How Big is Too Big?



As the resolution has increased for video monitors, I have been using a 32" 1080 HDTV for a computer monitor, which seems to work just fine.

In fact, now that I am becoming a bit far sighted, I am wondering if I might even use a BIGGER HDTV for both cable TV and PC applications, streaming video etc etc.

Have any of you experimented with using one or more 1080 screens, 32" or more?

How about an array of screens - 40? 46?

Thanks for any ideas.
cwlondon
srvooten

A good question as I have been trying to figure that out myself since seeing one in the store.

I believe it was a UN46C6500VF or a UN46C6900, but looking at the specs, I cant figure out why the 6900 costs more and apparently weighs almost 10 pounds more....the only obvious spec is a higher contrast ratio.

For both, however, or the one I noticed in the store, they have a more elegant and expensive looking brushed aluminum bezel, rather than the typical black plastic.

Re "thin" I am also referring to the back to front dimension, where from the side they are significantly thinner than say, most of the Sonys I saw.

This I thought might help make my desktop a bit less crowded.
I use a sony 32 inch lcd, and sometimes a 37 inch lcd as a monitor. Works great. The 37 I have in my bedroom and I use it to read books via Kindle for the PC. Wonderful bedtime stories. Viewing distance is about 10 feet.

Years ago, I toured Microsoft offices in Washington and was taken back by the number of LCD monitors that were used in arrays of three. Most of the screens were 30 inch. I was told that the arrays significantly increased productivity of the programmers.
Thanks Cwlondon- I'm helping my sister find a TV and trying to get as large a screen as possible to fit into a small space made for a older standard style sreen.
Both the manufacturers and the motion picture industry recommend much larger sized screens than one would think, claiming that it is much easier on the eyes. My viewing distance is 9 or 10 feet, and they recommend 50" as the minimum for that distance. I didn't believe it until I tried it, and I am definitely a convert. It is so much easier on the eyes with the larger screen size, and that is reason enough for many.