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Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

I've got a few of those widescreens in 27, 35 and 39.

I have found 27 and under you still want flat. Once you step up to the 32+ the curved are better and get progressively better get as they get larger. My 35 is flat and kind of annoying.

This may sound counter intuitive but as screen size goes up the curved displays actually correct for peripheral distortion and the flats make it worse.

For 3d work I do keep a 4:3 on the desk.

Yep, totally makes sense to me. Under a certain size and there's no point in making it curved. Over that size and curved makes sense for exactly the reasons that you state.