RP How big? (1 Viewer)

[Mark James]

Is there any rules of thumb for how big of an RPTV screen one should consider based on the viewing distance from the screen?

 

[Drew Eckhardt]

With progressive scan, a seating distance of 1.5-2X screen width works well for DVDs.

4:3 diagonals are 5/4 width; 16:9 diagonals are 18/16 width so diagonal measurements which meet this would be .625-.825X seating distance for 4:3 sets, and .563-.743X seating distance for 16:9.

For contemporary domestic arrangements, this probably means "as big as you can afford."

Interlaced NTSC gets unwatchable on much smaller screens.