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Screen size of your main TV
I'm sure i'll be corrected if i'm wrong but after reading on this forum and a few others, that people seem to be going for a 55" screen or over as their main TV. Is 55 the new 40/46" ?.
What size screen do you have as your main TV in your sitting room ?. Just curious* Thanks for any/all replies. |
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Currently it is 32 and I think this is as far as I will ever go.These 46...55 are just ridiculous sizes, you need to have a barn for TVs this big.
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Currently it is 32 and I think this is as far as I will ever go.These 46...55 are just ridiculous sizes, you need to have a barn for TVs this big.
I split my viewing between two screens, 50"/100". |
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I have my LG 50 inch in my bedroom as its my TV.
The main one in the Lounge is 37 inch. The other one is an old CRT Toshiba 32 inch. My monitor is 24 inch which has HDMI. Also have a 7 inch portable digital TV to. |
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If you are viewing HD then the viewing distances for these size TV's are minimal, around 8ft for 55", so even an average room would accommodate a TV of this size. The deciding factor is whether the consumer wants the TV to be discrete or a feature, not room size.
I split my viewing between two screens, 50"/100". |
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43" Samsung Plasma in Main Room
32" Toshiba LCD in Bedroom Sweeeeet...!!! |
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My only telly in the world, let alone calling it main, is a 23.2" 4:3 CRT Toshiba 2512 DB screen-as-monitor giving 21.6" viewing experience when watching widescreen.
In the bedroom I only listen using TVOnics MFR-300 as a tuner conected to the Line In on my radio. |
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26 inches. Most sitting rooms look ridiculous with huge televisions dominating the room when no one had televisions when the house was built.
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26 inches. Most sitting rooms look ridiculous with huge televisions dominating the room when no one had televisions when the house was built.
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40" in the sitting room. But will certainly go bigger on next replacement.
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26 inches. Most sitting rooms look ridiculous with huge televisions dominating the room when no one had televisions when the house was built.
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42 inch Panasonic plasma.
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It would be good to get a post or posts from TV installers to see if most people are indeed buying larger screen sizes or what they think is the average screen size that people are going for nowadays
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Currently it is 32 and I think this is as far as I will ever go.These 46...55 are just ridiculous sizes, you need to have a barn for TVs this big.
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50 inch LG, in Lounge, 42inch samsung in bedroom on wall, 32 inch digihome for xbox + ps3
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40 inch Sony. From 12 feet most HD looks excellent, good SD (DVD/BBC4) looks quite acceptable but Sky news looks like it it has been shot through a sweaty sock!
The EBU SD recommended domestic viewing distance is 9X picture height (about 4.5 times widescreen screen size) at that distance pictures should be "acceptable to an average viewer", (EBU grade 3). Although it was set in the 4x3 analogue era, because viewers are fussier than they used to be it still is a good guide. In a civilized home your TV should never be larger than your bookcase. |
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40 inch Sony. From 12 feet most HD looks excellent, good SD (DVD/BBC4) looks quite acceptable but Sky news looks like it it has been shot through a sweaty sock!
The EBU SD recommended domestic viewing distance is 9X picture height (about 4.5 times widescreen screen size) at that distance pictures should be "acceptable to an average viewer", (EBU grade 3). Although it was set in the 4x3 analogue era, because viewers are fussier than they used to be it still is a good guide. In a civilized home your TV should never be larger than your bookcase. I watch a 50" plasma at that distance and while the SD pictures are quite acceptable, HD is noticeably better. Unless we move to a house with a very small lounge I doubt I'll ever go for anything with a smaller screen than 50". |
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80 cm / 32"
It doubles as my desktop PC monitor so naturally I sit only about 1-1.5m away from it. |
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Was 32" till today, replaced it with a 40"
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People really underestimate how big they can go. I watch a 42 inch tv at just over 7ft/2metres which is perfect, a lot of people would be happy with a much smaller screen though. But you don't know what you're missing until you experience it.
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It would be nice if TVs gave you the option to only use a part of the screen. That way you could watch a smaller image for SD and a bigger one for HD.
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47" in lounge, 42" in bedroom, 19" in kitchen.
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Unfortunately with a 40" TV at 12 ft, although SD will look good I'd say HD would be a waste unless your eyesight is extremely good.
I watch a 50" plasma at that distance and while the SD pictures are quite acceptable, HD is noticeably better. Unless we move to a house with a very small lounge I doubt I'll ever go for anything with a smaller screen than 50". |
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42" in the living room, will probably go bigger when it's replaced.
32" in the bedroom, wouldn't bother with a bigger one. |
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It would be nice if TVs gave you the option to only use a part of the screen. That way you could watch a smaller image for SD and a bigger one for HD.
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