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I have seen so many views and opinions that I just can't make up my mind or form an opinion on them.
Although, wondering if the curved ones will go the same way as 3DTV and slowly die away.
I've got my eye on a new one, and get the feeling that curved are still being pushed hard by the manufacturers, but when I look at them in the flesh, not convinced that for any normal setup, ie. where you have living room chairs at multiple viewing angles it makes any sense. yes, if you are sitting straight on at the right viewing distance then I can see some potential viewing benefit, but on the whole, it just doesn't appear to look right if you are sitting off to the side even slightly.
I have tried in the shops picturing where the various chairs in the living room are relative to where the tv would be located, and flat just feels the right choice. I'm also having to take into account, if I get kicked out of Qatar next year, where is the telly likely to go in any future abode, or back home in the UK house!
Has anyone here bought a curved, and then wish they hadn't after real world use?
Other than that...discuss....
For info, I'm only considering Samsung, as they are my brand of choice at the moment*, and the models I've been exploring are;
88KS9800 78KS9500 78KS9000 all SUHD, HDR, QDot, Curved and 75KS8000 which is the flat equivalent of this range. And from the previous range, 78JU7500 (curved) 85/75JU7000 (Flat) both UHD 4K 3D and the 75JU6400 Flat UHD 4K.
In the uk I have a 63 Flat LED Sammy (can't remember the model number) and over here in Qatar have 2 x 46" Sammy's and happy with the smart hubs play nicely with the vpn link, and the remotes are interchangeable when the kids lose them!
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I have a beamer, which gives me circa 8ft by 4ft widescreen, and taller if not widescreen.
I would not consider remodelling my walls to be curved, not even for a moment, and I can't imagine a screen size (from the above to 6" portable) where a curve would be of any value at all.
In fact, it's possible that it would screw up your eyesight, as your brain learned to compensate for the distortion when you move your head.
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We have a flat TV, and that's bad enough unless you are relatively "straight on" to it. One of the living room chairs is about 30o from "normal", and there is noticeable (and irritating) horizontal distortion, as if you were watching a 16:9 movie at 4:3 (circles aren't round, faces are thin, that kind of thing).
I could only imagine that this would be even worse with a curved screen.
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Most of the extra res seems to go to the width - everything becomes [even more] short & fat...
Arnie would look like he really is Devoto's twin brother. (Worse still, Ellen could roll right in as their kid sister.)
Sin tack ear lol
Pressing the "Any" key may be continuate
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I don't have one, but some friends got them (probably because they're "hot"), and I don't see the appeal. They look weird, you can get used to that, but then you move to an other chair and you have to get used to it all over again. That happens with flat screens too, but not as much, I think, maybe it's some sort of bias on my part to justify not getting a curved screen.
flat is justice
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Samsung makes a great TV. I have 2 (one 240hz and one 120hz) - but they are flat.
I'm looking forward to hearing which one you end up getting and your opinion once you've given it a good run.
One thing about these TVs - it is HIGHLY recommended that you plug into a UPS w/ line conditioning in order to avoid any dirty power or spikes as they can be sensitive to power spikes et al.
Good luck.
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3D movies make me sick. Literally - my eyesight is not balanced, so unless someone makes 3D glasses with different lenses, I get a horrible headache after watching them
No idea about curved screens, I guess they're good for wide monitors where you sit in the same location all the time. My gut feeling is that 3D TVs won't really catch on (or it may have been what I ate for lunch  )
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Concur on your thoughts about curved TVs - doesn't seem to make much sense. I suppose if you had a specific room where most of the viewing location was directly in front of the TV, it might be okay. My living room is divided by a fireplace, so the seating is on either side of the TV. Curved just would not work at all.
Oddly, they seem to be really pushing them.
Charlie Gilley
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“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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I bought a new TV a couple of months ago and I looked into curved TVs before I chose. The opinion of the various consumer sites I looked at was fairly unanimous that they have no viewing advantages at all and cost a lot more money. That was also the impression I got when I was looking at them in shops and showrooms. So I went for a flat screen and haven't regretted it.
