What size of TV have you got now as your main one?

NIMAN

Over recent years I have moved from 37" to 43" and thats plenty big enough for me.

I always remember a chart showing viewing distance and screen size, and how some people would be mocked for having a 49" TV in a 10ft x 10ft living room. To be fair, I have been in quite a few homes like that, and found it daft looking.

However, recent years and a lot of posts on this forum from people getting quotes for TVs, it would appear we now have a section of TV viewers who are now sitting with 55" - 60" TVs at home!

Now for me, unless you have a massive living room, these must look ridiculous. Anyone here got one this size or bigger?

slave1

65” TV and 120” projector screen from 15 feet, changing to 70” TV and 136” projector screen, if you can get the picture quality then why not?

mossym

i think a 43" looks daft as a main tv, so it's all a matter of preference.

no tv in my main room, 120" fixed screen for a projector. 48" and a 42" in other rooms

DellyBelly

Snipped by Moderator, Off-topic trolling not welcome here.

mossym

ah screw it not feeding the troll. message deleted

slave1

I can't seem to edit my post, it's 12ft not 15ft

_Brian

32”, I think it’s about 14years old Samsung. Cost something like €800 at the time.

Tv is a very small portion of our lives so it’s not being changed until it stops.

beertons

32inch. Upgraded it last year from a 28. It's big enough.

Sleeper12

65" TV. 22 foot long sitting room. Plan on going up to 85" in the next year or so

rustynutz

I have an old rear projection Sony Bravia 50" that I bought 12 years ago, it hasn't given any bother and I find the picture quality great for what it is, it's great how cheap these big screens have become, I paid nearly 2k for mine. When it gives up the battle, I will go at least 55 inch, at 500-600 quid, why not!

AndyBoBandy

When living in my mothers house (converted attic) - Sanyo 32” Plasma

When moved into rented house - Samsung 40” LED

When moved into own house - Samsung 55” LED
Above 40” is now in the bedroom

JamBur

42" tv in the living room for day today use. 100" drop down projector screen for movies/big sports events.

Cupra280

40" Samsung 200Hz, upgraded from 32" Phillips about 3 years ago.

TV is physically the same size, so that is the only reason. 40" will be the limit to the available room, I think.

Skatedude

105 inch projector for main room, 3x42inch for the gamerig and 50 inch for bedroom tv.

Teyla Emmagan

Zero TV. Personally I think big TVs are very naff.

The Ritz

Kitchen, 32” Samsung, sitting room 42” Panasonic plasma, dedicated cinema room 100” fixed screen (Harkness Hall), Sony VPL HW45ES. Researching upgrade to 4K but not in a hurry.

Dakota Dan

50 inch 4K, thank god for Netflix f all on sky these days, not that I spend too much time watching television.

colm_mcm

49" 4K but it's a big room and doesn't look out of place.
Hardly gets used except for cartoons and YouTube

mossym

The Ritz wrote: »

. Researching upgrade to 4K but not in a hurry.

just made the jump, well psuedo. jvc 7900. not true 4k but i valued the better contrast ratio and HDR over the native 4k of the sony. not been disappointed yet. you;re welcome to have a look if ever down the midwest

The Ritz

Cheers for the invitation, I'm considering the Sony VPL-VW260ES as the logical (albeit significant €€) step-up from the 45ES. The entry level DLP 4k projectors (Optoma UHD series and forthcoming Benq W1700) are attractive but I've gotten used to comparatively better black levels and far lower noise in the Sony.

Appreciate the offer, if I'm going down that way I'll give you a shout in advance - equally if you're going to be in Dublin with time to spare, drop me a PM in advance, you'd be welcome.


Cheers,

Ritz.

Note: Apologies to the thread for the slightly off-topic diversion !

59" 1080 plasma from 2011

The 49" 4k gets more use in the family room though.

Calibos

Living Room - 55" 4K LG LED LCD bought on Black Friday mounted over Fireplace + 120" Projected image from 2200 Lumen Epson 1080p PJ on another wall. No screen atm Just project on Magnolia wall and it still looks great

Kitchen - 42" 11 year old 720p Panny Plasma still showing a beautiful picture all these years later

Bedroom 1 - 42" 11 year old 720p Panny Plasma still showing a beautiful picture all these years later

Bedroom 2 - 50" 6 year old 720p Panny Plasma

Bedroom 3 - 37" 11 year old 720p Panny Plasma still showing a beautiful picture all these years later

Bedroom 4 - 40" 5 year old 1080p LG LCD

Bedroom 5 - 60 ft iMax 200 seater Cinema (Oculus Rift Virtual Reality Headset )

I'll have first watch of blockbuster movies and event Tv Shows on the 55" or Projector downstairs but will happily watch second watch or anything else in the Virtual Cinema. Scale makes up for the lack of resolution. However, in Gen 2 or 3 VR when VR HMD's have the resolution required and positional audio capable of replicating Virtual Cinema Multichannel and with the addition of a bass shaker under the seat......OH BOY!!

I do have an LG 34" Curved Ultrawide (21:9) Physical Monitor in this room also.

Irish_rat

Upgraded from a 43" to a 49". Size wise practically the same as very little frame on the new one.

My sitting room is on the small size but I don't think it looks out of place, fits into the alcove fine. Viewing about 8ft away from the screen

Kitchen is a wall mounted 32" which is enough.

Rubberchikken

Only 1. In the sitting room. Its a 32in samsung. Got it on amazon maybe 4 years ago. Good deal. Probably a bit small for room - room is 16ft by 16ft roughly but good screen/picture quality. Only thing watched on it is the odd boxset and netflix.

rednik

LG OLED 55 in the TV room and a JVC X5500 in the cinema room. The picture quality from the OLED is stunning, they are not cheap but well worth it in my opinion.

slave1

rednik wrote: »

LG OLED 55 in the TV room and a JVC X5500 in the cinema room. The picture quality from the OLED is stunning, they are not cheap but well worth it in my opinion.

Are they? I'm undecided between moving from 65" to 75" LCD or waiting a bit longer for a 65" OLED, hmmmm

byte

rednik wrote: »

LG OLED 55 in the TV room and a JVC X5500 in the cinema room. The picture quality from the OLED is stunning, they are not cheap but well worth it in my opinion.

Have to say, the PQ on the LG OLED is fantastic!

I'm dreading my faithful Panasonic plasma dying, but when it does, the OLED's seem the nearest in PQ that I've seen so far. I'm hoping they'll drop further in price as the tech catches on some more.

rednik

slave1 wrote: »

Are they? I'm undecided between moving from 65" to 75" LCD or waiting a bit longer for a 65" OLED, hmmmm

They are indeed. If you haven't checked them out already you should do so when you can. I bought mine for Sky Q UHD and I all I can say is the picture quality is perfect, the best I have ever seen. You can wait forever and it gets harder as each year new models come out. When I bought the set in 2016 LG were the only realistic choice with regards to OLED but now most companies are releasing OLED sets so the choice is even greater.

Alkers

42" in the kitchen/dining/living and then a 120" drop down projector screen in the sitting room