LCD TV Screen Size & Viewing Distance

Finding out what TV screen size it’s more fit to your surroundings it’s a key factor in purchasing a LCD TV. This is not just for LCD TV’s and Plasma TV’s, even old tube television owners should be interested. We are going to focus in this article on one specific type of TV: LCD TV. It is well know that you can mount your LCD TV wherever you want but one question remains: How big should my LCD TV be?
The majority of the people think that larger is better; wrong…you should buy a television that has the right size for your room. Imagine that you are at a cinema sitting in the front row.

Choosing the Optimal Screen Size

Measuring the distance you will be sitting at

This is a very important factor you should take in consideration when choosing the optimal screen size. Stay to close and you will actually see the pixels, stay too far and you will lose the impact on what you’re watching. It’s pretty simple: if the distance it’s larger you will need a larger screen size and if the distance it’s smaller you will need a smaller screen size. Compared to STDV you can stay much closer to a HDTV without negatively affecting your experience. So remember that SDTV and HDTV are 2 different technology’s and is not the same thing watching 1080p HDTV on 50+ inch LCD TV then watching SDTV on the same LCD. While the 1080p HDTV looks great you won’t be so happy about what you see on the SDTV.

Viewing height

The experts in the field say that you should position the center of your LCD TV at the height your eyes will be when watching. Also you should keep in mind that a LCD TV has a viewing angle around 130-140 degrees.

The bottom line:

At the end where going to try to synthesize all the information above in a handy chart. So remember that when you are thinking of buying a LCD TV, screen size & viewing distance are 2 major factors that really need to be taken in consideration. The bottom line is that you need to study this chart first and then make your decision.