TV / Room Size Ratio...

[russy01]

Morning,

When I purchased my current TV in 2014 48' was the most popular size and what we bought. Now however it appears to be all about the 55/65/75. Whilst Id love a bigger screen, unfortunately my living room has not grown in the past 4years!

Id say I have a half decent size living room, 21ft by 13ft and 55' is the biggest I was considering. I dont want the room to be overpowered by TV, yet want to be able to watch it comfortably.

Am I simply in the minority and many people just want the biggest TV that they can possibly fit in a room? Or do all the people who buy 65/75 TV's have living rooms considerably bigger than ours?

Cheers.

[AWRacing]

Reading this site https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/televisions/articl... and using the screen size calculator they recommend I have a TV 65"+. We currently have a 50" TV and that is more than adequate. Our lounge is 4.7m x 5.5m and sit around 4.5m away from TV

[FarmyardPants]

The shrinking bezels partly make up for screen size creep. I’ve gone from 42” plasma to 50” plasma to 55” OLED but the whole TV only got marginally bigger each time .

My room is 17x13 and 50” is about right imo but wanted OLED so had to go the extra.

[russy01]

Fair enough you guys sound about right and Id have the same in your scenarios.

[anonymous-user]

My lounge is approx 5m x4.5m (16.5ft x 15ft). We sit 12ft back from the screen.

The screen calcs tell me 65" at 12ft gives 22 degrees of view (THX specs for cinemas - ideal = 36 degrees). I'd have to sit 7ft from the screen to reach the recommended 36 degrees)

http://myhometheater.homestead.com/viewingdistance...

Its a compromise as I don't want a black rectangle any bigger on the wall. Its big as it it. This is fine as we watch "light" "non-action" movies on the TV (65" OLED) and then "big" movies on the projector which is 135" (you can see the screen casing for the PJ up high above the TV)

The same calcs tell me we get 44.4 degrees with the projector :-) and It really feels like it!



The 65" screen is pretty obnoxious to be fair, but like said above, shrinking bezels have made it much better than it could have been.

In summary, unless you sit close to your TV, the urge to have bigger and bigger screens is totally normal and logical. Movies get better and better as the screen gets bigger.

incidentally, I've not used the PJ once yet since buying the OLED......

[anonymous-user]

For your entertainment, here is the same room, with a 40"...

[russy01]

Fair enough, this is probably my issue. Having a dedicated Cinema room somewhat takes away the impact of a large TV, as ultimately even a 75in TV looks small next to a 120in projection screen. I think I'll stick with the 55 for the living room for now - like you said I dont want a bigger black rectangle in that room (I have to grit my teeth when the kids are throwing stuff around the room as is!)

[anonymous-user]

russy01 said:

(I have to grit my teeth when the kids are throwing stuff around the room as is!)

Mate of mine bought a brand new curved Samsung, massive. £2k. Plugged it in, daughter ran in the room, shouted "dolly!!" and threw said dolly at the telly. Smashed it instantly.

[VEX]

In a room with Projection and TV we always recommend clients to go smaller on the TV rather than larger as it makes it easier to choose to use the projector.

If the TV is to big you end up using it rather than the projector. We currently run a 47" TV and a 120" Projector / screen, I do want to change the TV, but only to 49/50 so I have 4K capability on both.

V.

[67Dino]

My wife doesn’t like large TVs so I buy a new one every few years and just increment up a size. Seem to be getting away with it: when we got married we had a 20” and I’m now up to 40”. Plan is to have a 55” in time for retirement.

[Black can man]

67Dino said:

My wife doesn’t like large TVs so I buy a new one every few years and just increment up a size. Seem to be getting away with it: when we got married we had a 20” and I’m now up to 40”. Plan is to have a 55” in time for retirement.