Proper Home Theater Seating Distance

In the past (the recent past mind you) discussions of how far one should sit from a plasma, LCD, projector etc. almost always included a reference to the minimum distance as well as the maximum, 1080p has changed this somewhat. Short of the obvious tell-tale signs of trouble like eye fatigue, motion sickness and the dreaded fish-bowl effect; I personally have no qualms about sitting slightly closer than 1.5 times the diagonal width of the screen, as long as it feels comfortable.

That said the general rule of thumb is the aforementioned 1.5 times the diagonal width of the rooms display (note this applies to a 16:9 display). For example this would place me about eleven and a half feet back from my 92” screen, we sit even farther than that but again were talking about minimum not maximum here. I’ve ran into several scenarios where this formula just wasn’t realistic to implement and everything wound up just fine, again remember the 1.5 times the diagonal screen width is a guideline not a hard and fast rule.

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