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Distance/Screen SIze Formula?

My husband and I are debating between a 50" and a 60" flat panel television for our living room. Although the room is very long , it is not very wide and we would be veiwing the televsion from aprox.12 feet from the screen. Does 60" seem like too large a screen for that distance or can we go for it?We hate the feeling of sitting in the first few rows of a movie theatre.........hence our concern. Can anyone help?
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edesilva
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I sit about 10' from my 61" plasma. Works for me, doesn't seem too large, and I'm not one of those types that sits in the front row of movie theatres either...

TVs typically don't come close to the field of view that you get in a movie theatre, which can be like 30-45 degrees or so. My 61" plasma has a viewing angle of about 25 degrees at 10 feet, if I do my math right...
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