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I have seen formulas for screen size referenced in postings at www.avsforum.com. I take these as guidelines rather than gospel.
In my own case, I want an immersive, theater experience in my HT. I sit about 11' away from my TV and am in the process of replacing a 61" TV with a 71" set. The 61" set looked really big when I first got it, but over time it shrank! Figuratively speaking of course, but I found that I got used to the 61" screen size and eventually wanted a larger TV.
I haven't set up the 71" set yet (it just arrived yesterday), but in no way did I feel the 61" set viewed at 11' was anything like the first 2 rows of a theater. For one thing, I look directly at the screen, I don't look up like in a theater.
As an aside, I have a 50" HDTV in the bedroom. When we're lying in bed and watching the set, we're about 12' - 13' away. I find the 50" screen size more than adequate in that situation, because in the bedroom we're watching TV versus immersing ourselves in a HT audio / video environment.
Bruce
I have seen formulas for screen size referenced in postings at www.avsforum.com. I take these as guidelines rather than gospel.
In my own case, I want an immersive, theater experience in my HT. I sit about 11' away from my TV and am in the process of replacing a 61" TV with a 71" set. The 61" set looked really big when I first got it, but over time it shrank! Figuratively speaking of course, but I found that I got used to the 61" screen size and eventually wanted a larger TV.
I haven't set up the 71" set yet (it just arrived yesterday), but in no way did I feel the 61" set viewed at 11' was anything like the first 2 rows of a theater. For one thing, I look directly at the screen, I don't look up like in a theater.
As an aside, I have a 50" HDTV in the bedroom. When we're lying in bed and watching the set, we're about 12' - 13' away. I find the 50" screen size more than adequate in that situation, because in the bedroom we're watching TV versus immersing ourselves in a HT audio / video environment.
Bruce