Large TV's

macafee2 · 22nd July 2021, 17:40

I have always thought large TV's to be a bit of a chav thing. While the wifes' car was being MOT'ed we went into Currys.
Wow the clarity of the large TV's was amazing but I was concerned that what was shown on the TV, was specific to make the TV look better then it may be when watching "BBC". One video made the city it was showing look 3D, truly amazing

Now home, if I hold a rule up at arms length, top to bottom our screen is about 2 3/4 inches. Looking on the internet for what size screen it varies, one site reckons distance from screen in inches divided by 2, another at at 96 to 108 inches a 75 inch TV. The TV should on one site take between 30 and 40 degrees of your vision.
These sizes seem awfully big to me

Has the recommended size of a TV gone up over the years? What happened to the 22 ich TV?

Have you gone for "cinema" style viewing, so wide its all you can see or are you a bit more conservative.

macafee2

torque2me · 22nd July 2021, 17:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by macafee2

Has the recommended size of a TV gone up over the years? What happened to the 22 ich TV?

macafee2

Cor, some people like to push size down your throat!

When I was a teenager 21" was the nirvana, and that was only achievable
with "hand-me-down"

Kev

Arctic · 22nd July 2021, 18:02

Did you not look at the curved TV,(ignore ) (as i have been informed curved TV are no longer made they became trouble) i think the minimum TV in most houses now would be 40 inch smart tv.

From there you can choose up to 90 inch smart tv

macafee2 · 22nd July 2021, 19:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arctic

Did you not look at the curved TV, i think the minimum TV in most houses now would be 40 inch smart tv.

From there you can choose up to 90 inch smart tv

No just looked at flat screens.
Is there much of an advantage with a curved screen?

macafee2

Rogue · 22nd July 2021, 18:06

I may be a little biased on the sizes of Televisions as i work for an AV retailer selling not only Tv's but bespoke cinema projection systems both commercial and for the home use.

Quality of image is pretty much down to the quality of the original source so for instance if you are watching an old episode of Minder on Dave or a similar low bitrate channel it's not going to look great and unfortunately the larger the panel the more obvious that will become. However if you watch a HD channel it will look pretty good even though it will still not be up to the resolution that pretty much any new television over 40" will be as i'm not aware of any on the market now that are less than 4k resolution. Where these 4k sets really start to shine is when you watch a 4k Stream from Netflix or one of the other streaming services. There is also a lot of 4k content available for free on youtube but all of these sources have a certain amount of compression applied to keep the bitrate of the stream down so to see the absolute best ideally you will want to watch movies on 4k Bluray with no compression at all.

As a general rule of thumb i generally advise people that if they are going to watch a lot of movies then imagine yourself sat in your prefferred area of a cinema auditorium, close your eyes and point to where you would imagine the edges of the screen to be, open your eyes and picture that distance apart where your tv is normally positioned and that will give you a good idea of size needed to replicate the cinema experience at home.

If you are going to watch mostly normal tv then it's really a compromise of size over aesthetics in the room.

Just to add i think the most common size of Tv's that we sell is around 55"

macafee2 · 22nd July 2021, 19:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rogue

I may be a little biased on the sizes of Televisions as i work for an AV retailer selling not only Tv's but bespoke cinema projection systems both commercial and for the home use.

Quality of image is pretty much down to the quality of the original source so for instance if you are watching an old episode of Minder on Dave or a similar low bitrate channel it's not going to look great and unfortunately the larger the panel the more obvious that will become. However if you watch a HD channel it will look pretty good even though it will still not be up to the resolution that pretty much any new television over 40" will be as i'm not aware of any on the market now that are less than 4k resolution. Where these 4k sets really start to shine is when you watch a 4k Stream from Netflix or one of the other streaming services. There is also a lot of 4k content available for free on youtube but all of these sources have a certain amount of compression applied to keep the bitrate of the stream down so to see the absolute best ideally you will want to watch movies on 4k Bluray with no compression at all.

