|   Tube TV Reflections | 4runner58
Oct 7, 2001 12:05 PM | | I was in Wal-Mart the other day and they had a flat screen tube TV and a curved screen tube TV next to one another (both the same size). There was a large skylight behind me and I could see its reflection in the two tubes. Funny thing is that the size of the reflection in the curved TV was about 1/3 the size of the reflection in the flat screen. Given that the curve of the tube bows outward, I would have thought just the opposite.
Conclusion: A curved screen will pick up reflection from wider angle than a flat screen but whatever reflection does occur will be smaller in a curved screen than a flat screen.
Comments/Discussion? |
| re: Tube TV Reflections | beerme1
Oct 7, 2001 7:08 PM | | I guess your observation blows in the opposite direction from what the sales push is then doesn't it? I know some will push the flat screen for less glare. |
| re: Tube TV Reflections | IsmaVA
Oct 9, 2001 12:42 PM | | That "why are flat tube supossed to have less reflection?" question I have been asking for quite some time without getting any answers.
>>Given that the curve of the tube bows outward, I would have thought just the opposite.
Actually, as you found out, your pressumption was wrong. An "outward bow" is just a convex reflector (just like the ones people use to see around corners), a.k.a. diverging reflector, and it will reduced the size of the image.
On the other hand, magnifying reflectors are concave.
Anyway, I still do not understand why a flat screen will give less reflection . . . |
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