Perspective and TVs, how far away do you sit?

You know, when we talk about video quality and HDTVs, we never really talk about how far away we sit, which makes a bit of a difference with how you see the screen. Take this as an example:

I just moved my HDTV from my dresser about 3 feet away to a stand about 7-8 feet away, and played the Wii for a little bit (Widescreen, with 480p enabled and with a component cable). Normally, I would see ghosting and various jaggies from my perspective. Now, I can barely see the ghosting or the jaggies as much, since I am sitting farther away (Before, I had to lower my sharpness so it would look OK). In my opinion, it made Sonic and the Secret Rings look a bit better then it was on my dresser.

Thats not to mention other factors as well, such as eyesight and if you wear glasses/contact lenses or not. Does anyone else have simularities with their TVs?

 

I sit about 4-5 metres away from my 42" panel.
And you know what? I hardly notice any artifact at all... ^+++^

 

I sit about 1.5 meters from my screen because it's only a small 26 inch. Looks good to me.

Yakumo

 

http://www.crutchfieldadvisor.com/ISEO-rgbtcspd/learningcenter/home/tv_faq.html#viewing_chart

-hl718

 

60" at about 7 feet. I still see problems, but that is due to my attention to detail. :crying:

 

32" and i sit 2,5-3mt away

 

20" and i sit 'bout 5-6 feet away, text in dead rising is literally impossible to read though lol


Ryan

 

Playing on my 24" widescreen which doubles as my monitor, so about 1.5ft!

 

I think I recall reading that you shouldn't be sitting closer than 6ft away from the screen anyway, due to possible eye strain. I sit about that far away and it's perfect!

 

I'm pretty sure this derives from the refresh rate of CRT tv's, so modern lcd/plasma sets may not have this issue although I may be wrong.

 

That is what it used to be, but now it is more oriented towards picture clarity/quality. With larger screens, sitting too close allows you to see the "screen door effect" which you wouldn't see at a greater distance.

 

about 1.5 meters on a 26" widescreen

 

8ft from my 52" WEGA HDTV

 

I've recently been playing games where 1 pixel means life or death, so it's about a foot away for me. Arcade style...w/o the cab (or noise, smoke, or vending machines either).

 

I'm at a little over 6' w/ a 50" screen. It looks pretty good, but my non-progressive PS2 looks a bit jaggie.

 

About 2 or 3 feet from about 20" screens. Ussually LCD. The whole bad for your eyes is bullshit unless you are watching a CRT really close up for along time.

 

Or watching a small screen from a long distance. That also causes eye-strain (according to my TV manual, but this is a big TV) :lol:

 

2ft from my 15in LCD in my office (hopefully soon to be 26in :thumbsup: )

7-8ft from my 36in crt pixel-plus 100hz tv

 

About 5-6ft from my 24(?)" inch TV.

I've never really worked out it's size.