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Saw a reasonably priced 60" TV in Currys when looking at 55"s.
Our current one is 40", with loads of black plastic surrounding it as there was back in the day. It's too small for video games - the sofa is now about 4m away and I can't read any of the text.
But the concern is that it will look enormous. So if you have such a thing, how do you find it? Were you concerned about size and were you justified, or not? Can you post up a picture?
I'm sure lot of people keen to show their superiority will come post about how great they are because they have a 10" black and white set for watching documentaries about beards and 70s French Molliere productions or have no telly choosing instead to sit and meditate with their family. If this is you, save your fingers, because I am already quite convinced of my superiority.
https://www.specsavers.co.uk/ (-:
It's odd, isn't it. I used to have a 28" Sony CRT which people commented on as being huge. I'd no problems playing games on it. Now my current set is 42" and I get antsy if I'm further than a couple of metres from it.
...especially when they tried to lift it.I used to have a 28" Sony CRT which people commented on as being huge.
We have a 50" that we've had for quite a while now, I'd have no qualms about upgrading to 60".
I'm not posting pics so that people can criticise the carpet, etc.
I upgraded from an old LG 37" to 49" Sony last Christmas, with the smaller bezel on the Sony it wasn't that much bigger though now I wish I had gone for the 55" model so my advice is go for the bigger TV.
We have a 48" and sit around 3.5m away. It's mounted on the wall, with the bottom around 1.2m from floor.
Would i go bigger? Yeah, i was a big sceptic about this one before we got it, but I love it now.
I was sceptical about putting it on the wall before we did it, but i like that too.
At 4m id say 60" is a good size, not too big, not too small.
65" one here 🙂
Went through the same thought process, but mounted on the wall it doesn't look too big in my opinion. Most people don't even really notice it.
So glad we didn't go smaller as it's absolutely fantastic, along with the 5.1 surround sound for watching films. Gradually increasing 4k content on Netflix and Amazon Prime, which is good as well.
Edit: we sit about 9' away from the screen.
In the spirit of Carry On you get used to the size quite quickly. One TV is 54 (46 screen) including the surround and when we look at the 40 it looks tiny. The newer ones of course the screen goes to the edge so less wasted space. Does also depend on the room of course
I am already quite convinced of my superiority.
Have you been eating Cajun rice ?
60" here too.. as always now we have it, it looked enormous in the shop and frankly, we would probably go up to 80".
Perfect for google earth and route planning....
38" here I think. Anything bigger would look daft in my living room
went from a sony 50" to a sony 65". Looks far too big for about 10 minutes then seems normal. The 50" on the bedroom wall looks like a postage stamp now.
The relative massiveness of any new TV lasts about 2 hours afaik!
ours is about 45 or so - seemed massive when we got it (replaced a 37 that went a bit wappy on the HDMI input), now I'd deffo like a bigger one still although it wouldn't really fit where the current one goes if it was much bigger
(and if we're humblebragging about massive lounges ( 😉 ) then my 37 inch one is in the upstairs bit of my garage running zwift ! 8)
^^ Andy K this 🙂
We have a wall mounted 46" in the living room and that doesn't seem too big. If anything it takes up a lot less space than the 32" CRT TV it replaced. We've also got a home cinema set-up in another room - that's something like an 8ft screen so when the screen is down it does somewhat dominate the room, but otherwise it's not obtrusive.
I have a 108 inch TV in my media room*.
It looks tiny compared to my Imax screen in the ballroom**
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*not really
**also not really
Just moved into a new house where the previous owners had massive tellys which they had mounted on the walls all over the place. The living room is way bigger than in the old house (humblebrag counter - other rooms are smaller).
Our 32" telly on which we view black and white Moliere documentaries now looks like a child's toy one and I've no idea if it can be put on a wall.
How big is big these days, and what's normal?
We have 2 TV's. One is 19", the main one is 22" neither are black and white , both are LED and we don't watch french beards
Neither of us can see the need for anything larger. We are obviously living in the stone age
perchy, one of your pouffes* is out of alignment**
* really
** not really
perchy, one of your pouffes* is out of alignment**
Not pouffes - actually cleverly concealed sub woofers.*
As for the alignment, I shall give the butler a sound thrashing** when I get home
*just made this bit up but it's a crackin' idea
** Not a euphemism, but it might be if that picture was actually my house.
When we moved in to our place we upgraded from a 32" to a 42" or maybe even 48" not sure now. Wall mounted in the new place as opposed to on a corner stand in the old place. We must sit 3.5m away from it directly in front, on my sofa off to the side closer to 4m I imagine.
Went from lugging this massive tele through Argos thinking wow this is going to be too big, squeezing it into the car, this is going to be too big, got it out of the box, wow, look how big it is, got it on the wall and within 5 minutes, yeah wish I'd bought a bigger one.
I've got a 15" bush.
I've got a 15" bush.
Is it from the 70's?
