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Old 12-12-2014, 04:16 PM   #482
fjtorres
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Originally Posted by ApK View Post
Certainly true, but there are other factors. For example, I can watch a movie on my tablet at 1 ft from my face, and the field of view may indeed be similar to a movie theater, but it's not the same viewing experience. For one thing, I'd prefer my eyes were focused at distance, not at an intermediate range.

I guess I just mean that even if I COULD get the right apparent size by just putting my couch 4 feet from a 40" screen, I would not choose to do so if I could have a bigger screen and sit farther away.
All true.
But it's not just a matter of getting closer with small or medium screens, it is also about moving back with the big ones.
A 90incher at 6ft is going to eat you alive.

The charts are more about finding the optimum size for your viewing distance than finding a distance for a given screen size.
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