1.5 screen widths is a nice compromise between immersion and a soft image with high quality NTSC sources (DVD), and is a defacto average seating distance for home theater applications. This translates into the following viewing distances:
Diagonal -> seating distance
42" -> 55"
50" -> 66"
60" -> 79"
70" -> 92"
Relevant foot notes:
1. This is about 1% closer than you are to the screen in the last row of a THX movie theater meeting the 36 degree subtended field of vision recomendation. You need to think in terms of small movies screens not big TVs.
2. This is why one-piece consumer televisions are inappropriate for most home theater installations.
Diagonal -> seating distance
42" -> 55"
50" -> 66"
60" -> 79"
70" -> 92"
Relevant foot notes:
1. This is about 1% closer than you are to the screen in the last row of a THX movie theater meeting the 36 degree subtended field of vision recomendation. You need to think in terms of small movies screens not big TVs.
2. This is why one-piece consumer televisions are inappropriate for most home theater installations.