55” or 65” TV Screen Size and Your Speakers: Please Join Survey

@ajant - one more add to the go bigger list. If you like the impact that a movie theatre screenscape gives you, the distance from the most popular seats in any movie house as a ratio of the diagonal dimension of the screen ranges between 1:1 to 1:1.5 - this is a whole lot closer than most people sit to their tv screens at home. If you have access to high resolution film, a larger screen gives impact like nothing else. I have a room large enough that my viewing position is not constrained. I have an 85incher coupled with a room corrective sennheiser ambeo max and my face is about seven feet from the screen. I could use more speakers for a more immersive effect, but movie sound for me is way less important than my two channel audio. The combination of 85inches, seven feet and sennheiser is amazing : )

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Definitely 65".  I have two of those in the house plus a 110" motorized drop down screen.

I sit about 12 ft. from our TV in a stressless chair. We had a 55 inch but went to a 65 inch. No looking back, the 65 inch is a great size and doesn’t overwhelm the room. The 65 inch would work very well. If you look at the "recommended" viewing guide charts for TV viewing they would probably say a 75 inch would be recommended depending on the content resolution.  I ditched our receiver and 5.1  setup and went with an upper end samsung sound bar side/rear speakers and subwoofer.  It was better integration and actual sound.  After all it's only TV since we have a dedicated 2 channel room

I’m barely 8’ from my 65” screen. My best tv is a 55” Oled in the bedroom. I don’t do surround sound anymore because the living room size has gotten much smaller. I miss the days of having a 20x25’ room. Those days are long gone. 
 

I wouldn’t buy anything less than a 65” screen nowadays. And is it me or the screens have gotten smaller. My 65” screen is nearly as big as today’s 75” screen. What’s up with that?

You may not have room for this, but I offer this recommendation because it was a wonderful solution for 2 channel main systems. AWOL makes short throw laser projections and screens specially made for this purpose. The projector sits perhaps 15 inches on the floor in front of a screen that opens and retracts into a long narrow box (perhaps 5x5x115 inches) that also sits on the floor, just behind the plane of speakers. So, between my Apogee Divas I have a screen that is 120 inch diagonal (they come in 100 and 150 in screens, too); it fits perfectly between the speakers. It automatically opens, rises to a height you program, and which the bottom of the picture is about 18 inches above the ground. Two JL subs sit in front of the retractable screen, just below the projected pictures/videos, so nothing obstructs the picture or sound. I can choose pure audiophile listening, or watch yotubes or blu-ray movies. The picture is great, with great brightness, contrast, clarity and focus - day or night ! I highly recommend visiting the AWOL site. One of the best purchases I've ever made! Not mounted, retractable, of high quality and reliability. I hope this helps someone!