I've got a 15" bush.
Lolzilla
My one and only telly will be one of the smallest on here and it suits me fine. Have no need for anything larger nor a need for them in the kitchen or bedroom.
Shall keep my thoughts to myself concerning larger sets. 🙂
I am not hijacking this thread as such just more of a side note but how do people hide all the connections for the tv when wall mounting them? I am considering a larger tv just like the OP but i am more bothered about the ugly wires. Its on a thick chimney breast with no way of my chasing the cables in (not doing conduit either).
It's odd, isn't it. I used to have a 28" Sony CRT which people commented on as being huge. I'd no problems playing games on it. Now my current set is 42" and I get antsy if I'm further than a couple of metres from it.
They make the font smaller, as screens get bigger.
I become convinced we need a larger TV when I can no longer read the graphics on Tour de France coverage.
I went from a 37" samsung with the large surround of black plastic to a more modern 47" one with virtually no surround at all. The overall increase in width was something like 25mm and as it sat back so flush with the wall it actually appears smaller than before until you turn it on.
Now I've swapped my living room around and have he tv at one end and a couple of comfy armchairs at the other for non tv lounging around, not every moment in a comfy chair has to be in front of the tv, so I wish I'd gone to 60".
Oh, and they will appear bloody massive in your house compared to the shop. I also found Richer sounds a little cheaper and far nicer buying experience.
I am not hijacking this thread as such just more of a side note but how do people hide all the connections for the tv when wall mounting them? I am considering a larger tv just like the OP but i am more bothered about the ugly wires. Its on a thick chimney breast with no way of my chasing the cables in (not doing conduit either).
I'm afraid you've ruled out the only two ways!
Are you sure you can't chase them in? Chimney breast is made of brick / stone so would be fine?
We have a 37 inch tv (about 10 years old) which I think is too small but my wife thinks it is perfectly fine. However we are redecorating/remodelling our front room in the near future so I am working on getting a bigger/newer tv for then.
Tentatively mentioned looking at bigger tellies to Mrs Pondo only last week (we're stuck in 32"-land), and that was declined. 🙁 We don't have a massive living room so couldn't go enormous, but I reckon it'd take something a bit bigger.
If you're not prepared to cut a chase in the brickwork or run conduit, which I wouldn't be happy doing either, then you've limited your options to zero 🙂
I've got a 12 incher* but I don't use it as a rule**.
*Not true
**true
I'm afraid you've ruled out the only two ways!
except the third way?
Strap out the chimney breast with timber and include a plywood pad for fixing the TV bracket to.
Run conduit between the straps, plasterboard over and decorate.
Is the TV the new penis compensator now that cars are not so cool?
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49" here which is more or less the same size as the 40 it replaced. I'm sure this isnt to everyones taste but i like it
60" here and all I see is the big picture, but I just put a 32" HD TV in the bedroom and was watching a movie on it last night and I was conscious that I could see the TV itself as well as the picture. Go back to the 90s and a 32" TV would have been huge!
The room is slightly L shaped. One leg of the L is now filled with a big lounging around on L shaped sofa (which we were initially concerned would be too huge but now love...) and opposite it is the long wall of the L, 4.5m away. So it's a pretty large otherwise blank wall.
Existing wall mounted telly has a fat plastic surround (just measured it, the screen is actually a 40, the same wife who is now hankering for the 60 prevented me from buying the 46 at the time) and is pretty thick - this coupled with the cheap mount puts the screen about 6-8" into the room.
Really, the wall is perfect for it, and as thin as they are now (and with an appropriately slimline mount) I think 60 will be ace.
As for cables, they are already hidden in the wall. Sawed out a piece of plasterboard to hide the wires behind. Saw cuts at an angle not perpendicular, it was un piece de gateau to put the piece back and it's surprisingly undetectable.
They look much smaller when they are mounted on the wall I thinkZ
This is my man cave, 65" on the wall and it looks perfectly normal to me, especially now the screen goes right to the edge.
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Do people actually have houses that tidy?
To be fair it's unlikely people will take pics when it's filthy. 😀
Do people actually have houses that tidy?
Sorry, Wilburt, but that room is cluttered in my minimalist world!
I'm more worried that these houses look more like a private dentists waiting room rather than a home! Probably due to pics being taken by proud owners just after they've been done up.
That photo was taken just before I posted it and it's been built for a year!
49", wall mounted and we sit about 3-3.5m from the screen. It's far too small.
32" TV would have been huge!
I have a 32" Sony crt tv that has been sitting in my garage for 3 years as it's too heavy for me to take to the tip, thus requiring some manpower that I never seem to get round to organising.
Funny how things change though. When we got our 42" plasma (7 years ago) all of my and Mrs 10ft's family said it was too big. Now they all have them too.
People never regret buying a TV that is too small, so if in doubt size up. Bear in ming that the size is measured diagonally so an extra 5 inches or os doesn't translate to a tv that is that much bigger in terms of width and height.
captainsasquatch
Is the TV the new penis compensator now that cars are not so cool?
