Ergonomics

Scott wrote:
Can someone point me to any website showing the best distance for
watching FHD TV and the location level between the TV and the eye
level.
Thanks,

Scott

As always, Google is your friend. Searching on "viewing distance LCD
screens" (without the quotes) gives this as the first result
http://www.dtvcity.com/lcdtv/lcdscreensize.html and the same site has
details for plasma screens as well, and no doubt lots of other info as well.

John

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Clint Sharp wrote:
There is/was a formula for viewing distance that I think Mullard came up
with which was 2.5-2.75 times the diagonal size of the screen but I
really don't know if it still applies to 16:9 screens, I suspect not..
Perpendicular is best with CRT but LCD and plasma have viewing angles,
usually defined in the user guides.

IIRC, the original formula was so you couldn't see the line structure. So
perhaps not applicable today.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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IIRC, the original formula was so you couldn't see the line structure. So
perhaps not applicable today.

Probably not. Most likely you need to sit further back so you can't see the
damn compression artefacts.

STeveT

In article , Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Clint Sharp wrote:
There is/was a formula for viewing distance that I think Mullard came up
with which was 2.5-2.75 times the diagonal size of the screen but I
really don't know if it still applies to 16:9 screens, I suspect not..
Perpendicular is best with CRT but LCD and plasma have viewing angles,
usually defined in the user guides.

IIRC, the original formula was so you couldn't see the line structure. So
perhaps not applicable today.

Indeed not. Any formula for calculating the optimum viewing position for
television needs to include parameters for the position of the comfy chair.

Rod.
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Scott wrote:
Can someone point me to any website showing the best distance for
watching FHD TV and the location level between the TV and the eye level.


Doesn't matter. Next time you are engrosed in a TV movie and stunned by
the awful, wonderful, frightful or stupid thing that is about to happen
to an actor, visually zoom out and have a look at the surrounds of your
TV and nearby furniture.

You may be amazed that you haven't been paying much attention to these
items, and that they have not been in your field of view for some time.
You are actually in a trance state, the characters are almost living for
you inside your head, and nothing else matters.

For me this happens _equally_ with screens from a few inches to that
monster in the cinema. Having the ability to actually see the screens is
another thing - have your eyesight checked :-)

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Adrian C

Is it? what is he in the middle of a jungle somewhere. Come off it. Go to
a big store, see what suits your eyes/preferences and go for that!

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housetrained wrote:
You can not be serious. Like a robot, you would sit at the optimal
position as defined by someone else? You are (presumably) human. Move
about till you find what you THINK is best for you.

That's a lot of good if you want guidance on what size screen suits your
conditions best.

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housetrained wrote:
Go to
a big store, see what suits your eyes/preferences and go for that!

The very worst way to select a TV.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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Not necessarily, as some conditions are not correctable. In any case even
given the need for lenses, many want to just sit and watch without wearing
them.

Brian

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Surely this depends on your eyesight?

Which surely would be corrected by wearing spectacles?

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Brian Gaff wrote:
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Not necessarily, as some conditions are not correctable. In any case
even given the need for lenses, many want to just sit and watch without
wearing them.

Brian

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First.

Could you please sort out your newsreader so it removes everything below
the sig separator - that's its purpose. (I've left yours in so you can
see what I'm talking about) If you don't know how to do that then remove
it by editing.

Second.

It is convention on newsgroups to post your reply *below* the post you've
quoted. Makes it easier to understand the point you're trying to make.

Third.

If someone is totally blind it doesn't matter what size TV they have. And
shades of grey between.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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Good God David, what a cruel response.

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