How big is your TV and how close are you?

[mizzou]

Might upgrade soon, have a 42" TV and I sit 9-10 feet away from the tv.

a 55-60" looks f'ing huge...and that seems to be barely on the big size nowadays

also, how well do you appreciate your unique size/distance ratio?

Mine is OK. I think something bigger might give it the wow factor

 

[Nintendesert]

I sit about 14 feet away, it's 110".


You need bigger Mizzou, much bigger!

 

[mizzou]

I sit about 14 feet away, it's 110".


You need bigger Mizzou, much bigger!

you use a projector? I would use one but my ceilings are 6'4" D:

 

[lxskllr]

My "TV" is a 24" computer monitor, and I'm typically 4' away.

 

[Kyle]

I sit about 8 feet or so away, tv is a 42inch I believe- I had a 60 and a 50 before but they both died.

 

[FuzzyDunlop]

50"
7"
About the same perspective as lxskllr.

 

[destrekor]

Yeah, currently I sit about 10ft away from a 50" tv. I do wish the size ratio was larger - either a larger display or closer. Truly, it does need to be closer, based on those numbers, to better match up with ideal ratios.

 

[blackangst1]

75" at about 10 feet. Its perfect

 

[sze5003]

32 inch and about 8-10 feet away. Might want a 42 inch model soon but I don't even have hd cable.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

55, about 8ft away.

 

[madoka]

I've got a 70", 65", 60", 55", 42", and some others. I sit about 8 feet away from all of them.

However, 99% of my TV viewing is on a 24" in the kitchen or on iPads.

 

[mizzou]

woah....THX reccomends a 90" TV at 9 feet D:

Pretty sure that's how big my whole wall is hahah

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-33199_7-57468333-221/how-big-a-tv-should-i-buy/

 

[mizzou]

I sit about 8 feet or so away, tv is a 42inch I believe- I had a 60 and a 50 before but they both died.

how big of a difference is the 60" vs your 42"?

sort of a "meh" or "i am spoiled with 60 and hard to go back" feeling?

 

[Newbian]

you use a projector? I would use one but my ceilings are 6'4" D:

Sounds like a manlet apartment.

 

[lxskllr]

Sounds like a manlet apartment.

No kidding. I couldn't comfortably walk in there, and would feel like I was getting crushed by the world.

 

[mizzou]

Sounds like a hobbit apartment.

ftfy

just measured it's 6'10'' lol, not much better

 

[Jeff7]

27" monitor. 2-2.5 feet away.

 

[Kyle]

how big of a difference is the 60" vs your 42"?

sort of a "meh" or "i am spoiled with 60 and hard to go back" feeling?

Luckily I stepped down...had the 60 for a few years, then the 50 for a few years and now the 42...I noticed the step down from 60->50 more than the 50->42. I'm ok w/ the 42 for now.

I would have gone bigger when my 50 died it just was unexpected and I did not have the free $$ to spend on a TV at the time- next one will prob be a 60".

 

[mizzou]

Luckily I stepped down...had the 60 for a few years, then the 50 for a few years and now the 42...I noticed the step down from 60->50 more than the 50->42. I'm ok w/ the 42 for now.

I would have gone bigger when my 50 died it just was unexpected and I did not have the free $$ to spend on a TV at the time- next one will prob be a 60".

60" is about as big as I'm willing to go.

I don't want to have something too tall for my nifty home theater cabinet i built a ways back

 

[lxskllr]

That looks pretty ghett... um... rustic. I like it. Seriously :^)

 

[mizzou]

That looks pretty ghett... um... rustic. I like it. Seriously :^)

it looks a lot better in person, the camera washed out the color with the flash jumping on the poly coat

it's lovable like an ugly child

 

[sze5003]

it looks a lot better in person, the camera washed out the color with the flash jumping on the poly coat

it's lovable like an ugly child

Better than my tiny coffee table holding up my tv. I wonder if a 42 inch tv would fit on it.

 

[boomhower]

55" and about 12'. Next one will be a 70", 80" if the price comes down to sub $2k in a couple years.

 

[SKORPI0]

55" Panasonic Plasma - 12'
46" Panasonic Plasma 3D - 8-9'
27" 2560x1440 Monitor - 22"-24"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimum_HDTV_viewing_distance

Previous ATOT poll June 2009 - http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=296025

 

[Ventanni]

The perfect size TV is not room dependent, but furniture dependent. If you're bolting the TV to the wall, then bigger the better; size doesn't matter. That's why projectors do just fine. On the other hand, if you're sitting it on top of your entertainment center, then you don't want the TV to look bigger than what it's sitting on. On the same token, you don't want a little TV being setup on top of this grand entertainment center, 'cause that'll look out of place too.

So the question is, how wide is your entertainment center?