Designing it any other way seems silly. On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:27 AM, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]>wrote:
> Of course not. I knew EXACTLY where the wet bar was going, and built the > rest of the basement around that. > > > > -sc > > > > *From:* William Robbins [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 22, 2011 10:38 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: widescreen vs "standard" monitors > > > > And then added the wet bar? > > - WJR > > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 09:23, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]> > wrote: > > My 133" is viewed at 12.5' away. > > I actually built my basement theater after having done some rough > measurements in a theater as to where my preferred viewing angle was... > > -sc > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Guyer, Don [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 10:27 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > > Subject: RE: widescreen vs "standard" monitors > > > > 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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