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does no one else sit just a meter from their tv
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Some folks have different setups and use...wireless headsets.
I sit roughly 2+ meters from my 55" 4K, and usually play games at or near that res too. Sitting even closer to a TV bc the fonts are small seems like a bad fix.
I sit maybe 1-1.5 meters from my computer monitors too, which range from 24 to 30 inches.
I sit maybe 1-1.5 meters from my computer monitors too, which range from 24 to 30 inches.
Yeah, I could make it out easily enough but if my TV was smaller and I was playing in 1080p, it would have been a headache reading all the smaller text.
Instead of devs just implementing the option for larger subtitle text, why don't I rearrange my whole living room so I can sit closer to the TV? Who needs coffee tables anyway?
This is honestly what I thought this thread was referring to, haha!
I sit about 9 feet from a 65 inch tv. So I guess that's around 3 meters.
I'm legally blind so I sit very close. Sometimes I have to stand in front of the TV to try to read text, or if a game requires me to react more quickly.
Wtf is the point of getting a nice TV when you're sitting that close and everything looks pixelated? Gross. Unless I had eye issues, I'd sit back pretty far to get a prettier picture. I hear it's pretty bad actually sitting very close since the brightness depletes your vision over time or something.
Minimum 6' on a couch with the tv angled down so I don't crane my neck up. 55" 4K tv, but have always done it even when a 40" screen.
42" TV at just a bit more than 2 meters.
I sit on the ground and my head is pretty much at the center of the screen.
I sit on the ground and my head is pretty much at the center of the screen.
I sit eye level between 6 or 10 feet (2 or 3 meters) away from a 43" 4K. That's pretty much the recommended viewing distance, so it's all good.
I sit pretty damn close to my 43 inch. Close enough to where I sometimes have to physically move my head to see stuff in a corner
Nothing is "pixelated" standing 2 foot from my 4k TV if the content is 4k.
My 55" TV is a bit large to be sitting 3.3 feet away from. My couch is about 3 meters from the TV.
I sit about a meter away from my 55". I used to sit further, but due to life being shit I'm back with my parents so I only play in my room at night, and I don't game from bed. Do I sit in front of my bed, immediately in front of the TV.
I'm on my way to becoming legally blind thanks to a genetic condition and I've been worried about being able to play games so it's nice to hear you're still rocking despite your vision.
Mine is a brain issue caused by strokes. Central vision is useless, so I can't read. Access ability options are becoming better and better as well, so they should be great when you need them.
There is ridiculously far away for a 42, you should be in the 1.5 - 1.8m range for that size.
Why can't you just plug your headphones into your controller? Assuming you're using a console.
1.7m from the 40" in the living room, 1m from the 22" in my bedroom. I'd prefer to sit further from the living room tv but the space isn't there.
1.37 Meters or 4.5 feet from a 55" 4K TV for me. I use it for my PC and well... pretty much all my entertainment except phone and Switch games lol.
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No, that sounds uncomfortable. I sit about 3 meters away from my 55" set and the only reason I even sit that close is because that's literally how far apart the walls of the room are.
I used to sit closer but it's been fine sitting further away for a vast majority of games. It's the odd ones with tiny text that suck.
Seems like people think front row movie theatre type of experience is what you need but there really is no recommended distance. We survived gaming in on 20" tvs in the old days after all.
You can sit can sit any distance you want but there's an optimal distance where you get the best sharpness while being close enough to see details properly. Like if you have a 50inch 4K TV and sit 3 metres away from it you're going to struggle to see the difference in resolution compared to 1080p. There absolutely is a recommended distance when it comes to optimal viewing experience. Whether someone cares or prioritises it is a different thing entirely.
Most people don't like sitting too close and aesthetically it's better in a living room to have more room between your couch/coffee table/TV. That's why most people would rather buy a 65inch with a worse panel than a 55inch OLED.
I've been using a 55" 4K OLED TV as my PC monitor for at least 4 years now and sit about 2 feet or .6 meters away from it. I love it!