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Hanson Yoo · 04-08-2003, 10:33 AM

I have heard of people buying smaller and regretting not going bigger, but aside from the dude who bought a set too big to move into his apt, I've never heard of someone buying bigger and regretting not going smaller. There are some formulas about screen height and viewing distance that say 9.5' is too close, but those rules were for SD sets. Line doubling (standard in HD sets) allows you to sit much closer. Here is a table to gauge HD viewing distance. So 57" at 9.5' is fine. You could get away with 65" at that distance. The general rule of thumb with HD sets is to get as big as you can afford/accomodate. Don't worry about viewing distances anymore.

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04-08-2003, 10:33 AM	#5 of 7
Hanson Yoo Member Join Date: Nov 1998 Local Time: 05:33 AM Local Date: 11-23-2008 Posts: 2,150	I have heard of people buying smaller and regretting not going bigger, but aside from the dude who bought a set too big to move into his apt, I've never heard of someone buying bigger and regretting not going smaller. There are some formulas about screen height and viewing distance that say 9.5' is too close, but those rules were for SD sets. Line doubling (standard in HD sets) allows you to sit much closer. Here is a table to gauge HD viewing distance. So 57" at 9.5' is fine. You could get away with 65" at that distance. The general rule of thumb with HD sets is to get as big as you can afford/accomodate. Don't worry about viewing distances anymore. Getting out of jury duty is easy. The trick is to say you're prejudiced against all races. AI Blog and Separated at Birth page