Ken_Falk
Auditioning
- Joined
- Dec 23, 2002
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Well, I hit enter a little too early on my first post. So...we'll try this again.
I need some advise regarding the purchase of a large screen RPTV for our home theater system. The home theater is located in a finished basement. The current set-up features a 27" Sony Trinitron that will soon be re-located to the family room. As we have center beam dividing the room, the rough dimensions of area that we use for the Home Theater set-up is roughly 20' x 10'. Current viewing distance is about 8' from the Sony. We have flexibility to push the seating back to the full 20 feet if needed.
Moving from a 27 inch set almost anything we buy will look huge. My wife really likes the look of the 64 - 65 inch sets that we have seen. I am not sure whether this would whether we would be better off with a 57 inch. Is there a general rule of thumb in terms of screen size and viewing distance?
Out of the models that we have seen(65 inch), the Toshiba 65HDX82 and Hitachi 65TWX20B are under strong consideration. I can get what appears to be a great price for the Toshiba ($2853). The Hitachi is running considerably more ($3500). Am I comparing apples to apples in terms of models from each manufacturer or is there a more direct comparisson?
It has been difficult for me to distinguish in terms of quality as the only sets I have seen are running HDTV signals, DVD or Digital signal via Satellite. My only observation is that the Toshiba stretch modes appeare to be a bit better (less abnormal looking) that the Hitachi.
Again, feedback, advise and opinions from forum members with much more knowledge and experience than I will be appreciated.
Thanks,
Ken
I need some advise regarding the purchase of a large screen RPTV for our home theater system. The home theater is located in a finished basement. The current set-up features a 27" Sony Trinitron that will soon be re-located to the family room. As we have center beam dividing the room, the rough dimensions of area that we use for the Home Theater set-up is roughly 20' x 10'. Current viewing distance is about 8' from the Sony. We have flexibility to push the seating back to the full 20 feet if needed.
Moving from a 27 inch set almost anything we buy will look huge. My wife really likes the look of the 64 - 65 inch sets that we have seen. I am not sure whether this would whether we would be better off with a 57 inch. Is there a general rule of thumb in terms of screen size and viewing distance?
Out of the models that we have seen(65 inch), the Toshiba 65HDX82 and Hitachi 65TWX20B are under strong consideration. I can get what appears to be a great price for the Toshiba ($2853). The Hitachi is running considerably more ($3500). Am I comparing apples to apples in terms of models from each manufacturer or is there a more direct comparisson?
It has been difficult for me to distinguish in terms of quality as the only sets I have seen are running HDTV signals, DVD or Digital signal via Satellite. My only observation is that the Toshiba stretch modes appeare to be a bit better (less abnormal looking) that the Hitachi.
Again, feedback, advise and opinions from forum members with much more knowledge and experience than I will be appreciated.
Thanks,
Ken