS or curved VA ?
@@kazuma112 You have infinite access to Google and you ask me. I don't know. Google it lol
@@BanjoJo everyone has a different answer that's why I asked a man that has curved but np
Been to the optician cos I thought I was going crazy. good to know, thanks.
this helped plenty, thank you lots!
Thanks for the video. I’d like to see how you calibrated using displaycal, if your time allows.
The problem is IPS panel is worse for your eyes than VA panels. As a programmer, I use only VA panel monitors. They are much easier on my eyes. Many of my colleagues think the same and many other people on the internet. IPS televisions are good. Apple IPS display is good as well. I bet it's the different coating + different backlight. When I look at an IPS / Nano IPS monitor, my eyes are burning and I had to take lots of breaks. With VA panels? No break whatsoever and my eye strain is gone.
Not the case for me? But then i run the display in 10bit input mode, and i invoked the factory menu, it seems FRC is disabled in this mode. No jeans effect flicker. Also careful with the brightness, it's easy to overdo, that's going to be quite painful.
Scrolling or paging text on a VA screen, no-go.
Lol
Thanks Great help .Have a nice day.
That desk! Me like, please share the model!
Thats crazy ..... I cant stand looking at curved monitors , even walking by them in the store bothers me .
interesting vid. thank you for sharing.
The monitor in my "DIY" home music studio is flat and my gaming monitor in my home office is curved. I use both extensively every day, so thankfully my brain is used to switching between them throughout the day and I do not notice any issues going from one to the other. This issue seems to arise for those who exclusively use a curved monitor and then switch to exclusively using a flat monitor.
Welp, I have a new curved at home and flat st work. Looks like I have to deal with some issues?
Curved monitor with eyeglasses...problem? since your peripheral with eyeglasses is not cover obvs.
Great video! how does your resolve GUI look? I heard resolve doesn't work well with 4K monitors on windows because of scaling. Otherwise I'm keen to get a monitor like LG 34WK95U-W
, 34", 21:9 UltraWide® 5K2K
I archived my 27GL83A-B order on Amazon thinking that simply canceled the order without it disappearing and then went in search of a curved monitor with similar qaulity. Then I go and find out that archiving an order does NOT cancel the order so now I'm stuck with it instead of getting something I valued a little more. I hate how confusing Amazon is. But at least it's also a good monitor I just prefer slightly curved at 27inch.
i'm glad i saw your video
Ahh I was looking for a video like this. So you prefer the curved screen to the flat. I'm in a hard debate of whether to get this monitor because of the resolution or a curved ultrawide. I love curved monitors, its very ergonomic, but none of them have a high enough resolution or a true "4k" resolution. I borrowed a buddy's curved monitor for a while and switched back to my flat ultrawide and found it annoying to turn my head from side to side to see the outer edges of the screen.
Same here man. Its very hard for me to decide between this monitor and a curved 38 inch 1440p.
ShadoStorm which one did you buy?
i have the exact problem now i am seeing a monitor like curved but its flat:/ seeing it curved to the inside