How Far Away Do You Sit From Your Telly?

[Digger]

Mick Dastardly said:

65” telly and sit 3.9m away, which is just about perfect for me.

The charts from the RTing's link above would have you believe you should have bought a 86" or larger telly

[Pookie123]

Digger said:

I'm going to blue tac up some string later this evening

Thanks for the replies so far Gents

If you go on Amazon you can see what the tv looks like in your room. Pretty handy.

[number2]

77inch tv, and my eyes are 2.8m away.

Could easily be closer but this works well in the room.

With 4k viewing distances aren't the issue they used to be.

[Timothy Bucktu]

65" OLED about 2.3m away. I have enough room for 75" which I will get next...but not for a good few years hopefully. Bigger is always better, as long at its flat against a wall. Big TVs in corners or bolted above the fireplace just look stupid.

[Digger]

Pookie123 said:

Digger said:

I'm going to blue tac up some string later this evening

Thanks for the replies so far Gents

If you go on Amazon you can see what the tv looks like in your room. Pretty handy.

Yeah tried that before - it sort of works but not going to rely on it

[Digger]

Timothy Bucktu said:

65" OLED about 2.3m away. I have enough room for 75" which I will get next...but not for a good few years hopefully. Bigger is always better, as long at its flat against a wall. Big TVs in corners or bolted above the fireplace just look stupid.

I'm guessing it seemed too big initially or did you find that to be comfortable viewing right from the off?

[Techno9000]

A sensible screen size is often restricted by the distance from which it can be viewed from, too near and the lack of resolution is obvious. HD and latterly 4k makes all the difference these days, however when we watch SD sources even quality upscaling has its limitations and, if you are sitting close, the end result is a very unsatisfactory picture.

The size of TV screens available at reasonable cost in the last few years has grown and there has been a desire by many to go really big, but our typical UK sized rooms haven't grown any and the number of times a really suitable space for that super sized screen is few.

For me the sweet spot of general TV viewing is a 43", when seated 3 - 4m from the screen. HD looks great, SD ok, and it doesn't dominate the room. However, the downside is it's not cinematic, and for that (at 4m viewing distance) you need a very large screen, say 80 - 90" and preferably a projector, a hidden screen and a 4k source.

[parabolica]

55” QLED and about 3m; perfect for me. In my last place I had my projector set up giving a 120” picture at about 5-6m and I loved it but I did find myself having to actively look around to see everything. Was awesome for gaming though.

[Fas1975]

85” at 3m led screen. Was on a Black Friday deal last year at richer sounds. https://pro.sony/en_GB/products/pro-displays/fwd-8...

[abzmike]

60" Sony LED at 5.5m... Clearly woefully inadequate. Nearly 9 years old, but still fine - But I wouldn't be gutted if it broke and provided an upgrading opportunity.

[Timothy Bucktu]

Digger said:

Timothy Bucktu said:

65" OLED about 2.3m away. I have enough room for 75" which I will get next...but not for a good few years hopefully. Bigger is always better, as long at its flat against a wall. Big TVs in corners or bolted above the fireplace just look stupid.

I'm guessing it seemed too big initially or did you find that to be comfortable viewing right from the off?

Loved it right from day one. I've got a 7.2 sound system, and it's arguably better than a cinema.

[Granadier]

Back in the days when TV screens were much smaller, I used to wonder why it was OK to have your eyes 40cm away from a computer screen, but you had to sit across the room from a TV screen of about the same size.

[fatjon]

75" at 4.5m

[Harpoon]

32" at.... 3.5m! No wonder I've been recently thinking captions and sports scores are getting hard to read!

[Griffith4ever]

Digger said:

Mick Dastardly said:

65” telly and sit 3.9m away, which is just about perfect for me.

The charts from the RTing's link above would have you believe you should have bought a 86" or larger telly

Well, I do sit 3.6m away from a 135" projected screen :-P (and the same distance to a 65" TV)

[Nomme de Plum]

This is useful


https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/by-size/size-to-...

[Deranged Rover]

65" here and I sit around 20 feet away.

[Digger]

Harpoon said:

32" at.... 3.5m! No wonder I've been recently thinking captions and sports scores are getting hard to read!

See Dicky's post above with the glasses

[dickymint]

Digger said:

Harpoon said:

32" at.... 3.5m! No wonder I've been recently thinking captions and sports scores are getting hard to read!

See Dicky's post above with the glasses

I'm seriously thinking of getting a pair

[Alex Z]

Our settee is at one end of the living room and 55” tv at the other, so probably 15 feet away.
A 65” would be a bit better but the current one is just fine.