Curved display is a relatively new invention for television. The idea behind it is to increase the potential sitting area for the viewer. That is to say, the viewer should get the same image quality sitting to the side of the television as they would sitting directly in front of it. In this article we will discuss whether or not the television is ready for mass consumption, what edge blending technology is and take a look at what LG has to offer, in terms of curved display.
Ready for Primetime?
Curved displays still have a long way before they can be ready to be sold. One of the very first things that will put you off as a potential buyer is the current asking price. It is well beyond that of even the highest quality high definition televisions currently on the market. Another issue is that the software and technology being used to create these curved displays is already becoming outdated given the time it is taking to complete them. One specific element of the technology that is particularly crucial to the curved displays success is edge blending. Curved displays depend on multiple projections of an image in order to have the image fit across it extremely wide display screen. This means the edges of these images must be fitted together perfectly so that seams are not visible. Unfortunately, with most curved displays the seams are still very much visible, especially when using light colors.
Edge Blending
As mentioned earlier edge blending is one of the crucial technological elements of the curved display. It is what, hopefully, seamlessly, connects the multiple projections that make up the curved displays image. However, edge blending can be used for more than just blending multiple projections to make a larger, wider image, it can also be use to increase the definition of the image by overlapping them on top of one another. You may be thinking, what's so hard about setting up a few projectors side-by-side? Well, though it sounds that simple in theory, in reality you must keep in mind that certain projectors act differently than others. For instance, as a projector warms up the image may move thus eliminating that perfect seam you'd worked so hard on. Edge blending is about overlapping the images edges on top of one another. You may ask, won't that cause the edges to lighten? And you would be right. The main part of edge blending technology is darkening the edges of the projections so that when they are placed on top of one another it is the same brightness as the rest of the image.
A New Hope
LG is going to be coming out with a curved display television and it is going to be available as early as this Christmas (at least for Europeans). LG has apparently been able to overcome many of the aforementioned technological obstacles, namely the edge blending one. Apparently, the LG offers a perfectly seamless image with rich blacks and spectacular whites. As it is an LG television it comes with all the features and functions of their smart phone. One of the truly spectacular features of LG's curved display television is the perfect image quality that you get no matter where you are seated in front of the screen.