Gadget of the Week: Samsung SD590C Curved Monitor

Curved monitors and TVs have been flooding the market lately and many people have been buying them but are they worth it? A curve offers something one can only understand once they’ve used the product for a period of time and that’s immersion.  What I mean by immersion is that once you have the screen in front of you it appears to wrap around you and fill your field of vision much better than a normal flat screen. This gives a better experience when watching a movie or playing a Video game because you feel less distracted and more “inside the scene”. Productivity at work increases as well, it becomes so much easier to see all of your documents rather than losing track of minor details. Samsung has released a line of curved monitors ranging from moderately priced to expensively opulent. Unfortunately as discussed in my previous blog, this technology is very much on the bleeding edge. Its new its semi-gimmicky and its very much an attention grabber. Has the price reached a point of making it a worthy investment? Fortunately the SD590C from Samsung is a pretty decent monitor for $359. At only about $100/150 more than a normal 27 inch monitor this curved beast features some of the best specs a monitor can offer.

27 inch LED monitor

1920 x 1080p resolution

99% RGB

60 Hz refresh rate

No backlight bleed

Built in speakers

All cabling included

AND don’t forget… its CURVED

I recommend going into a store and looking at them. This is not the type of product you simply buy online. Go look at it in person and open up a video and a few documents. Like the 4k monitors, Curved Monitors may be the future of displays. Question is… do you buy now?