Couldn't see much difference between the major brands but I got a good deal on a Panasonic in a local shop.
Peter
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The pickup in the camera is not curved, therefore making the viewing screen curved can only introduce distortion into the image.
I have never seen a believable justification for curved screens.
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I have a Samsung 78JS9500 and I absolutely love it. This was the TV I wanted from a specs perspective and it only comes curved, so that's what I got. We have it set up so that the sofa is directly in front of it, and the oversized chair (where I normally plop down) is at approximately a 45-degree angle to it. There is no distortion or picture degradation whatsoever at that angle. Once you start watching it, after a few days you don't even realize there's a curve. This TV is simply amazing.
One thing to keep in mind about the JS-series (2015 models) vs the KS-series (2016 models)... the KS9500 is NOT the equivalent of the JS9500. The JS9500 is a fully backlit TV where the KS9500 is only edge backlit. You have to step up to the KS9800 to get a full backlight in the 2016 model. That's why I stuck with the JS9500 versus the KS series. Plus when I bought mine, the JS9500 was $6300 and the KS9800 was almost $10K.
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Thanks,
I also note from the specs that the J/K appear to be the model year? and the S/U is SUHD and UHD.
I will have to have a more detailed look at the specs, but the Samsung SUHDs I have seen in the shops look absolutely stunning picture colour/depth/sharpness.
I haven't seen the price over here yet in Qatar for the xxKS9800, but the 78KS9500 is 40,000QR (~11KUSD), the 85JU7000 is the same price and the 78JU7500 is 23,000 (~6KUSD)
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IMHO, the curved screen is a way to limit the physical viewing angle on a screen so that they can use a screen that was produced with reduced viewing angles. Kind of a "It's not a bug, it's a feature" kind of thing.
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I own a 2015 65" Samsung SUHD Flat screen and am very happy with my purchase. I also looked at the curved screen and it didn't look right to me. Curved might be interesting once screens are much larger (over 100"-120"), something like IMAX. But even then mostly likely I would go with Flat still.
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One thing I've noticed about the curved screen is that at least some part of it will have glare. I can generally arrange a flat screen such that light sources in the room will not have glare in my normal seating locations. The curved screen will always have some part of it that is at the correct angle for the lights or windows to glare off it. You can see this in the store displays too.
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Hey guys. I've really been enjoying mobile and IoT development, but seeming as the only developer jobs in my area focus on Sharepoint, I figured I'd pick up Sharepoint development.
Does anyone have experience with developing for Sharepoint? Also, I'm not a big enterprise company and was wondering if there was a way I could get a free or cheap Sharepoint instance for development.
Also, is Sharepoint development a deadend field? Like will I not be able to get a job doing it in a few years
i cri evry tiem
modified 21-Oct-16 20:44pm.
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Vincent Maverick Durano wrote: My Verdict On The Future of SharePoint[^]
"Some of you may be getting fatigued and frustrated by all the changes, but I for one am actually excited about this one. The new approach is 100% JavaScript"
Aaaaarrrrgggghhhhhh!!!!!
<runs, screaming, for the hills>
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: The new approach is 100% JavaScript"
Thank the great Ghu I don't work in the web stack, I'm the guy in mobility chair chasing you!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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That's happy making.
On the one occasion where I was dumb enough to volunteer to do JS support for our SharePoint, the system mysteriously gutted my script after a week of operation.
We'll see. Until it doesn't suck to work with as a dev I'll sit it out.
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
- Benjamin Disraeli
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It's a pretty damned sweet JavaScript API/SDK.
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Wrong forum.
You're looking for this one[^] .
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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The Office 365 dev program includes 5 installs of office, and a sharepoint instance.
Seems like you get the first year free currently (I'm paying something like a 100€/year for the privilege, which is about the price of an office license). Office Dev Center - Office 365 Developer Program[^]
Development is limited to the new "javascript only" model, and standard sharepoint functionality.
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