How Far Away Do You Sit From Your Telly?
Discussion
32" telly. About six foot away. Just below eye level.
I don't understand why people put them high up on a wall. Unless they watch it standing up, which I doubt. Interestingly, my friend who has the biggest TV has it high up. He likes to smoke marijuana. When one visits, one finds the high-up position of the telly initially uncomfortable, but after a while one begins to succumb to the effect of passive smoking, which causes one to slowly slide from an upright sitting position, to an almost horizontal laid-back pose. At which point the position of the TV becomes perfectly natural.
I don't understand why people put them high up on a wall. Unless they watch it standing up, which I doubt. Interestingly, my friend who has the biggest TV has it high up. He likes to smoke marijuana. When one visits, one finds the high-up position of the telly initially uncomfortable, but after a while one begins to succumb to the effect of passive smoking, which causes one to slowly slide from an upright sitting position, to an almost horizontal laid-back pose. At which point the position of the TV becomes perfectly natural.
dickymint said:
Promised Land said:
WelshRich said:
75” - Proper council size telly but I do sit about 14 feet away from it…
You might think you’re council but you’re the first poster to use the same measurements, every one else is imperial tv size and metric distance. The two should never mix.
My excuse is I use metric only tapes and was too lazy to convert 65" to metric
There are very few people that will sit too close to a TV ... they will be well outside of the SMPTE recomended distances and therefore will have lower viewing angles.
One of the main mistakes and one that ruins TV viewing is the height of the TV. When seated, an adults head is around 1200mm from the floor ... therefore, the centre of a screen (TV or projector screen) should also be 1200mm from the floor so that the viewers are looking at the centre of the screen.
One of the main mistakes and one that ruins TV viewing is the height of the TV. When seated, an adults head is around 1200mm from the floor ... therefore, the centre of a screen (TV or projector screen) should also be 1200mm from the floor so that the viewers are looking at the centre of the screen.
55inch OLED at 3m and, in another room 42inch LCD at 2m. The 55 inch is great. Occasionally I wish I’d bought 65 inch but the extra width would have been awkward to fit in the space. The 42 inch is too small and I’d like a 48inch OLED for best picture quality but am sticking with it as the Panasonic user interface is so good.
JEA1K said:
There are very few people that will sit too close to a TV ... they will be well outside of the SMPTE recomended distances and therefore will have lower viewing angles.
One of the main mistakes and one that ruins TV viewing is the height of the TV. When seated, an adults head is around 1200mm from the floor ... therefore, the centre of a screen (TV or projector screen) should also be 1200mm from the floor so that the viewers are looking at the centre of the screen.
This!One of the main mistakes and one that ruins TV viewing is the height of the TV. When seated, an adults head is around 1200mm from the floor ... therefore, the centre of a screen (TV or projector screen) should also be 1200mm from the floor so that the viewers are looking at the centre of the screen.
So many people spend a fortune on a TV. only to stick it high up on the wall.
Utter durr brains.
Blib said:
JEA1K said:
There are very few people that will sit too close to a TV ... they will be well outside of the SMPTE recomended distances and therefore will have lower viewing angles.
One of the main mistakes and one that ruins TV viewing is the height of the TV. When seated, an adults head is around 1200mm from the floor ... therefore, the centre of a screen (TV or projector screen) should also be 1200mm from the floor so that the viewers are looking at the centre of the screen.
This!One of the main mistakes and one that ruins TV viewing is the height of the TV. When seated, an adults head is around 1200mm from the floor ... therefore, the centre of a screen (TV or projector screen) should also be 1200mm from the floor so that the viewers are looking at the centre of the screen.
So many people spend a fortune on a TV. only to stick it high up on the wall.
Utter durr brains.
Digger said:
Blib said:
JEA1K said:
There are very few people that will sit too close to a TV ... they will be well outside of the SMPTE recomended distances and therefore will have lower viewing angles.
One of the main mistakes and one that ruins TV viewing is the height of the TV. When seated, an adults head is around 1200mm from the floor ... therefore, the centre of a screen (TV or projector screen) should also be 1200mm from the floor so that the viewers are looking at the centre of the screen.
This!One of the main mistakes and one that ruins TV viewing is the height of the TV. When seated, an adults head is around 1200mm from the floor ... therefore, the centre of a screen (TV or projector screen) should also be 1200mm from the floor so that the viewers are looking at the centre of the screen.
So many people spend a fortune on a TV. only to stick it high up on the wall.
Utter durr brains.
that once had a TV above the fireplace) it's a problem easily resolved by tilting the TV down a few degrees. Trigonometry is your friend 
dickymint said:
I'm an engineer (and also a "durr brain" apparently that once had a TV above the fireplace) it's a problem easily resolved by tilting the TV down a few degrees. Trigonometry is your friend
You've got one of those 'flippy-out' sofas! Or, do you have to tilt your head up? that once had a TV above the fireplace) it's a problem easily resolved by tilting the TV down a few degrees. Trigonometry is your friend One way or another, your chin is not horizontal. And, that's just not as comfortable as sitting with the middle of the screen at eye level.
For trigonometry you sacrifice the humanity.
This is why why don't allow engineers to run the world.
Digger said:
Halmyre said:
I was always told you should never be looking up at a TV screen - prevents neck strain?
This should be obvious to a sensible person - yep this is the truth. 
Our main one is at eye level and the wall mounted one, we only ever watch from recliners so we're not looking up at it.
Deep Thought said:
Digger said:
Halmyre said:
I was always told you should never be looking up at a TV screen - prevents neck strain?
This should be obvious to a sensible person - yep this is the truth. Our main one is at eye level and the wall mounted one, we only ever watch from recliners so we're not looking up at it.
