I can remember the day when any TV over 25″ was considered almost obscenely large. I recall having trouble loading a behemoth 27″ model that I’d just bought into the back seat of my car. I had to take it out of the box to squeeze it in. It was so heavy that carrying it was a two-man job. We’ve come a long way since then, haven’t we? How large is your home theater screen today?
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Televisions are much larger, lighter and less expensive now. The average screen size today would have been considered a “big screen” model in the past. Owning a TV less than 32″ is practically a conscious lifestyle decision, like some sort of demonstration that you can’t be bothered with such frivolities in your life as watching television.<\/p>\n
Given that I’m writing this on a home theater enthusiast web site, I have to assume that most of our readers favor HDTVs or projection screens on the larger side. My primary display is a projector with a variable aspect ratio Constant Image Height<\/a> configuration. I don’t usually think of my screen size in terms of the standard diagonal measurement. At its largest in “scope” mode, the screen is 6-feet wide. That would equate to a diagonal of just over 78 inches. Standard 16:9 content pillarboxed in the center of the screen measures a little above 62″ diagonal. I won’t pretend that this is the largest screen size I could have (many projector owners push screens over 100″), but in my small room and short seating distance, this is the most comfortable size for me. I also tend to prefer a brighter and punchier picture. The larger your screen size with a projector, the more trade-offs you’ll suffer in image quality. If I were to ever move to a larger space, I’d most likely upgrade to an 8-foot wide screen with a higher gain, but that’s probably as large as I’d want to go. For where I am now, I’m still satisfied with what I have. <\/p>\n What about you? What’s your screen size?<\/p>\n