In all honesty, I think it's a bit of a pointless science...

If you can sit infront of your screen at a distance where your eyes can't resolve the gaps between the pixels, you're fine...

Clearly you wouldn't want to sit 6 feet away from a 50" screen though.

Posted By: Dog on May 12th 2008 at 12:19:14

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Someone on here bought an LCD telly the other day (General Chat) - Old Git, May 12, 10:36:13
- bookmarking this thread for later referral (General Chat) - megson, May 12, 11:14:40
- re the dvd player... (General Chat) - Dog, May 12, 11:00:21
- Panasonic and Pioneer is the way forward for Plasmas. (n/m) (General Chat) - Dog, May 12, 10:46:51
- that was me (General Chat) - blindasabat, May 12, 10:46:48
  - and here's a link (General Chat) - blindasabat, May 12, 11:01:05
    - Coo, tha's roight noice thut. (n/m) (General Chat) - HairyBobbingManAss, May 12, 11:23:03
      - i thought it was a bloody good price too (General Chat) - blindasabat, May 12, 11:31:37
        
        Funny how buying a new telly always seems to require delicate matrimonial diplomacy (General Chat) - Old Git, May 12, 11:33:43
        
        Indeed - she wants one, I've said not yet, although I want one too. (General Chat) - Arganth, May 12, 11:46:35
        
        Even more delicate for me (General Chat) - megson, May 12, 11:37:27
        
        a newly married couple and she's already getting bored in the bedroom (General Chat) - blindasabat, May 12, 11:44:41
        
        ah, yes, that had not occured to me. Oh dear. (General Chat) - megson, May 12, 11:53:37
        
        She's obviously building up to a live feed from a ceiling camera into the the LCD panel (General Chat) - Old Git, May 12, 11:48:55
        
        Wouldn't be catching my good side* (General Chat) - megson, May 12, 11:54:09
        
        in which case i suggest megson steers well clear of HD in the bedroom... (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, May 12, 11:54:06
        
        copters. (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, May 12, 11:55:03
        
        tell her straight (General Chat) - keith spanky, May 12, 11:42:13
    - Ah, thank you (General Chat) - Old Git, May 12, 11:19:18
      - i'm perfectly happy with it (General Chat) - blindasabat, May 12, 11:25:53
        
        "audiophile" (General Chat) - Dog, May 12, 11:28:19
        
        you say poe-tart-toe i say poe-tay-toe (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, May 12, 11:36:26
    - My bad boy (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, May 12, 11:04:35
      - Oi wahnt wun of thewse: (General Chat) - Dog, May 12, 11:07:36
        
        Too big for my lounge. (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, May 12, 11:17:03
        
        ^^^ important point here though (General Chat) - blindasabat, May 12, 11:23:09
        
        That must be right (General Chat) - Old Git, May 12, 11:32:08
        
        Ideal viewing distances... (General Chat) - Dog, May 12, 11:41:04
        
        1 inch of screen requires 3 inches of distance then. (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, May 12, 11:48:11
        
        In all honesty, I think it's a bit of a pointless science... (General Chat) - Dog, May 12, 12:19:14
        
        Ah but you forget (General Chat) - Old Git, May 12, 11:20:56
- It wasn't me, but I can tell you the following... (General Chat) - HairyBobbingManAss, May 12, 10:44:21
  - That is most helpful, TVM (General Chat) - Old Git, May 12, 11:16:09
    - Is he the one off Dragon's Den? (General Chat) - HairyBobbingManAss, May 12, 11:16:53
  - Screen burn...... (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, May 12, 10:47:22
    - Totally incomprehensible gibberish (General Chat) - Old Git, May 12, 11:16:38
      - At least I don't claim to understand Kosher when I don't. (n/m) (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, May 12, 11:17:47
        
        ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, May 12, 11:21:06
        
        A reference to The Apprentice last week. (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, May 12, 11:23:18
    - "DOGs have been taken down in brightness and subtly move around, apparently." (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 12, 10:49:35
      - DOGs..... (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, May 12, 10:52:55
      - them things in the corener of your screen that tell you you're watching BBC3/E4/UKPornTV (General Chat) - HairyBobbingManAss, May 12, 10:51:13
        
        oh right. Why would you care how bright they are? (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 12, 10:52:36
        
        cause they're a permanent fixture, the image can be permanently "burnt" into a Plasma TV.. (General Chat) - HairyBobbingManAss, May 12, 10:55:32
        
        See above..... (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, May 12, 10:54:16
        
        ah. Now I understand what the two of you were going on about. Thank you. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 12, 10:55:53
        
        y'welcome (n/m) (General Chat) - HairyBobbingManAss, May 12, 10:57:07
    - Particularly in the 200 hours "run-in" period. (n/m) (General Chat) - Dog, May 12, 10:48:24
- re replacing DVDs - do you have DVDs that you actually re-watch? (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 12, 10:42:51
  - I don't either. (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, May 12, 10:43:23
- How big do you want? (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, May 12, 10:41:05
  - 4 more inches than i've already got. (General Chat) - sheffieldcanary, May 12, 10:42:32
    - rolf (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, May 12, 11:12:55
- HD is the new CD... (General Chat) - sheffieldcanary, May 12, 10:38:31

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