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Recommend me a TV < $2000

What's your viewing distance? Room conditions? Ambient lighting? Quality of the source material you'll be watching most often?
 
viewing distance would be ~15'
room isn't too hot or warm -- "room temperature" seems to fit the description well
lighting...hmm... not all lights are installed yet
generally just tv from satellite.



it's for my uncle. he showed me his new place, where he planned to put the tv and asked me to help him out deciding. From the number of lights he bought, having too little lighting is no real issue. (He's still fixing up his place)
 
err, sorry. 15' max.

he explained to me how he wanted to set everything up, and i was thinking about the distance from the expected tv position and furthest couch away.

the closest would be ~7'

the largest couch would be somewhere between 7 - 10' away.



given the setup, front projection is a no go.
 
OK, for a viewing distance of 7-10', you're good with something between like 60" and 90" or so, ideally.

Viewing Distance Calculator

Perhaps a bit smaller with your source material.

The Toshiba 57H83 is a good place to start. There's also the 64" Pioneer from Costco.
 
Originally posted by: Apex
OK, for a viewing distance of 7-10', you're good with something between like 60" and 90" or so, ideally.

Viewing Distance Calculator

Perhaps a bit smaller with your source material.

The Toshiba 57H83 is a good place to start. There's also the 64" Pioneer from Costco.
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Not so sure about your calculator. I put in 8", which is a very small childs room, and it wants a 59" screen minimum. Put in 14" which is where I'm just fine with 50" but it wants a minimum of 103". This is for the blind or "ideally" as you'd say.🙂
 
Originally posted by: Zebo
Originally posted by: Apex
OK, for a viewing distance of 7-10', you're good with something between like 60" and 90" or so, ideally.

Viewing Distance Calculator

Perhaps a bit smaller with your source material.

The Toshiba 57H83 is a good place to start. There's also the 64" Pioneer from Costco.
Click to expand...

Not so sure about your calculator. I put in 8", which is a very small childs room, and it wants a 59" screen minimum. Put in 14" which is where I'm just fine with 50" but it wants a minimum of 103". This is for the blind or "ideally" as you'd say.🙂
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fyi a double quote after a number means inches, a singlequote after a number means feet.
 
Originally posted by: Zebo
Originally posted by: Apex
OK, for a viewing distance of 7-10', you're good with something between like 60" and 90" or so, ideally.

Viewing Distance Calculator

Perhaps a bit smaller with your source material.

The Toshiba 57H83 is a good place to start. There's also the 64" Pioneer from Costco.
Click to expand...

Not so sure about your calculator. I put in 8", which is a very small childs room, and it wants a 59" screen minimum. Put in 14" which is where I'm just fine with 50" but it wants a minimum of 103". This is for the blind or "ideally" as you'd say.🙂
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It's simply a guide. THX corporation poured millions and millions into researching what gave the biggest cross-section of people the most enjoyable, immersive big screen experience. They came up with an optimal viewing angle of 36 degrees. This means, when you have a high quality source material, the right size screen that will really draw you into the movie, while still allowing you to see all of the action roughly takes up 36 degrees of your vision.

Now, different people have different preferences. Just take a look at your local theater. Some people like to sit way in the front, others like the nosebleeds. However, in general, the middle tends to fill up the quickest.

In general, it's best to start off at this 36 degree angle. Then see what you're comfortable with, with respect to your viewing source material. With lower quality source material, you can compensate by reducing the size of the screen, so you don't see the defects. With a higher quality HDTV source material, you can increase the relative size.

For DVD material, I find I sit about 11' from a 100" 16:9 screen, which is almost exactly 36 degrees.

Because of the many compromises we often need in our viewing room (ie. poor source material, limited budget, wife acceptance factor, etc), we get used to a smaller than prefered picture.
 
Originally posted by: Zebo
Originally posted by: Apex
OK, for a viewing distance of 7-10', you're good with something between like 60" and 90" or so, ideally.

Viewing Distance Calculator

Perhaps a bit smaller with your source material.

The Toshiba 57H83 is a good place to start. There's also the 64" Pioneer from Costco.
Click to expand...

Not so sure about your calculator. I put in 8", which is a very small childs room, and it wants a 59" screen minimum. Put in 14" which is where I'm just fine with 50" but it wants a minimum of 103". This is for the blind or "ideally" as you'd say.🙂
Click to expand...

Yeah that calculator is bonkers...it decided that optimally for a 10 foot viewing distance I need a 80" TV....just slightly insane =p

 
Originally posted by: TekDemon

Yeah that calculator is bonkers...it decided that optimally for a 10 foot viewing distance I need a 80" TV....just slightly insane =p
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That's not bonkers. It just means your personal preference is small. It's much the same thing people said about 17" monitors when 14" were standard.
 
Your uncle can always do what one of my co-workers did...pick up an HP Vp6120 projector from Newegg.com for about $1700 and turn his empty wall into a 140" HDTV that the whole neighborhood can watch from the street 🙂

D
 
Originally posted by: DCFife
Your uncle can always do what one of my co-workers did...pick up an HP Vp6120 projector from Newegg.com for about $1700 and turn his empty wall into a 140" HDTV that the whole neighborhood can watch from the street 🙂

D
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Agreed, digital projection is the way to go..
 
Originally posted by: Asharus
Originally posted by: DCFife
Your uncle can always do what one of my co-workers did...pick up an HP Vp6120 projector from Newegg.com for about $1700 and turn his empty wall into a 140" HDTV that the whole neighborhood can watch from the street 🙂

D
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Agreed, digital projection is the way to go..
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Oh, and I forgot to mention that it weighs under 7 pounds...negative aspect to it all is the $500+ lamp replacement cost. My co-worker has had his for just over two months with LOTS of usage and I'm waiting to see how long those lamps last.
 
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