I went 5 years with the TV over the fireplace with no aches whatsoever.Well finally it's happened & I've purchased my new telly, & as luck would have it I got super errr lucky & grabbed a bargain.
https://www.theinsidersnet.com/en-gb/campaigns/inf...
I signed up for the LG Insiders campaign not expecting to hear back, not least with a voucher to use on LG's website, but yesterday received an email from The Insiders with a voucher to purchase a 65" C4 at a 50% discount so in the very early hours of this morning, instead of paying over £2.6K, purchased for £1322 . . . Bargain!
Apparently I will have to do some work & write some online reviews as well as a few pieces on my ownership experience etc . . .
I fully intended to buy an end of life 65" C3 from John Lewis & add in their £180 Protect Plus but this was an offer I couldn't refuse.
TV arrives Wednesday & have taken a day's leave for it
https://www.theinsidersnet.com/en-gb/campaigns/inf...
I signed up for the LG Insiders campaign not expecting to hear back, not least with a voucher to use on LG's website, but yesterday received an email from The Insiders with a voucher to purchase a 65" C4 at a 50% discount so in the very early hours of this morning, instead of paying over £2.6K, purchased for £1322 . . . Bargain!
Apparently I will have to do some work & write some online reviews as well as a few pieces on my ownership experience etc . . .
I fully intended to buy an end of life 65" C3 from John Lewis & add in their £180 Protect Plus but this was an offer I couldn't refuse.
TV arrives Wednesday & have taken a day's leave for it
Digger said:
Blib said:
JEA1K said:
There are very few people that will sit too close to a TV ... they will be well outside of the SMPTE recomended distances and therefore will have lower viewing angles.
One of the main mistakes and one that ruins TV viewing is the height of the TV. When seated, an adults head is around 1200mm from the floor ... therefore, the centre of a screen (TV or projector screen) should also be 1200mm from the floor so that the viewers are looking at the centre of the screen.
This!One of the main mistakes and one that ruins TV viewing is the height of the TV. When seated, an adults head is around 1200mm from the floor ... therefore, the centre of a screen (TV or projector screen) should also be 1200mm from the floor so that the viewers are looking at the centre of the screen.
So many people spend a fortune on a TV. only to stick it high up on the wall.
Utter durr brains.
If you are sat bolt upright that is true, if you slump/lie on the sofa with your head leaning back on the cushions, having the screen a bit higher actually works really well.
Obviously not possible for those who bought crap displays like LCD, but for plasma and OLED it works really well. Same for projectors, as long a you get the right screen.
Personally I don't like the look of it room wise, I prefer TVs to be lower and disappear into the room, so keep them really low, probably too low, but when we did a cinema room in our loft and had deep, squishy sofas I actually moved the screen up a good couple of foot so my eyes naturally fell to the middle of the screen. Not pushing your chin into your chest to view it.
So it all depends on what you are sat on.
Anyway, congrats on the new purchase. I love the LG OLEDS, have a been using them since their first 1080p sets came out, now have a 48" C1 in the bedroom and a 55" C2 in the main room. B7 relegated to the games room with some old Panny professional plasma monitors (still great) and some B&O TVs.
I just love the fact that once you set OLEDs up that's it, no messy around depending on ambient lighting, what you are watching etc.
Also, the out the box ISF settings are so good too, no messing around calibrating them. Set up and forget.
Ed.Neumann said:
Digger said:
Blib said:
JEA1K said:
There are very few people that will sit too close to a TV ... they will be well outside of the SMPTE recomended distances and therefore will have lower viewing angles.
One of the main mistakes and one that ruins TV viewing is the height of the TV. When seated, an adults head is around 1200mm from the floor ... therefore, the centre of a screen (TV or projector screen) should also be 1200mm from the floor so that the viewers are looking at the centre of the screen.
This!One of the main mistakes and one that ruins TV viewing is the height of the TV. When seated, an adults head is around 1200mm from the floor ... therefore, the centre of a screen (TV or projector screen) should also be 1200mm from the floor so that the viewers are looking at the centre of the screen.
So many people spend a fortune on a TV. only to stick it high up on the wall.
Utter durr brains.
If you are sat bolt upright that is true, if you slump/lie on the sofa with your head leaning back on the cushions, having the screen a bit higher actually works really well.
Obviously not possible for those who bought crap displays like LCD, but for plasma and OLED it works really well. Same for projectors, as long a you get the right screen.
Personally I don't like the look of it room wise, I prefer TVs to be lower and disappear into the room, so keep them really low, probably too low, but when we did a cinema room in our loft and had deep, squishy sofas I actually moved the screen up a good couple of foot so my eyes naturally fell to the middle of the screen. Not pushing your chin into your chest to view it.
So it all depends on what you are sat on.
Anyway, congrats on the new purchase. I love the LG OLEDS, have a been using them since their first 1080p sets came out, now have a 48" C1 in the bedroom and a 55" C2 in the main room. B7 relegated to the games room with some old Panny professional plasma monitors (still great) and some B&O TVs.
I just love the fact that once you set OLEDs up that's it, no messy around depending on ambient lighting, what you are watching etc.
Also, the out the box ISF settings are so good too, no messing around calibrating them. Set up and forget.
95% of TVs I've seen above a mantlepiece either in RL or on TV(sic) lie flat against the wall.
For best viewing (forgetting about distance from the viewer, which is another 'fail' for mantlepiece setups) one's eyeline should be directly at the middle of the screen.
How is that possible with a TV that is in actuality, angled away from the viewer?
Ha!
And indeed.....
Ha!
(Cue some Samsung 40 year TV placement technician veteran to blow my assertion out of the water).
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