TV size - 10ft viewing distance

Colin_M

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Hi guys, looking for some suggestions on what size TV to get with a viewing distance of 10ft. I was originally thinking 55 however I think I'd always be wishing I had gone bigger :D

The sofa is just over 10ft away from the wall and this is a mock up of the LG 65C8 which is one of the TV's i'm looking at. Too big, too small or the right size?

Also, any views on the LG C8 - Any other models I should be considering at this price point?

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robfosters said:
I’d be so tempted to use a projector instead. That walls made for it!
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Ha that did cross my mind however the room opens out to a conservatory so there would be too much light during the day. Then it means having a pull down screen hidden in the ceiling and it gets rather costly. Definitely an option for the future though :D
 
If you can't get a PJ, 65" would be fine, even bigger would be better, you would soon get used to it. I sit about 2 metres away from my 65C7 OLED and although a little jarring at first I soon got used to it and tbh kinda want bigger :p
 
SD video may look a bit grotty on a 55" screen, but HD and 4K video should look fine. And consider an ultra-short-throw projector.

Here's Techmoan from 2015:

 
MatsyLR said:
I sit like 6ft away from a 65 inch.
I wouldn't want to go further way.
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Where as other people I've shown the picture to think I'm crazy going as big as 65" :D lol. Trouble is the LGC8 77" in £5.5k which is crazy so I'll go 65" and see how I get on . Can always look into adding a projector for movies further down the line.
 
Colin_M said:
Trouble is the LGC8 77" in £5.5k .
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Hard to believe how cheap the 77" OLED's are now

Sure it was only last year I was watching a pana 77" OLED in a local shop and the price was over £15,000 (Can't remember if this was in 2017 or 2018)
 
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I'd be thinking 75+.

I have a 65 incher and it doesn't feel that big at all and I'm way less than 10 ft away...


I'd rather grab an ultra sized TV over a projector if you can find one just because I love the convienance of a TV. Also most PJs at a decent price range aren't offering 4k whilst you can find some big ass lower end TVs still offering it.
 
chaparral said:
Hard to believe how cheap the 77" OLED's are now

Sure it was only last year I was watching a pana 77" OLED in a local shop and the price was over £15,000 (Can't remember if this was in 2017 or 2018)
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Indeed.

I paid the best part of 25k each for my LG G6's, now a better TV can be had for under 6k, all in the space of a few years.
 
Its always the way with TVs, pretty much as soon as you buy it there is already the next greatest one coming to market.
 
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