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Just a mini-survey... what is your screen size and viewing distance?
What ratio you consider optimal for movies? Is the ratio that is good for movies too big for talking heads news programs?
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My friend Al, just bought a Sharp 70" LCD whatever (Plasma rules for me) he sits about 11-12 feet away. My friend Joe has a 60" Plasma Kuro and sits 14-15 feet away. That's too far in my opinion. His screen looks dinky winky. Or course, he says I sit too close. Size matters/proximity matters.
Perfect for movies, not so hot for talking heads.
Jack
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Way back when, as I was planning my first system built around the then-leading-edge 50" plasma, I spent a lot of time in stores, watching them from different spots. Since we watch a lot of news, etc on the same screen, that determined its placement - about 11' away. A bit too small by today's standards, and I think moving to 60" will be a good all-around compromise.
On a dedicated movie system 7 to 8 I think is fine... 10 to me is real neck exerciser.
Screen size: 60"
Aspect ratio: 16 x 9
Distance from sofa: 10'
Preferred aspect ratio for films: 2.4:1 (I'm not firm on this. I like all aspect ratios as long as the director chose it for a good reason.)
Preferred aspect ratio for TV: 1.78:1The bad news is I had to install it in front of a window but we keep the shutters closed anyway, as it looks out onto the street.
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Update your homeowners and call your glass guy...
Actually, it's 5.5 inches.
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What do you think now? ( attempt at silliness only!)
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55" and, depending on where you sit, 8-16 feet. The media cabinet in that room will allow for 58" with a VERY small bezel edge.
"I'd like to own a squadron of tanks"
If you divide the screen size in inches by the distance in feet, you get the representative number. It seems to vary from low value of about 5 to spectacularly high almost 11... with 6 to 8 apparently being the most common range.
That's wider/closer than most prefer, but it's JUST right for me--a foot closer and I can see the pixels of my 1080P projector.
Panavision ratio (2.35:1), too. :-)
My projector, a newish Epson 8700UB, sits immediately behind and above the listening position and has manual shift and lens-length controls, and it's really easy to adjust them to achieve a constant image height.
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Tin-eared audiofool, former fotografer, and terrible competitive-pistol shootist.
"Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted." Albert Einstein.
We have a screen of that size in our projector system, and we used to watch from about 16 feet.
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Tin-eared audiofool, former fotografer, and terrible competitive-pistol shootist.
"Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted." Albert Einstein.
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Like paintings in a museum when you get too close.
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Some of my body parts ain't what they used to be, but with good Nikon binoculars I can see the big plasma in my neighbor's home, about 1/3 mile away.
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Thought of selling it when stopped shooting rifle... :(
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"The Old Gun"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073864/
Does that mean not having to turn your head and a certain amount of moving the eyes to watch the edges of the screen? I probably wouldn't want to move my eyes around too much to keep up with action but some movement may be necessary if you want max size.
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Tin-eared audiofool, former fotografer, and terrible competitive-pistol shootist.
"Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted." Albert Einstein.
distances at public theaters, same at home. Much closer, and things get too centralized, too focused towards the center. Wifey and I agree on home distance, but vary greatly at public theaters.
At theaters I prefer the first row of risers in stadium-seating mode; that's the angle I choose at home too. In addition my eye-level is one-third the way up the screen. (Yes the screen is low, I hate getting a crook in my neck.)
One caveat: To sit that close (nine feet on a 94"er) there must be no visible image structure.
P.A.
I read that somewhere and fully agree with it after much experimenting over the years. My buddy just bought a 60" plasma which is placed, in the most common bad spot; above the fireplace. It is the only option in his living room, but it's horrible IMO.
He intentionally placed his downstairs 60" the same way (completely open to put where he wanted down there).
My 110" is 1/3 below my eye height. Our 50" is a bit lower but just because I had a stand (long narrow, low table) for it kicking around.
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42" plasma on a 8' away seating in our breakfast nook, 52" on a 8' away seating in our rec room/game room and 50" plasma on a 11' away seating in our MB.
If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing well
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The 65" Plasma rules for movie watching but it might change when/if I spring for the JVC Front projector (especially since the serious audio gear is in the HT room).
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That's primarily for movies and sports. All other viewing is on a 42" plasma from about 10 feet.
With rare exceptions, I don't watch any TV news or news/talk shows. For the most part, I get my propaganda from the radio, with some off of the net.
Optimal IMO. Any smaller I would be less immersed, any larger and I'd get dizzy. That's for movies. I don't watch anything else down there, but I'd say smaller would be better for regular TV, news, etc.
We have 50" plasma upstairs at around 16' and it's too small at that distance for "regular" TV viewing.
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