How To Choose The Right TV Screen Size

Well, you have been a fantastic presenter, and I am going to reimagine the size of my TV in the space I have. Thank you. I would've liked to have heard about bluetooth options and connectors that TVs have, but this was good.

Bigger is better there just saved seven minutes of your life you are welcome.

I just purchased the largest screen I could afford with quality and features I needed to future proof myself for 5-8 years. I left room in the budget for a soundbar surround system since TV are getting thinner and TV speakers are getting smaller. Went with a LG OLED 77C1 and Sonos Arc, dual Gen 3 subs, and Fives as rears.

A tip would be not to mount the TV way over your eye level, like in this video. It looks very uncomfortable for your neck and also provides a slightly distorted picture.

Since the early 1970s I’ve always bought a mid-tier Sony and never had a complaint. After 15 years with my 43 inch Bravia I moved to a 55 inch Sony LED. Nothing special, but it works.

Wow I just learned more about tv size vs space in 7.5 min than I have in the last 3yrs.

55 inch for normal tv and tv series but for movies my Epson Eh tw 9300w with 97 inch canvas. Its all about size. I sit about 2,5 metres in front of both. But the immersion by the beamer is priceless.

I sit about 14 foot away Used to have a 43inch upgraded to a 55inch Oled felt massive when 1st got it feels oaky now I wouldn’t go any bigger for me I remember when 32inch widescreen was considered a big tv 😂😂

@3:35 Absolute minimum TV size: # of inches away from TV and divide by 2 (25 degrees) recommended TV size: # of inches away from TV and divide by 1.66 (30 degrees) Maximum TV size (gaming disatnce) # of inches away from TV and divide by 1.2 (40 degrees)

Thank you, 33 ajd haven't bought a new TV since about 2009

I just bought 2 of this 48 inch 807 Philips tv right before the store was empty. 1 for upstairs play area, and 1 for my main living room. They are such a good deal, specially when tv prices are gonna shoot up because of the world economy.. new 808 model is around 50% more expensive in each inch segment here, without anything special new to offer, so buying these xx7 models before they sell out was a good deal. Was considering 65 inch for my main living room, but after several years with 55 inch tvs, and recently experiencing smaller tvs again and understanding more what I want from a tv for myself and my family, 48 inch is plenty. Didn’t know how much a good field of vision, and picture experience with content from 4k to 720/1080p meant to me before being on a cabin with a 32 inch tv… so much more relaxing to watch movies on, and awesome picture experience on lower resolution/less quality material. The “bigger is better” chase had really made me blind for quality viewing after I went up to 55 inch. So if anyone cares.. I recommend you to follow rtings and other optimal viewing distance data sheet. 😊

Perfect, you covered everything 👌🏻 great job thanks

Size vs price vs features is always the issue! Doesn't look as bad today as it did a few years ago, but it still looks like there is a lot to consider. My last TV I was looking for a max size of 48", curved, with QD tech, hdr 4K, and under $1200...that TV didn't exist lol. I could get 2-3 of the items on my wishlist, but nobody made a high end curved small affordable TV. The compromise was a Vizio m558-g2 which has served me well the last few years... But it has been a few years, and we need to replace another older TV, so it is time for my upgrade, and for my current pc monitor to become the play room TV for the kids lol. My biggest complaint has been the size. It is just too small when sitting further away for games and movies, but too big to work comfortably next to as a computer monitor for work. But at the time, larger 65"+ TVs that had any quality or hdr were way beyond budget, so getting something that would work equally well for text and gaming at a distance wasn't a real option... But now! Holy cow! Big TVs are cheap now! I'm hoping for something in the 65-70" range with good quality for $1k or less this fall, and it looks like there will be lots of contenders! Weirdly, I'm not all that excited about the newer display tech. My hdr 500 display can already get uncomfortably bright at times, so I am not worried about that. Oled isn't a real option because my use as a computer monitor would ruin the display, and lcd tech hasn't gotten that much better the last few years (outside of peak hdr brightness, which isn't a metric I want). I think what I am most excited about is support for 120hz at 4k 4:4:4, as well as support for low or variable input rates when the GPU is taxed. It seems silly, but for larger displays higher frame rates make a world of difference! I mean, on a 12" laptop it isn't all that hard to follow where your mouse is at when it is only moving 1-2" per frame. But put that on a 55" display, and your cursor has moved 4-5", which feels choppy and less responsive even when it is the same exact performance as the little 4k laptop. Moving up to 120hz brings that back down to a more reasonable 1.5-2.5" per frame which is a help! And this translates to gaming too where on a small screen things are easy to focus on and track, but on the big screen things get too jumpy around the screen even at the same performance. The other big consideration is 4k vs 8k. Obviously, there is no real 8k content out there, and little planned for the immediate future. And 8k without display scaling would mean buying a monster 100"+ display to use with lots of text and older software, and 8k gaming isn't really in the reach of today's GPUs. So I would be relying on outputting 4k and relying on fast upscqling on the TV side... And I'm not sure TVs are capable of that yet without a lot of added latency. But 8k also means smaller pixels, which generally means better light control, and better panel responsiveness... And a complaint I have always had about TVs vs good computer monitors is having to deal with more bloom and more shadowing artifacts when watching shows. Of course Oled solves all of this... But Oled isn't in the cards as I would burn it in too quickly. So I am curious to watch the space and see if the smaller pixels of 8k solve a lot of this in the 65-70" realm compared to their 4k counterparts. If it does, it may be worth waiting an extra year for 8k prices to drop a bit more. But then again, if the built in processors can't deal with 8k without stupid amounts of added latency in the upscale process, then it will be a moot point.

To do this type of video correctly you need to have TVs of each size next to eachother for the viewer to make a comparison. This is not a theoretical discussion with superlatives.

Simple, good info to make a good decision.

Excellent information! My sister and I were arguing because she wants me to get a bigger TV for my small bedroom. I am going to have her watch this video! Great advice!

biggest is the best

I just bought a 65 inches smart TV 4k blk Friday online day after omg i hope it Fits in my stand or am going to have to buy a stand..

Worse thing to do is set your TV too high up on a wall. Looking up at the screen introduces fatigue. Buy a modern TV stand. They’re designed to have the TV at the right eye height.

18 months ago, I upgraded my 58 inch IPS tv from an A-list manufacturer to a 65 inch OLED from the same brand. I was shocked as to how much better the picture quality was on that 65 inch OLED. I was worried about the OLEDs brightness level in my 18 by 21 feet moderately lit room, but once the set was in situe, those worries were completely dispelled. My one regret, I wish I had gone bigger. So, I’ve recently purchased a 98 inch QLED from another manufacturer. The 65 inch OLED has been relegated to the bedroom. I sit approximately 142 inches from that 98 inch pannel which is just under 1.5 times the screen size, equal to being sat in the 3rd row of the cinema. In all honesty, the picture quality of the 65 inch OLED is superior to that of the 98 inch QLED, but not massively. If you weren’t able to compare them side by side, I doubt you’d notice. Any quality difference is over ridden by the sheer immersive attributes of that larger screen. Your comment about audio reproduction on slimmer panels is relevant. The sound quality on that 98 inch screen is by far the best I’ve heard on any tv. Negates the need for a sound bar.