Before I made the purchase I talked to the sales guy and he said that out of the thousands of large tv's they had sold, nobody had ever returned one for being too big.
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Charles Whitby <[email protected]>wrote: > We have a 46 inch that looks good from 7-8 feet but I think we're pushing > the lower edge on the limit. At that range I wouldn't go any smaller. > > On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Guyer, Don <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Our 50" is viewed from about 7'-8' away and seems to be just about >> perfect. Any larger/closer and you'd feel like you were in the first few >> rows of a movie theater. >> >> Don Guyer >> Windows Systems Engineer >> Datasafe Platform >> Fiserv Enterprise Technology >> Fiserv >> [email protected] >> Office: 1-800-523-7282 x 1673 >> Fax: 610-293-4499 >> www.fiserv.com >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 10:28 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: widescreen vs "standard" monitors >> >> Depends on the room size and how far the TV will be from the couch. >> >> _____________________________ >> Cameron Cooper >> Network Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified >> >> Aurico >> Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896 >> [email protected] | www.aurico.com >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 9:18 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: widescreen vs "standard" monitors >> >> Oh, I definitely intend to get a widescreen TV, just was wondering if >> there were a "magic formula" for figuring out what size TV/monitor to get >> for an equivalent viewing size... :-) >> >> >> >> From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 10:09 AM >> >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: widescreen vs "standard" monitors >> >> That's another discussion altogether, and one that has been largely >> decided with the move to HD. If you expect a TV to last more than a few >> years, get a widescreen. End of discussion. >> >> >> >> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 10:06 AM, John Aldrich < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> Well, actually, I was thinking more along the lines of widescreen TVs. :-) >> But I figured what's applicable to a desktop as far as the equivalent screen >> size would be applicable to a TV. :-) >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jonathan [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 9:58 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: widescreen vs "standard" monitors >> >> Don't recall the discussion, but I know that a 19" widescreen has roughly >> the same vertical space of a 17" "standard" (what is that, 4:3 aspect >> ratio?). >> >> My OPINION, based on experience, because I have deployed a lot of both >> standard and widescreen monitors is this: >> >> If you work with lots of big spreadsheets, or work with graphics >> (particularly movies), then widescreen may be a good idea. >> >> Otherwise, I don't see the value at this point in time. I'd rather have a >> 19" standard monitor than a 19" widescreen (for work, anyway). >> >> JR >> >> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 9:41 AM, John Aldrich < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> > I seem to recall awhile back that there was a discussion about the >> > "equivalent" monitor size to get for the same vertical space of a >> "standard" >> > desktop screen vs a wide screen. I did search both the web archives >> > and my personal email archives, but couldn't find what I was looking >> > for. 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