Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater Buying my first flat panel in the 40" range?

I'll check those models out this week.

As far as size, I don't want to regret a purchase but think a 42" would be big enough. My last tv was a 32" Toshiba purchased in about 1998. For 4:3 it was pretty nice but 1.85 movies were pushing it and 2.35 were not much fun to watch.

If I apply the pythagorean theorem to my old 32" tv I have a picture that is 19" high and 25" wide for 4:3. With a 37" flat panel in 16:9 ratio I would get an image that is a little over 18" in height but 32" wide. So my 16:9 viewing would be quite a bit bigger than what I saw on my 32" tv and 4:3 would be similarly sized to the 32". So if I go 42, that should be big enough?

I'll check them out tomorrow.

Thanks again.

Greg

BTW, based upon my research, I'll never be able to see an advantage with 1080P at this screen size. Does that sound right? My FPJ looks great at 720P and I just assume put the money into a small receiver for this tv.