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In Reply to: 30-34" HDTVs as Video Source posted by townsend on January 8, 2003 at 17:36:20:
I have a similar setup, except that I have a standard definition 36inch 4:3 flatscreen. I think I'm remembering my measurements correctly - I have fit the TV, on a 48inch wide stand, two tube monobloc amps (12inch wide each), and two Acoustat Model 3 electrostats some 30inch wide each. The Acoustat panels are toed in a little, so they take up a little more than 30inch wide. This is all along a wall that is 12 feet wide. Everything more or less fits pretty well. The large ESL panels downplay any chance the TV has of dominating the room.I think I sit about 8 feet back from the screen. Previously I was used to 13inch and 19inch TVs. So this 36 was a big change for me. I sized it based on the 16:9 and 2.35:1 image heighs that I wanted. I think it's a good size. It doesn't have the shear visual impact of te large screens at the movie. But it's a close enough fascimile for me right now.
I think this may help you. The first week I had the 36, I thought it was TOO BIG, especially on 4:3 content. (You have to understand I spent the majority of my life growing up with a 10inch B&W TV and 13inch color one. We later got a 19inch in '94 when I was in high school). I was within seconds of taking the set back and exchanging it for a smaller one. One the fourth weekend, I had logged about 10 ours on the set. Took on look at it, and decided it could stay. It didn' seem to big anymore.
I would have liked to gone with a front projector and 7 or 10 foot diagonal screen, but I bulked at the price of that setup. Hell I thought 36 inch was big. Went looking for a CRT HDTV (don't care for RPTV). But eventually settled on a SDTV. A 42inch plasma would have been nice. But you need to factor in the extra price and setup concerns (scaling, quality signals, etc). The price and rapid technology change untimately deterred me.
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