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(10-02-2015, 06:20 AM)Fulltiming Wrote: 6.9-11.5' is the recommended viewing distance for a 55" HD TV at 1080p. That distance increases to 10-20' at 720p. For standard definition (480) anything closer than 20' is going to result in seeing the pixels on a 55" TV. Typical rule of thumb for HD TV is a minimum of about 1.5 times the diameter of the screen (hence the 6.9' for a 55") however, THX recommends for watching movies and being "immersed" a 40 degree field of vision for the TV is appropriate which would be about 5.5'-8' for a 55" HDTV.
If you go up to a 4KUltra TV (and assuming there was 4KUltra programming available) you could be in the 3.8-7.0' minimum distance for a 55" HDTV. I find that about 10.5' seems to the sweet spot for an 80" HDTV.
We are about 13 ft from our 80 inch in our family room. Darlene says I can't get a bigger one since it wouldn't fit between the windows right. Ha
Tom
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bill, it looks very cool.
tom
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that is cool!
Steve & Patti, Bonnie and Tucker
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Bill, that's great. Does the dogs block you view most of the time?
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They do spend a fair amount of time blocking TV when my teams are on, but when their teams come on...they pay attention.
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Yes will DIY it. I found a ram that should work and will try to use Arduino and have a bracket and wall mount built for it. Or I may just get the one on Amazon...
Karen & Adrian Abshire
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Adrian,
Good luck with the build. Please post pics about progress! Also, measure twice! The TV cabinet will push the sofa forward and I was careful to make sure that the jackknife bed in the TV sofa would work with the normal hide-a-bed in the other sofa. What I did not pay attention to is the amount of room the cabinet would take when the slide is closed. I now have around 13 inches of walk way to get to drivers seat when the slides are closed. Plenty of room to walk, but a little tight if you have folks sitting on sofas when traveling.
This probably won't affect you with your two slide configuration, but I wanted to make a note in case others decided on doing this.
The other thing that I could have done better is the video source to the TV. I ran a single HDMI cable, but wish that I had run two.
Cheers,
bill
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Bill, thank you SO much for sharing the pictures! That helps a ton!
Did you DIY this or who did it? Which lift did you use? Lift Cost?
My wife already claimed the space on either side of the TV lol...
Karen & Adrian Abshire
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Newell did the upgrade and lift was $$$$$. Think the lift is made by
http://www.activateddecor.com. Newell has been using these lifts for years and are very comfortable with them. I guess no one wants to change even though there are probably better lifts for this application. The lift in my application is rated for a 90lb TV even though my Samsung is only about 20lbs.
Bill Johnson
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