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Samsung has two upcoming ultra-wide displays on its roadmap:
For readers on the leading-edge of monitor configurations, ultra-wide displays in the 21:9 aspect ratio have been on the radar for about two years. These are monitors that have a 2560x1080 display, stretching the horizontal dimension of a standard 1920x1080 Full-HD monitor and make it easier to display modern cinema widescreen format content with less black bars. They are also claimed to assist with peripheral vision when gaming beyond a standard 1920x1080 display, or when curved, help with immersive content.
So chalk up some surprise when we hear that Samsung has an even wider format panel in the works. 3840x1080 represents a 32:9 aspect ratio, and the report states that this will be a VA panel with 1800R curvature and a 3-side frameless design. Putting that many pixels in a large display gives a relatively low 81.41 PPI. This panel will be part of Samsung's 'Grand Circle' format, and by supporting up to 144 Hz it is expected that variants of this panel will be included with FreeSync/GSYNC technologies. One figure to note would be the contrast ratio – 5000:1 (static), which TFTCentral states is higher than current Samsung VA panels.
The 3840×1080 display is 49 inches. Samsung is also planning to launch a 44-inch 3840×1200 display.
Is this aspect ratio a good idea or a step backwards? It is like two 1920×1080 displays without the bezels in the middle. What about the "1800R curvature"?
[1800R curvature] means that the circle that defines the curvature of the panel has a radius of 1800 mm (70.866 inches), which is much tighter than other panels on the market (2700R or 3000R typical).
(Score: 2) by driverless on Friday April 07 2017, @03:37PM
I'm not seeing the use-case for monitors more than 3 times wider than they are tall.
Uhhh... use case for the customer? There isn't one, just as there hasn't been one for 3D TVs, curved TVs, vibrating dildo TVs, amphibious-landing-craft-shaped TVs, and a pile of other stuff that manufacturers have been producing in recent years. Truth is that apart from eventually going for OLED if you really, really, really need to see slightly blacker blacks, there's been no reason to get a new TV for about the last ten years or so. So all of these "use cases" are for the manufacturers' bottom line, not for the customer. Buy our new $shinything, so we can sell you a gratuitously different $shinything next year, and another one the year after.