As a general rule of thumb i generally advise people that if they are going to watch a lot of movies then imagine yourself sat in your prefferred area of a cinema auditorium, close your eyes and point to where you would imagine the edges of the screen to be, open your eyes and picture that distance apart where your tv is normally positioned and that will give you a good idea of size needed to replicate the cinema experience at home.

If you are going to watch mostly normal tv then it's really a compromise of size over aesthetics in the room.

Just to add i think the most common size of Tv's that we sell is around 55"

I wrote a whole reply that seems to have been lost.
If it is ok with you I may pm you if and when for advice?
In the meantime what do you think of the LG TV's, G1 and C1?

For what its worth our settee is 18ft from the TV

macafee2

Rogue · 22nd July 2021, 21:01

Quote:

Is there much of an advantage with a curved screen?

Nope. Imo more disadvantages than advantages.

Quote:

Originally Posted by macafee2

I wrote a whole reply that seems to have been lost.
If it is ok with you I may pm you if and when for advice?
In the meantime what do you think of the LG TV's, G1 and C1?

For what its worth our settee is 18ft from the TV

macafee2

Feel free to pm me. Save your money and go for the C1. There is little that the G1 has that the C1 doesn't and certainly little that is noticeable while watching.

Phil th Barrow · 23rd July 2021, 08:11

I agree with Macafee. Big screens in small rooms do look chavy. Iv been looking a while for a replacement and waited for a 48'OLED too come on th market. Latter i found a nice Sony (Love there solid blacks)
So Pete (Rogue) i record and watch TV when i want. With smart tellies i could do this but suffer by not been able to fast forward adverts.?

My choice is this https://www.richersounds.com/tv-proj...-ke48a9bu.html. Pluses, 6 yrs guarantee, Android, speakers in screen..

If there is a allternative Pete id like your advise.

Rogue · 23rd July 2021, 18:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phil th Barrow

I agree with Macafee. Big screens in small rooms do look chavy. Iv been looking a while for a replacement and waited for a 48'OLED too come on th market. Latter i found a nice Sony (Love there solid blacks)
So Pete (Rogue) i record and watch TV when i want. With smart tellies i could do this but suffer by not been able to fast forward adverts.?

My choice is this https://www.richersounds.com/tv-proj...-ke48a9bu.html. Pluses, 6 yrs guarantee, Android, speakers in screen..

If there is a allternative Pete id like your advise.

I think that would also be a good choice. Being an OLED it will give you the black levels you like although the Samsung Qleds are getting quite good these days with light bleed however the sound is likely to be better on the Sony. Once again at the risk of sounding biased and advertising the company i work for i would always recommend Richer sounds for the guarantee and they will pricematch other retailers as long as it is a comparable package although we will generally accept a 5 yr as being comparable.

SCP440 · 23rd July 2021, 20:28

Would agree 100% on screen size, some friends of ours have a 65 inch screen and it over powers the room.

We purchased a Sony 49 Smart TV last year, with some shopping around we managed to get it for a reasonable price and it has more functions than we will ever use and the picture is fantastic.

I suppose it depends on how much and what type of TV you watch? If you watch a lot of films or dramas a bigger TV is a good option.

The last time we were in John Lewis we went into the room with a 85 inch TV, an amazing picture but £6k. You would need a room the size of a tennis court to take advantage of a screen that large. Also spending that kind of money on a TV you would be very upset when it goes wrong and I am sure they are not easily fixable. Our neighbours have a 55 inch TV and the screen had lines after it was 18 months old, Samsung reckoned it would cost more to repair that it would to replace the TV. Can you imagine if that happened if you had paid £6k.