Yes. Have you not got one, like?
use a screeneo and make is as big as you like *
* well up to 100 inches
the same wife who is now hankering for the 60 prevented me from buying the 46 at the time) and is pretty thick
I'm sure she has other qualities though.
32" here. Beginning to feel inadequate. Anyway, I hardly ever watch TV, so it's not what you've got, but what you do with it that counts 🙂
We've a 40" and I honestly wouldn't want to go bigger..it's kind of in a recess, next to the chimney breast, so any bigger ahs it would look jammed in.
So basically,I need a bigger house....don't i?
DrP
The Panasonic 50" I've got my eye on is only slightly bigger than my current 42" plasma due to the massive bezel on the old plazma.
42' here and it looks lost on the wall.
32" CRT. Oh yes, nevermind the inches, feel the weight 🙂
32" in a 3*4m room, feels about right but I don't game or watch a huge amount of tv
had a 40" for ten years, went last year to get a bigger one (new house - bigger room)
wanted another sony, they come in 55" and 65" Mrs let me buy a 65" one
had it a year, its awesome blue ray films are ace, and planet earth amazing
Unless you have a "media room", anything over 32" is vulgar.
That said, if you stick the kid in the fridge, squealer's man cave looks bloody perfect 🙂
The relative massiveness of any new TV lasts about 2 hours afaik!
Oh, absolutely! When I bought my first widescreen TV, a Philips Blackline 32" CRT, which replaced a 24" Panasonic FST CRT TV, my mum came into the room just as we'd finished struggling in with it and getting it onto the stand; she took one look, and said "oh my God, it's huge!"
Within a day or so, it looked absolutely normal.
I've got a 40" Bravia that's now around seven, coming up eight years old, that has a large black bezel around it, and I reckon I could pretty much get a 55-60" into the same place, just by moving the stand out a couple of inches.
No plans to yet, the Sony is still working perfectly, the two sets it replaced, as mentioned above, both lasted fifteen -twenty years...
[quoteUnless you have a "media room", anything over 32" is vulgar
vulgar, FFS , have a word with yourself
a new 55" is not much bigger than an old 40"
New HD and 4k stuff is great on a big telly
I don't go to see films at cinema, so buy them on blu ray and watch them at home
Image how vulgar it would be going to the cinema !
Unless you have a "media room", anything over 32" is vulgar.
That's such a strange thing to say. My grandparents (and we're talking 30 years ago now) used to have a tv that was built into a cabinet, where the doors would close to hide the screen, as it the tv was something to be ashamed of. Kind of an attitude that someone who was born in early part 20th century would have (or someone trying to pretend that watching tv is somehow below them).
We have a 65" tv mounted on the wall, with surround sound, watching films is an awesome experience. So our lounge IS a media room, and is bloody brilliant.
My grandparents (and we're talking 30 years ago now) used to have a tv that was built into a cabinet, where the doors would close to hide the screen, as it the tv was something to be ashamed of.
My parents had the same. I am however very grateful that they never used the tv as a babysitter. By 'rationing' our viewing us kids actually played inside and outside with others including riding bikes, as well as reading books etc.
Slightly regretting our recent purchase of a 52". We have moved into a flat (not ours - comes with my job) with a very fine period living room; 26' X 26' with double and a half high ceiling and a massive fireplace that demands to be the focal point of the room. The shape of the room means it could not go on a wall and just didn't want too big a bit of black plastic in the space when not in use (vast majority of the time). Maybe also a bit of illogical snobbery about big tvs too.
In our little living room a 42" gave an immersive 'movie night' feel to nights in in front of the TV. This thing might be 10" bigger so something like 40% larger area (guess) but it does not feel as good to watch.
Having a big TV and doing other things with your time are not mutually exclusive though.
Studies show that kids are watching more tv/screens than ever.
I should have included a smiley, perhaps 🙂
😀
TV is the devil! If one must watch it then at least have an artistic statement and be sure to tell everyone how little TV you watch as your life is sooo full to the brim with reading, crocheting, playing Othello with the children and riding Unicorns. People really love hearing about it too.
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*I own a 47" Smart TV and sometimes let my toddler watch a film or Cbeebies on it. On occasion this may happen more than once a day. I expect I'll be reported to social services and have my child taken off me.
Our living room is 5.3m x 3.5m and rectangular. We have a 43" LED TV in the corner as we have a fireplace. I probably could have a got a bigger one but I didn't want it to be the centrepiece of the living room. Each to their own IMHO.
Studies show that kids are watching more tv/screens than ever
But we're also living longer...
Ergo, "hey duggie" cures heart disease... Probably...
DrP
We have a TV. It works (apart from most Freeeview channels). Freeview / Now TV / etc.etc. confuse the bejesus out of me.
That's pretty much all I know about it.