Hi guys,
This is my first post, but I've been lurking for about 6 months. The wife has relented and we're converting a small 12'x13' room into a home theatre. Unfortunately, it will also have to double as office space, so Viewing distance will be 6 1/2" from the screen.
I'd like a Pioneer 6020fd but I'm afraid it's too big for the space. The wife went bonkers at the just the price of the 5020fd! I may have to settle for the Pany 50PZ850U. She see's all the cheap tv's at CC and BB and can't tell the difference between the good and the bad, just the price.
I'll have to do this in stages, so DVD's and SD cable will have to do (at least until she see's how bad it is and complains why we paid so much for a crappy picture). BD and HD cable will be an easy battle after that.
I've checked all the different charts that various threads recommend to determine viewing distances and they give such a wide variation, that it's hard to know which to believe. My intellect tells me the 50" is big enough, but testosterone tells be BIGGER!
So, let me have your wisdom.
This is my first post, but I've been lurking for about 6 months. The wife has relented and we're converting a small 12'x13' room into a home theatre. Unfortunately, it will also have to double as office space, so Viewing distance will be 6 1/2" from the screen.
I'd like a Pioneer 6020fd but I'm afraid it's too big for the space. The wife went bonkers at the just the price of the 5020fd! I may have to settle for the Pany 50PZ850U. She see's all the cheap tv's at CC and BB and can't tell the difference between the good and the bad, just the price.
I'll have to do this in stages, so DVD's and SD cable will have to do (at least until she see's how bad it is and complains why we paid so much for a crappy picture). BD and HD cable will be an easy battle after that.
I've checked all the different charts that various threads recommend to determine viewing distances and they give such a wide variation, that it's hard to know which to believe. My intellect tells me the 50" is big enough, but testosterone tells be BIGGER!
So, let me have your wisdom.