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How close do you sit to your video display?

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#1 · (Edited)
Interested in what the average distance people view their video displays from.

To keep the information uniform please list in the following manner:

Display Type: example Projector / TV
Display Size: example 60"
Viewing Distance: example 10'


I personally have the following
Display Type: projector
Display Size: 100"
Viewing Distance: 10'







So far the survey has resulted in the following. Ironically no one has posted the same size display. Hoping to get enough input to create a generally recommended viewing distance based on display size based off of actual user data.

Projectors

Size Distance
92 12 / 9
100 10 / 12
106 10 / 12
120 12 / 14 / 11
134 14


TVs

Size Distance
40 9
42 12 / 12
50 15 / 8 / 9 / 7 / 10 / 10
52 9
54 10
55 11 / 11
58 7 / 6.5
60 7 / 12 / 12 / 12
61 8
64 8
65 9 / 13 / 10 / 8.5
67 13
70 10
73 8 / 11
75 12.5
82 12
 
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#4 ·
Panasonic ST60 50" plasma I sit 15ft away in the livingroom and in my theater I sit 12ft away from a 120" screen.
 
#9 ·
My Display is a 75 inch Samsung LED TV.
I sit approx 12 Ft 1/2 inch away.
 
#12 ·
Display Type: Projector
Display Size: 134"
Viewing Distance: 14'
 
#16 ·
Sony projector
106" screen
12' away
 
#17 ·
Stuart Firehawk 120 inch. 14 ft
 
#25 ·
someone should put all this data into a dot graph you know with the x axis distance and the y axis the screen size. Should be a good graph to see where the majority sit. :)
 
#27 ·
Once we get a good number of stats I will see what I can do to create a chart.
 
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