Aaaargh. Please help Viridian select a new TV.

Vman71

Surprisingly when I told the wife I was buying a bigger TV she told me I was mad, but when it arrived she immediately said it wasn't so big...

KT

Wow, you guys are great. Thanks for all of the guidance and advice. I must admit that I was considering a smaller set than the ones mentioned; I will have to increase the amount of real estate, and more importantly, funds alotted to this project. Better to do it right the first time and I appreciate avoiding the pitfall of buying too small a set.

Mark, being an audiogeek I never read the video posts here, so I really am in the dark. And you have a good memory, based on my previous post, I shelved the idea of mounting the TV over the fireplace as it would place it about 60" off of the floor and the consensus here was that was just too high up. I was in holding mode, until my 35" Mitsubishi tube set started going on the fritz. Now it's time to pull the trigger, before football season starts.

Viridian,

You can find useful calculators for SMPTE and THX recommended viewing distances at:
www.hometheater.homestead.com/viewingdistancecalculator.html

You should view the newer Sony LCD XBR units. I believe the old response time problem for watching sports that Swampwalker alludes to is gone, and that LCDs are lighter and use less energy than plasmas. We moved our fine 36 XBR CRT downstairs, where the box looks too big, but a check on its value at Videogon suggests there is no market for big box TVs, so we'll keep it. We tend to keep TVs for over 20 years, and only a last year replaced a pair of 25 XBRs bought in 1979.

db

I found it interesting, the new Perfect Vision(August 2007 pg31) just had a list of these, THX recomended screen size for 12' viewing distance is 108", the minimum is 72". SMPTE specs out at 86" for this distance.