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1.5 screen widths viewing distance - my experience
HI,
Just wanted to relate an HD experience I had last night...
Usually, I sit about 2.5 screen widths away from my 61" Samsung DLP. I find this to be a decent viewing distance that also allows me to set up my living room for living and movie viewing.
Last night though, after reading a lot of comments about viewing distance in this forum, I measured out 1.5 screens widths (approx 84") and set up one of my Ekornes stressless chairs at that distance to watch Shrek 3.
OK, I could have found a better film story wise but from that distance viewed at 1080i, it really was an immersive experience. Very "Theater like" in that the screen engaged your peripheral vision while watching the film. Detail and textures were incredible. IT also really added to the 3 dimensionality of the picture; being that close, I was able to read background signs and other minutia that was to small to see at 2.5 distance.
I have never done this with SD DVD so have no basis for comparison but I have certainly noticed pixelization at 2.5 screen distances so I can only imagine it would be considerably worse at 1.5. Probably unwatchable actually.
I would not want to sit that close all the time, but if you want a really immersive home theater experience and a great test of your display and the capabilities of your display device, I highly recommend this experiment.
Hoping this convinces more members to try 1.5...
Dave
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Like watching film; Total emersion and no visible flaws.