22nd July 2021, 17:40	#1
macafee2 This is my second home Rover 75 Saloon & Tourer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Lincoln Posts: 14,911 Thanks: 1,630 Thanked 3,032 Times in 2,181 Posts	Large TV's I have always thought large TV's to be a bit of a chav thing. While the wifes' car was being MOT'ed we went into Currys. Wow the clarity of the large TV's was amazing but I was concerned that what was shown on the TV, was specific to make the TV look better then it may be when watching "BBC". One video made the city it was showing look 3D, truly amazing Now home, if I hold a rule up at arms length, top to bottom our screen is about 2 3/4 inches. Looking on the internet for what size screen it varies, one site reckons distance from screen in inches divided by 2, another at at 96 to 108 inches a 75 inch TV. The TV should on one site take between 30 and 40 degrees of your vision. These sizes seem awfully big to me Has the recommended size of a TV gone up over the years? What happened to the 22 ich TV? Have you gone for "cinema" style viewing, so wide its all you can see or are you a bit more conservative. macafee2

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Rogue I really should get out more....... 75 CDT SE 160 Saloon Join Date: May 2017 Location: Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich Posts: 2,644 Thanks: 1,386 Thanked 1,096 Times in 774 Posts	I may be a little biased on the sizes of Televisions as i work for an AV retailer selling not only Tv's but bespoke cinema projection systems both commercial and for the home use. Quality of image is pretty much down to the quality of the original source so for instance if you are watching an old episode of Minder on Dave or a similar low bitrate channel it's not going to look great and unfortunately the larger the panel the more obvious that will become. However if you watch a HD channel it will look pretty good even though it will still not be up to the resolution that pretty much any new television over 40" will be as i'm not aware of any on the market now that are less than 4k resolution. Where these 4k sets really start to shine is when you watch a 4k Stream from Netflix or one of the other streaming services. There is also a lot of 4k content available for free on youtube but all of these sources have a certain amount of compression applied to keep the bitrate of the stream down so to see the absolute best ideally you will want to watch movies on 4k Bluray with no compression at all. As a general rule of thumb i generally advise people that if they are going to watch a lot of movies then imagine yourself sat in your prefferred area of a cinema auditorium, close your eyes and point to where you would imagine the edges of the screen to be, open your eyes and picture that distance apart where your tv is normally positioned and that will give you a good idea of size needed to replicate the cinema experience at home. If you are going to watch mostly normal tv then it's really a compromise of size over aesthetics in the room. Just to add i think the most common size of Tv's that we sell is around 55" __________________ Glutton for punishment --- Previously ... 2.6 SD1 x 2, 3.5 SD1, 820S, 820Si x2, 216 Gsi, 220T saloon, 414, 45 1.4 x2 and now a Cowley 75 CDT Last edited by Rogue; 22nd July 2021 at 18:10.. Reason: extra info

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Phil th Barrow Gets stuck in " NOW SOLD" :-( Rover 75 Conni Auto SE Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Stoke Posts: 896 Thanks: 424 Thanked 214 Times in 163 Posts	I agree with Macafee. Big screens in small rooms do look chavy. Iv been looking a while for a replacement and waited for a 48'OLED too come on th market. Latter i found a nice Sony (Love there solid blacks) So Pete (Rogue) i record and watch TV when i want. With smart tellies i could do this but suffer by not been able to fast forward adverts.? My choice is this https://www.richersounds.com/tv-proj...-ke48a9bu.html. Pluses, 6 yrs guarantee, Android, speakers in screen.. If there is a allternative Pete id like your advise. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

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SCP440 I really should get out more....... MG ZT-T 260 Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Witney Posts: 2,504 Thanks: 6 Thanked 910 Times in 571 Posts	Would agree 100% on screen size, some friends of ours have a 65 inch screen and it over powers the room. We purchased a Sony 49 Smart TV last year, with some shopping around we managed to get it for a reasonable price and it has more functions than we will ever use and the picture is fantastic. I suppose it depends on how much and what type of TV you watch? If you watch a lot of films or dramas a bigger TV is a good option. The last time we were in John Lewis we went into the room with a 85 inch TV, an amazing picture but £6k. You would need a room the size of a tennis court to take advantage of a screen that large. Also spending that kind of money on a TV you would be very upset when it goes wrong and I am sure they are not easily fixable. Our neighbours have a 55 inch TV and the screen had lines after it was 18 months old, Samsung reckoned it would cost more to repair that it would to replace the TV. Can you imagine if that happened if you had paid £6k.