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Room size and TV size...

  • 30-04-2009 08:18PM
    #1
    jackdaw
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,788 ✭✭✭


    Hi
    My living room is 3.1m X 3.3m ...

    I'll be sitting approx 2.2m - 2.4m from the TV ....

    what screen size is ideal ?

    is there a formula to follow ?


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  • #2
    jackdaw
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,788 ✭✭✭jackdaw


    Well i see the formula is 2.5 times the screen size ... so 37" should be the ideal size....

    but i suppose i could stretch that to 42" ?


  • #3
    akaSol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 717 ✭✭✭akaSol


    jackdaw wrote: »
    Well i see the formula is 2.5 times the screen size ... so 37" should be the ideal size....

    but i suppose i could stretch that to 42" ?

    Sit further back ? (LOL)

    Actually its more of guide, as with most things its down to preference not what the math says.

    If you want a 40"/42" (and can afford it) then get one.

    >Sol


  • #4
    jackdaw
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,788 ✭✭✭jackdaw


    So 42" won't be way too big for a room that size ?


  • #5
    akaSol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 717 ✭✭✭akaSol


    Na, but its close to its upper limit if your putting it in the corner.
    Next question is on the wall?
    Well I have seen 52" screens in 3.5msq rooms. That looks a bit out of place let me tell you. My current room would fit a 50" but its sheer over kill.

    Still......;)

    >Sol


  • #6
    jackdaw
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,788 ✭✭✭jackdaw


    akaSol wrote: »
    Na, but its close to its upper limit if your putting it in the corner.
    Next question is on the wall?
    Well I have seen 52" screens in 3.5msq rooms. That looks a bit out of place let me tell you. My current room would fit a 50" but its sheer over kill.

    Still......;)

    >Sol

    its not on the wall ... but the distance is 2.2 - 2.4 meters from viewing point...
    I think 42 might be just too big for this ... 40 max ... 37 perfect...


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  • #7
    akaSol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 717 ✭✭✭akaSol


    Just a cautionary note, some 37" tvs are cut down 40" Panels.
    What ever your buying look at the same series in 40" and 32" if its close to the 32"'s contrast ratio rather than the 40" it's a cut panel.
    (Actual not fracking dynamic)

    >Sol


  • #8
    jackdaw
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,788 ✭✭✭jackdaw


    cheers!!


  • #9
    jackdaw
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,788 ✭✭✭jackdaw


    Its the SAMSUNG LE37B651 ... all it says for contrast ratio is ULtra contrast ... same for the 32" version...

    ??


  • #10
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,339 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    It all depends on whether you want to be able to discern the extra detail available in HD or not.

    You have to sit a lot closer than most people think, for your eyes to be able to resolve the detail in an HD picture:

    resolution_chart.jpg
    http://www.hdtvtest.co.uk/Article/How-Far-Should-I-Sit.php

    At 2.4m you are going to want a 50", not 42"

    I was going to get a 42" for a seating distance of 2.5m before I read up on the topic, so I ended up getting a 50" plasma and am so glad I did. The wife was dead against it and thought 42' was too big for the room, so I went and ordered the 50" anyway. :rolleyes:

    Once she saw it though, all objections vanished. :D


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