When I was growing up, the family TV was a 19-incher. I think that was pretty standard in those days. And we had to walk uphill both ways to watch it.
That’s 90 inches. When I set up my system, I measured it at 106 inches.
Playing XBOX on this screen rules.
Wow, they are more pricey than I thought!
Mine is 92" IIRC. When we get an extra grand to drop on a new screen, we’ll probably add another foot or so. I can’t imagine trying to play Rock Band on anything smaller, let alone watching movies on something else.
Lack of wall space and too much light aren’t problems for us, but I can understand if they are for others.
We have a friend who has a 103" projection set-up. Quality is great, no fan sound that I can detect. He regularly has people over for events like the World Series, etc. His room is set-up with black out curtains and is very cave-like. It works for his particular room.
We have 42" DLP and 36" LCD. The 42 DLP in the family room is sometimes a pain because we can’t block out all the light and you do get shadows, but we would have that no matter what TV we had in that room. The 36 is in the bedroom and that one isn’t an issue because of where the windows are in relation to the TV.
In our current layout, we can’t go much bigger than what we have. All of our rooms are too small to have a larger screen than what we do.
IIRC, replacement bulbs for the DLP are about $300-400.
People who get screens like that tend to build rooms specifically for viewing. They build the room around the screen, not the other way around.
why would somebody pay $10,000 for a 60 inch tv? I paid under $3000 for my samsung 52 inch lcd. Do you think maybe your friend is just telling you they paid that much??
Here is a 65" Sharp LCD monitor for $7,100-$8500 (depending on where you shop). It’s not hard to imagine a 60" going for $10K a couple years ago.
My projector could fill a larger screen, but I went for brightness instead of size. Inverse square law. It’s a CRT projector, and our goal was to duplicate the theatrical experience.
He bought the TV when it was brand new on the market. He may be over-exaggerating but it seems plausible. As for how he afforded the TV, he was in a car accident and got a nice chunk of cash. He’s fine though. He went through the money within a year but has a lot of cool stuff to show for it at least.
My SO just bought a reconditioned projector for about $600. It’s fun to occasionally take down the artwork and watch a movie, and I want to play Mario Cart with it, but I don’t see it becoming the standard “Let’s see what’s on” TV. Why ever would I want to watch most cable or broadcast TV with that much detail on it? I really don’t want to see up their noses, or read what’s on that piece of paper on their desk.
I can’t find the article, but I saw a TV like that, if not larger. The guy who bought it didn’t worry about putting it in a room. It was outside by his pool, so he and his friends could watch it from there.
And I will re-welcome my new hallucinogenic overlords when this happen.
Found the article. What I was thinking of is a projector. Still, fun article about how people are moving their TVs outdoors.