More often then not, the wife seems to get the last say in living room and family room environments and does not want to be educated on the matter. This is my most common experience. If I can make the wife happy, and achieve any improvement for the husband / family I usually have to call that...
Interesting philosphy on it. I don't fully subscribe to it though. Customer preferences still have to come first. Your basic numbers you posted seem pretty much in line with the so called guesses most of us use and have come up with as well as the industry guidlines in general. Your spiel is...
I have to admit, it is rare I get to work on dedicated theaters. Most of what I do is help people do the best they can in their living room and family room environments. I can only imagine some of the installs your company has done GeorgeAB.....
I sort of go with Bob's idea.... I try to set people up, so they get a similar equivelent field of view as from the back of a pay movie theater. I even have some rectangles of different sized cardboard to illustrate it to them in their proposed setting.