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i also think it depends on the size of the room. Anything bigger than what I got would not fit/look good at all. Living room is a little small and wierd shaped, kind of like an L.
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We have a 50" Samsung DLP (not sure on the model) and its great. DLP is probably the best value and its still great quality. We got ours a year ago and i know i love it.
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Originally posted by elraido:
i also think it depends on the size of the room. Anything bigger than what I got would not fit/look good at all. Living room is a little small and wierd shaped, kind of like an L.
Size of the room is a bigger deal than most people think.
The optimum viewing distance for a huge 62" TV is a whopping 15 feet away. Any closer than probably about 12 feet and you're gonna get an image that looks worse than standard television. DLP is particularly susceptible to this. Many people don't have room where that's even possible.
But cut that down to about 50", still a large TV, and you can get down to an 8-10' optimal viewing distance; something that most people are going to have in their rooms.
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According to THX recommendations, for a 60" wide aspect screen, 7.8ft is the optimal viewing distance for 1080 HD content. My couch is just over 8' from my screen, and my eyes are happy. =]
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This is my 1080p LCD setup in the family room. I dont have a picture of the Plasma upstairs yet. 
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Originally posted by chemguru:
According to THX recommendations, for a 60" wide aspect screen, 7.8ft is the optimal viewing distance for 1080 HD content. My couch is just over 8' from my screen, and my eyes are happy. =]
THX's recommendations are slightly faulty when reduced to the average TV-sized level. If you took them literally, the maximum viewing distance for your average 27" television would be just 3 feet for HD content. But try doing that yourself; you probably won't like it at all, and it surely won't be optimum.
THX numbers are not necessarily the "best" for picture quality, but the point at which you no longer start to lose detail in your picture. The two don't go hand-in-hand, you have to sacrifice some image detail for the best picture. If you're sitting just 8 feet away from a 60" TV you aren't losing any detail in the picture, but it's not the best looking picture you can have. The bare minimum for image appearance is two times the width of the screen, which would be 10 feet for a 60" screen, 15 feet would be the preferable distance.
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