I found that the curved screen provided a feeling of depth in certain scenes. Of course, the stores know that the best way to exaggerate this effect is using beautiful high resolution landscape photos. I don't know about you, but I don't use my television as a gigantic picture frame for landscape artwork, so this really should not be a big motivator.
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Originally Posted by GoinAllTheWay
Just finished reading an article called "what you need to know about curved TV's" and that's one of the first things they mention.
Doubt that's much of an issue for me, I HATE reflections on TV's so I either turn off lights or close blinds.
My concern is the viewing "sweet spot". Typically it's just the two of us but at times, we may sit or lie down on different couches, wondered what kind of impact that would have on viewing. Or additional people during a game or something.
Sounds like a neat idea but better applied to a much larger screen.
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It really depends on your layout.
I have a right-handed sectional, and my TV sits in the corner of the room. My living room is basically laid out like this:
Essentially, 'Netflix corner' gets the very best, direct-on view. But even from the viewing position of the "O" in COUCH doesn't cause picture degradation that is bad enough to have made me choose a flat panel over a curved over.
The model you looked at is detailed here:
https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/samsung/mu6500
One thing that is also worth mentioning is that going from a 55" flat panel to a 55" curved screen is that the curved TV felt... smaller. That's because it kind of is, actually. Frankly, I were to do it again, I'd pony up the cash for a 65" curved over a 55" curved. My living room setup would probably not accommodate a flat 65" panel very well given that it's in a corner -- I'd likely have to pull the corner unit out from the windows a bit more than I'd want -- but a curved 65" screen would be no problem.