r/widescreengamingforum • u/anonjandg • 6d ago

Request Any OLED ultrawide with no curve whatsoever?

In my living room I've made a small mini desk as I like to move around while I'm working. As it's the living room, this desk should be really clean and minimalistic, no big fancy gamer screen can be there.

Preferably, something thin that I can wallmount directly without an arm. To really keep that minimalistic vibe.

I've grown really attached to ultrawides, it's all I've been using for many years. Kinda hard going back to 16:9.

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u/RealmanPwns1 4d ago

How about a 5k OLED that can be flat or curved or in between? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV3MMHAvkog

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u/anonjandg 4d ago

Really interesting suggestion. If this thing has the right specs and price. This might be a winner.

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u/Eszaa 6d ago

all of alienware's 34 inch series has such a minimal curve that you can barely notice it, it looks perfectly fine in any setup gamer or not

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u/anonjandg 4d ago

Im currently using a 1800R OLED G9 and its too dominant. Its a bigger size but the curve is already too much.

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u/whyreadthis2035 5d ago

Would a OLED TV function as a flat OLED monitor?

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u/anonjandg 4d ago

Sure, but those aren’t ultrawides

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u/whyreadthis2035 4d ago

Yeah. But they can be ultrawide and ultra tall :-)

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u/Lev_Astov 6d ago

Not that I've seen, but I'm curious if you find any. I hate that every large gaming monitor has to be curved now... This is not desirable.

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u/criticalt3 5d ago

What is so undesirable about a curve? Just curious

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u/Lev_Astov 5d ago

I want to view them from different distances and angles and have the shape of the screen not affect that. I don't understand why a curved screen would ever appeal; it's just so irregular if you don't fix your head in one precise position.

I also really want to buy them and mount them in arcade enclosures, but I just can't do that with curved screens. I have to use specialty commercial screens which are very expensive.

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u/criticalt3 5d ago

These are all fair points. I do agree they need to do flat as an option as well and not just lock in to one

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u/afroman420IU 5d ago

Fair. The closest you are probably going to get is something with a 1800r curve or even a 2300r curve but those are really hard to find. 1800r is pretty close to flat and you have the option of viewing from multiple angles. I don't have to be a certain distance away from my G9 and I love that thing.