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Have you gone from a 65" to a 55"

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Posted on July 27, 2017 at 11:02:18
mbnx01
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 I'm moving my home theater to a slightly smaller room.

I like to sit back pretty far from my tv and I'm thinking this might be a little big for this room.

So I'm thinking about maybe replacing my 65" panny with a 55" Oled.

Has anyone gone from a bigger to a smaller display? How'd that work out for you?

On the one hand I think the 55" might be perfect for the room, on the other hand I'd hate to say 'gee, I miss my old screen'.

I'm not a 'bigger is always better' kind of guy, mostly I want a good experience in the room.





'A lie is halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on'. -Mark Twain

 

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RE: Have you gone from a 65" to a 55", posted on August 2, 2017 at 18:53:19
Markw*
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 I went from a 46" to a 43" with a viewing distance of about 14'. The difference is noticeable and annoying. I muss that 3"

 

"I miss that 3", posted on August 3, 2017 at 05:28:11
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 That's what she said. :-)


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when I go from my 60" to my brothers 50" it seems tiny, both about 12 ' away, posted on July 27, 2017 at 14:25:54
PhilJ
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 fwiw

 

RE: when I go from my 60" to my brothers 50" it seems tiny, both about 12 ' away, posted on July 28, 2017 at 16:21:30
ozzyboy
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 I went from a 45" 60" to a Samsung 85".

 

Nope, never gone smaller., posted on July 27, 2017 at 14:05:35
grantv
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 We went from 50" to 65" recently, what a great change. The 50" is now in our bedroom, perfect size for a bedroom to us.
The 65", a bit small, OK a fair bit smaller than we'd have if money were no object. I'd go at least 80" in our LR (around 15 1/2 x 17 1/2 feet, we watch along the length, so sitting at around 15').
In my big room downstairs we sit at around 15' also I think (room is 24', but the screen is a few feet in as is the main low couch), and a 105" drop down. With movies and TV it's great. Played video games once, just about got dizzy. In that case, I think too big (but only for games, which neither of us do).
How far will you be sitting from the screen is the important question?

 

Ten, maybe eleven feet away, posted on July 31, 2017 at 10:41:54
mbnx01
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 It's tight.

We shall see....



'A lie is halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on'. -Mark Twain

 

It can NEVER be too big!, posted on July 27, 2017 at 12:31:50
jedrider
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 I do wonder about whether I should be playing blu rays, though, when using the bigger screen.

Any opinions on this aspect?

 

RE: Have you gone from a 65" to a 55", posted on July 27, 2017 at 12:26:58
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 I went 32, 40, 50 65. Can't imagine going smaller. I'm thinking 80 for the next one.:-)




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