Originally Posted by
birdstrike
Wow, Thamks for all the good advice. We're moving up from a 34" to a 40" so I don;t think we'll feel deprived.
standard rule of the thumb on buying a flat panel as told to me by my home theatre profesional at a professional store (not BEST BUY) is:
1) measure the distance from where you are planning to watch the tv to the tv set.
2) multiply by 2 to get your screen size.
for example:
When I built my new house, I talked to the guy with my blueprints in hand. All he said was that my den is 38ft long (wall to wall), so therefore I will need a 76in TV screen. I settled for a 70in 1080p XBR Sony rear LCD projection and have loved every minute of using it !!!