How Large is Your TV?

Jules

Jules

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When wandering around the tech stores in December, I was shocked by the size of TVs. They’re bigger than huge. They were selling well.

How large is your TV or TVs and do you have a hard time setting it up in your room. I came upon a forum where the most common battle seems to be whether a TV should be on your fireplace mantel.

Our main TV is 40” and is proportional to the credenza. It’s a small house and we couldn’t have anything bigger in this area. In the basement rec room, there’s a 50” TV that also sits well on the stand. Anything bigger would be too much. I don’t know if I’ve ever watched that TV. DH wanted it for sports specials and some movies and while he’s exercising. To me it seems monstrous and it’s not even considered large now.
 

We have a 43" Panasonic Plasma TV in our family room. We bought it way back about 2006, when these flat screen TV's were just becoming common, and it still works good. For the price we paid back then, we could buy 5 or 6 of similar size today.
 
Don M. said:
We have a 43" Panasonic Plasma TV in our family room. We bought it way back about 2006, when these flat screen TV's were just becoming common, and it still works good. For the price we paid back then, we could buy 5 or 6 of similar size today.
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I may have the same TV from the same era. The pictures on those old plasmas are fantastic, I see no reason to replace it.
 
We have an LG 56" Smart TV in our family room. It is high definition and when we first got it several years ago we felt like we were in the room where the show was taking place. The clarity is amazing. It wasn't difficult at all to set up, and we can also plug Apple TV into the back and watch our streaming shows on Netflix, Prime Plus, Hulu and Apple TV. I watch a few hours of TV every day so it is well worth the cost.

We have a long, low entertainment center in a wide nook that came with the house and it fits perfectly.
 
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I can't live without the darn thing. I actually had to go measure, the actual screen is 22.5 inches. With the cost of electricity, I don't think I'd want one much bigger. My TV was bought in 2009, I'm glad it's still going.
 
Have a 32 inch 1080p I bought for the 2010 transition from analog to digital. I also have been OTA for over 2 decades and don't Internet stream either. I don't watch much television, so there really isn't any reason for anything more even if that mattered. Of course, I've viewed other's large 4k sets and have no interest. What is technically more of value is not set diagonal size but rather RGB dot detail and broadcast signal quality.

That noted I do drive an external Dell 4k HD 24 inch external monitor from my Dell 15.6 inch 4k HD laptop. And when large 8k PC monitors become available, likely this year finally, will be buying a couple for public exhibition purposes.
 
Remy said:
I can't live without the darn thing. I actually had to go measure, the actual screen is 22.5 inches. With the cost of electricity, I don't think I'd want one much bigger. My TV was bought in 2009, I'm glad it's still going.
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Just a WAG but I bet a new 40" tv would be cheaper to run than a 2009 model.
 
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