You can generally sit closer to an HD set of a given size than you could to an SD set of the same size because of the improved picture quality. Scan lines and other flaws in an SD image are more visible the closer you are. After my last move I ended up watching my 10 year old SD Toshiba 56" widescreen CRT RPTV from about 7 feet instead of the 15 to 20 to I'd watched from in my previous two residences. It looked like hell, and not just because it was getting old. I replaced it with the JVC HD-ILA described above, which is
also 56" and to me it is certainly not too big. It looks great and is more "enveloping" when watching movies. (Spent the last two nights watching my new
Star Wars DVDs.
Return of the Jedi is on the menu for tonight.
) And the picture, especially with HD material, stands up to scrutiny from this distance. (He said, watching an HD football game as he types.
)
My set, the 720p 56" HD-ILA, is on sale now at Best Buy for under $1899.
Regards,
Joe