What size TV is best for my room ?

[Tanis8472]

Try this for size

http://uk.rtings.com/tv/learn/size-to-distance-relationship

 

[screenman]

Whatever size you get it will shrink over time, ours seems to have done so anyway.

 

[Tanis8472]

Happens as you get older

 

[speccy1]

We are having a make-over..............new fire-place, carpets and furniture etc. We are getting rid of the full length stone fire-place which looked good when built in the 80s.........this will give space for a larger TV.
The room is quite large e.g. I tend to sit on the settee......approx. 5 metres from the TV.
Our present TV is good and is 42"
We are thinking 50/55" but its one of those things...........
what if we buy the 55" and find it's too big
What if we buy the 50" and later think we really should have gone bigger
Anyone gone bigger ?? how big ? any opinions ?

The size of the screen doesn`t improve the crap they put on it you know

 

[NorthernDave]

Try this for size

http://uk.rtings.com/tv/learn/size-to-distance-relationship

According to that, if I get a 4K TV I should buy a 75 inch model if I'm sat 7 feet away? That seems a tad excessive

 

[screenman]

My SIL has a 60inch in a small room, to say she is a tad lazy is an understatement, at least she gets some exercise when watching tennis.

 

[Dave7]

55" sounds about right.

Check this out for further information (and reasoning): http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/choosing-the-right-size-tv/

That was very good and answered many of our questions..........thanks.

 

[Dave7]

5m square room will take a 55 easy..
im thinking of doing the same..bored with the fire place i built in 94...
Adams style needed i think...

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WoW.......we must have had the same builder

 

[Dave7]

0 and get your life back and save £145.50

I worked for 50 years. I'm retired. I have time to watch sport & documentaries (I never watch soaps etc.)............I play golf twice a week and cycle when the weather allows, we go walking & bird watching (not twitchers)..........I think I have "a life"

 

[Dave7]

The size of the screen doesn`t improve the crap they put on it you know

Do you have a scientific argument for that i.e. have you put, say a 32" next to a 55" and checked if its the same crap ? You may be surprised

 

[ufkacbln]

Try this for size

http://uk.rtings.com/tv/learn/size-to-distance-relationship

Only goes up to 75"

Samsung now have a 170" TV

 

[ColinJ]

Only goes up to 75"

Samsung now have a 170" TV

If you have a living room the size of Yorkshire then that would make perfect sense!

As for 'What they show on TV is crap' ... That is like being offered a copy of '50 Shades of Grey' and saying that you don't read books, they are all crap. Don't moan about what you don't like, watch what you do like. If you would rather be out doing something else, that is a different matter.

 

[slowmotion]

Optimal screen size is half the distance you are from screen. I am 64 inches and have a 32 inch telly and it works. My dad is 100 inches and has a 50 inch telly. And it works.

There is some science involved but I can't bleedin find it

Crikey! I sit ten feet away from a 22" telly. I think I had better get a telescope.

 

[screenman]

Crikey! I sit ten feet away from a 22" telly. I think I had better get a telescope.

I would need one, rubbish eyesight here.

I am currently sitting 20 foot away from a 46inch.

 

[Dave7]

Decision made. Decided on a 55" Soni with £100 off.
Went back next day to order it only to find...............
another £150 off.
Good result.