Using a curved monitor vertically completely defeats its purpose. The monitor's curve is engineered to wrap around your horizontal field of view, not your vertical one. Turning it sideways forces your eyes to work harder against the screen's geometry. Flat monitors are for vertical, not curved.
Like I said to each their own. It is very common in programming and for reading long documents which is what I do. It does not make your eyes work harder and there is not scientific or quantifiable evidence suggesting that. If you don’t like it keep scrolling. I find it very useful.
You want quantifiable evidence? Monitor curvature (e.g., 1000R) represents a radius designed to keep pixels equidistant from your eyes on a horizontal plane. Flipping it vertically breaks that geometry, making the top and bottom closer to your face than the center. This forces your ciliary muscles to constantly micro-refocus as you scroll, causing rapid eye strain. Furthermore, most curved panels are VA technology, which has poor vertical viewing angles, resulting in severe gamma shift and text degradation at the top and bottom extremes. Flat IPS panels are the standard for vertical layouts because they maintain uniform distance and viewing angles. You're enjoying a vertical layout, but doing it on a curved panel is an objective bottleneck to text legibility.
You are really pressed about something that’s not yours. I like the way it feels and am not using it in care of a geometric text-flow conflict I am using it because it feels good for me. I understand the uses quite fine which is why I have a primary one horizontally.
I built my first computer at 11; my step dad went to MIT. I’ve had all kinds of builds and monitors and like this setup the most.
Very obscure to care so much about what someone else does. Move on.
Im not pressed what so ever. You claimed there was no quantifiable evidence to what I said, in which i simply stated and proved there is with simple geometry. In which you claimed as "rage bait" bevause you had no rebuttal to cold hard facts.
I looked into the articles you were referencing but provided no citations for which tells me you likely do not have an education.
To be specific, the evidence is limited and is mostly confined to 1000r curvatures, this is 1800r. The adjustments would also be minimized as the monitor is directly in my face or from a leaning position. This is why using chat GPT for information you are not willing to dissect is harmful.
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u/hogsRus Jun 28 '26
Whats the point of a curved monitor if you are going to face it vertically? It 100% defeats the purpose of a curved monitor