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Re: plasmas and stuff

Posted by David Aiken (A) on February 16, 2007 at 13:06:37

In Reply to: plasmas and stuff posted by dingo dave on February 15, 2007 at 17:58:38:

I've seen recommendations saying that with a high def screen, the viewing distance should be about 1.25 times the screen diagonal size, other recommendations saying 2.5 times, and probably a few more that fall in between those. I watch my 80 cm (32") screen at a distance of about 2 metres which is the 2.5 times recommendation and find that fine. Being a little further away doesn't bother me. Getting up to the 1.25 times end of things does.

For a viewing distance of 10', a 48" screen would give you the 2.5 times viewing distance. A 42"-46" screen would be the equivalent of me watching my screen from a bit further away than I do, and I don't think that would be a problem.

Recommendations for viewing distances tend to be closer for high def screens than they do for standard def screens because of the higher resolution. One can watch from closer distances without seeing the line structure and related artifacts, and of course you can see more detail at closer distances and that's what high def gives you: more detail. Sit too far away and you lose the benefit of that.

For your 10' distance I probably wouldn't want to go smaller than a 42" screen for my own tastes, and larger would probably be better up to, say, the 50"-52" mark but that's my taste. It's worthwhile checking out how things look to you from a 10' distance in a shop where there are a few screens in the 40"-50+" screen size on display to get a feel for your own preferences. Try viewing the same screens from a slightly closer distance as well to get a feel for what happens then. You may well find, like me, that after living with a high def screen for a while that you move things around and start viewing from a little closer. I started out at around 2.3 to 2.5 metres away from my screen and moved a little closer to my current 2 metre viewing distance after a couple of months. I probably would like to sit a little closer again, but there's something about simple physical proximity, not image size, that puts me off. I'd probably be a little happier with a larger screen and my current viewing distance so I guess I'd suggest that you consider that kind of thing as well and go for as big a screen as you can afford, providing of course that the picture quality is acceptable. I'm prepared to trade off a little size for a better picture.

David Aiken

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