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Only for those of you who have the money to own houses with dedicated home theatre rooms, as well as the dedication to build such things. Don't count on movie theatres going away that soon.
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I'm 7' from a 50". Right after I installed it (moving up from a 32" wide) I said, "what did I buy?" Now I'm saying, "why didn't I buy bigger?"
Don't get anything but a 1080p display these days.
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Only for those of you who have the money to own houses with dedicated home theatre rooms, as well as the dedication to build such things. Or have friends with the money/dedication. I'm all of a sudden very popular (and I don't even have all my Axiom speakers yet).
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12 feet from a ~100" screen, so more or less 6' from a 50". Watching TV at traditional SD viewing distances was more like reading a book; the image provided a general idea and your mind filled in the details 
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If it's a 1080p set, people will tell you (literally) that you should be about 6 feet from a 50" set. More like 8 - 9 feet for a 720 set. Most of these distance calculators are if you are going to be using the set for a theatre, not if you're going to be watching the evening news while eating dinner.
I sit 10 - 11' from a 50" for everyday viewing, and 14 - 15' feet from a 124" screen in the theatre.
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Nice post Ajax. The chart you posted matches with my experience.
Getting closer than 6' to my 52" rp the screen started to feel to big. I could no longer take the whole screen in without moving my head. Its almost like I couldn't process it as a single coherant image at that size.
I would also not want to sit that close if I was watching SD.
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Thanks Fred. Hope you, and others, find it helpful. 
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I had ordered a 50" Panasonic G10. I picked it up today and now the box is sitting on my kitchen floor while I wait for my friend to get out of work and help me pick this thing up out of the box.
Gonna be a long day.
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