Here's an Excel spreadsheet that helps you calculate optimum distance. - jeffreybehr - Video Asylum

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Here's an Excel spreadsheet that helps you calculate optimum distance.

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In Reply to: Optimum viewing distance for 42" plasma? posted by Funky Bob on February 24, 2010 at 23:08:13:

My 96"-wide (NOT diagonal) screen sits 10-1/2 feet from my nose and provides a 42-degree viewing angle. I use an Epson 1080UB projector, and I LOVE the immersion in the movie I feel with that wide a view.
So-called hi-def TV does not look as good as images from HD DVDs and Blus, the former having too much motion artifacts to look good.
One thing I love about the accessibility of the projector...

...and its lens-length range is that I can simply zoom Panavision-ratio movies to fill the screen, and they look GREAT. Another delight is being able to zoom football broadcasts to get rid of the useless portion of the screen that's above or below the virtually-always-there game-score line.
My last TV was a 67-inch-diagonal single-DLP Samsung. It looked plenty good, but I wanted bigger, so I bought the Epson projector and initially an 80"-diagonal screen. That evolved into the 8'-wide monster I now have and love watching.
Sit close; see a LOT!

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Edits: 03/02/10

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Topic - Optimum viewing distance for 42" plasma? - Funky Bob 23:08:13 02/24/10 (12)

Here's an Excel spreadsheet that helps you calculate optimum distance. - jeffreybehr 14:42:02 03/01/10 (0)

Time to get specific.. - late 06:08:16 02/28/10 (5)

"I find that 60 inch TVs show off the limitations of the medium." - volunteer 10:46:43 02/28/10 (4)

Ignorance is bliss if you have a large 720p screen. - oscar 05:38:59 03/01/10 (0)

limitations - late 16:34:28 02/28/10 (2)

There are motion artifacts on almost any size screen. - oscar 05:43:35 03/01/10 (0)

RE: limitations - volunteer 05:43:30 03/01/10 (0)

That's about right - Jack G 05:47:25 02/25/10 (2)

RE: That's about right - Hornlover 11:12:53 02/25/10 (1)

You sit 18 feet from a 50" set? (nt) - Jack G 14:31:11 02/25/10 (0)

RE: Optimum viewing distance for 42" plasma? - bassbinotoko 01:40:31 02/25/10 (0)

RE: Optimum viewing distance for 42" plasma? - cfraser 00:00:17 02/25/10 (0)

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Here's an Excel spreadsheet that helps you calculate optimum distance. - jeffreybehr 14:42:02 03/01/10 (0)

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