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I think I might the only one who likes and wants bezels on everything that has a display. Extra large bezels. Perhaps the only exception would be phones as they

I think I might the only one who likes and wants bezels on everything that has a display. Extra large bezels. Perhaps the only exception would be phones as they increase the size of the device. Bezels are important to frame the screen content from functional perspective. Think of it like a frame for the art work. Black bezels occulude the distracting edges and background noise from the screen and you have always have a constant black border. They can be made to look nice as well like some of those Bang & Olufsen TVs[1] and Sony Trinitron Professional monitors [2]. Contrararily, there is no reason to the opposite besides "aesthetics". Can you think of any? Alas - the momentum behind bezels is so massive, it is impossible to reverse this trend. Same with "borderless" trends in UI/UX. [1] http://www.extravaganzi.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Bang-Olufsen-BeoVision-10-32-inch-LCD-TV-3.jpg http://www.extravaganzi.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Bang-... [2] https://www.proav.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/s/o/son1_9.jpg https://www.proav.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/...

ezluckyfree 6y ago
I agree that bezels can look good, and small bezels are nice to frame the image as you mentioned, but the iMac bezels are neither small nor good looking. Also for the record, [2] looks extremely bad.
- fermienrico 6y ago
  [2] Looks extremely good to me. I would pay a hefty premium to get bezels like this on my current LG monitor (which has 15mm or less bezels).
martini333 6y ago
I don't mind nicely designed bezels, if they have to be there. It's 2020; they don't.
- fermienrico 6y ago
  I am arguing that they're invaluable even if they're not needed now that LCD technology has advanced in terms of being able to assemble it. It actually doesn't matter if its a screen, artwork or a photo. IMO bordered (black or white) photos is vastly superior to borderless photos. There is a reason why every museum that displays fine art photography have borders, almost always. I don't see any distinction with screens. Perhaps, even more so important to have distraction free edges on monitors than photos.

ezluckyfree 6y ago

I agree that bezels can look good, and small bezels are nice to frame the image as you mentioned, but the iMac bezels are neither small nor good looking. Also for the record, [2] looks extremely bad.

fermienrico 6y ago
[2] Looks extremely good to me. I would pay a hefty premium to get bezels like this on my current LG monitor (which has 15mm or less bezels).

martini333 6y ago

I don't mind nicely designed bezels, if they have to be there. It's 2020; they don't.

fermienrico 6y ago
I am arguing that they're invaluable even if they're not needed now that LCD technology has advanced in terms of being able to assemble it. It actually doesn't matter if its a screen, artwork or a photo. IMO bordered (black or white) photos is vastly superior to borderless photos. There is a reason why every museum that displays fine art photography have borders, almost always. I don't see any distinction with screens. Perhaps, even more so important to have distraction free edges on monitors than photos.