My Cart - Since CRT screens became redundant the TV market has been dominated by LCD, plasma and now LED screen TVs. It is much easier to produce large flat panel screens that CRT screens, so TV manufacturers are capable of producing new models with increasingly large screens.
...Probably too big for your living room
Your first reaction to this might be to think that this is great and you should immediately buy the largest TV you can afford. It’ll be just like having a cinema screen in the house! However, before you go giddy with excitement from the thought of a 60” TV dominating your living room wall there are unfortunately some mundane practicalities to take into consideration.
Think about the size of the room you’re planning to put your TV in and how far away you’ll be sat from the screen. You need to maintain an appropriate viewing distance from your TV in order to fully appreciate it, so there’s no point in shelling out for a 50” TV which has a minimum viewing distance of 16’ when you’re living room is only 10’ square. Not only do extremely large TVs look utterly ridiculous in small rooms, but you may also experience discomfort from sitting too close to them.
If you’re thinking about buying a new TV then measure the room you want to put it in if you don’t already know the dimensions. The staff at any good electronics retailer will be able to tell you the optimum viewing distance for their TVs or you can find the information online easily. Also think about the other objects in the room, if the space is only just large enough for the TV you want then it might be worth going for one that’s maybe 4 or 6 inches smaller. Just because there are 70” Samsung LCD TVs available doesn’t mean you need to buy one! Although the idea of having such a gigantic TV screen in your home might seem appealing now you might change your tune once you get it home and realise that it’s simply too big. As much as it pains us to say this, bigger isn’t always necessarily better!
