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Originally Posted by akki007
No. I don't accept that. TV is TV, house size doesn't matter, you don't buy a big TV and sit 50 foot away do you! You buy a TV and sit 8-12 foot away regardless of screen size.
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No, house size definitely does matter. The sofa goes along one wall and the TV goes along the wall opposite. So, if you have a big living room, you need a big TV screen to be able to see it at that distance (or use binoculars). Conversely, in a standard sized living room, sitting too close to a huge screen would be like sitting six rows in front of the first row at the cinema. You'd strain your neck scanning from left to right and up and down and still miss some of the action.
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Originally Posted by royaltiger
My 50" pioneer plasma takes up less space than my old 36" tv, It only sticks out 3" off the wall where the tv was about 60" in depth, If size made no differance we'd still have 12" portable's, Go for it and get one you'll never look back .  |
Ah! More apples and pears!
We're talking about screen dimensions here, the diagonal or viewable area, not the depth, which is the difference between having a CRT and a flat panel display. In your case that's almost 60 inches - five feet - are you sure your old set was that deep?
Of course a flat panel will be a bit further away if it's mounted on the wall so a slightly bigger screen might be of benefit. If you go for a projector screen then you can save on several rolls of wallpaper too!