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Home Cinema Viewing Distances
26 inch Minimum distance between eye and screen (m) Maximum distance between eye and screen (m)
SD – standard definition
 
1.74
 
2.90
 
HD – high definition
 
1.16
 
2.32
 
     
32 inch
 
Minimum (m)
 
Maximum (m)
 
SD
 
2.13
 
3.55
 
HD
 
1.42 2.84
 
     
37 inch
 
Minimum (m)
 
Maximum (m)
 
SD
 
2.46
 
4.10
HD
 
1.64 3.28
 
     
42 inch
 
Minimum (m)
 
Maximum (m)
 
SD
 
2.79
 
4.65
 
HD
 
1.86
 
3.72
 
     
46 inch
 
Minimum (m) Maximum (m)
 
SD
 
3.06
 
5.10
 
HD
 
2.04
 
4.08
 
     
50 inch
 
Minimum (m)
 
Maximum (m)
 
SD
 
3.33
 
5.55
 
HD
 
2.22
 
4.44
 
     
60 inch
 
Minimum (m)
 
Maximum (m)
 
SD
 
3.99
 
6.65
 
HD
 
2.66
 
5.32
 

 

The figures supplied here are based on SMPTE Visual Acuity guidelines, no less. SMPTE is the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (www.smpte.org)

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