Why are most VA monitors curved?

[Netsa]

Does the technology just curve automatically and it would cost extra to straighten it (joke)?

[fux]

literally my first google result was not curved: Samsung UJ590

[Netsa]

Originally posted by f.u.x:

literally my first google result was not curved: Samsung UJ590

Edited the OP. I didn't mean it was literally impossible to find a flat VA panel, I know they exist. I'm wondering why so many of them are, compared to non-VA?

[fux]

I don't know why tbh, but I guess a lot of marketing is involved because I even see quite a few 24 inch curved monitors, which doesn't make a lot of sense for me at this size

[Magma Dragoon]

I think it's to mitigate color wash out around the edges

[r.linder]

You have to be careful when buying VA panel displays, because they have the worst response times, so if you buy a cheap one with higher response time, you're shooting yourself in the foot with fast paced games.

VA is best for work, while TN is a bit better for gaming.

[Talby]

agree I didn't even bother looking at VA panels until the 1500R started appearing with 4~5ms input lag, about the same as IPS. Same with motion blur reduction (MBR) that is an absolute must. I would say stay away from VAs that don't have MBR.

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Cheap office panels have terrible response times but the ones specifically built for gaming have gotten pretty good lately and are comparable to IPS panels.

[Netsa]

I would go ahead and get an IPS if they weren't so much more expensive. It just blows me away that as soon as you commit to "VA", you also commit to "curved". Weirder still is that every curved VA monitor is a cheaper monitor. Straight ones cost considerably more.

[Bob the Boomer]

Marketing and gimmicky?

[thatfox]

It's to prevent light warping and mitigating color correction.
It's not a "marketing gimmick," although, the style IS unique on its own.

Logically, light bends through or on surfaces / displacements. With a curved monitor, essentially, light has a harder time bending towards the inner surface, given that the curves, or act as a paraboloid that destrengthens the rays, eventually lowering the amount passed across.

[Netsa]

Originally posted by forty one and 13:

It's to prevent light warping and mitigating color correction.
It's not a "marketing gimmick," although, the style IS unique on its own.

Logically, light bends through or on surfaces / displacements. With a curved monitor, essentially, light has a harder time bending towards the inner surface, given that the curves, or act as a paraboloid that destrengthens the rays, eventually lowering the amount passed across.

Magma Dragoon brought that up, too, we just skipped over it for whatever reason.

Originally posted by Magma Dragoon:

I think it's to mitigate color wash out around the edges

My only question would be why it's only done commonly on VA monitors. Doesn't TN have a similar problem?

And "destrengthens" is definitely not a word.