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Old 05-22-2019, 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by nicoff View Post
According to that website, viewing distances would be:

Width of your TV or Screen (Not the diagonal length) X 2 = minimum distance

Width of your TV or Screen (Not the diagonal length) X 5 = maximum distance

For a 120 diagonal, the width of a 16:9 screen is 104.6 inches, so...
Minimum distance = 17.4 feet
Maximum distance = 43.6 feet.

My screen size is 116 inches. I sit about 17 feet from the screen. The room is multipurpose music, theater, entertainment. It is not dark or designed as a cave. It has three normal windows but with blinds and/or blackout shades you can make it as dark as you want.
Sounds like you are in the ballpark. I prefer not to be too close and the THX recommendations are way too close for my taste but it’s a personal preference type of thing.
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