• dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    I suspect it’s also meant to mitigate the modern fascination with buying TVs that are too big, and sitting far too close to them all the time. If your soccer ball example involves the ball being in one position on this frame, and literally six inches away in real distance on the surface of the screen on the next, and this is happening all the time, people will get fatigued and cranky watching it for extended periods.

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      17 hours ago

      Unless you’re Elon Musk rich, it’s pretty much impossible to buy a TV that is too big.

      I own a 77” TV and the optimal viewing distance for that is 2.7 meters for a THX recommended viewing angle of 36°. The size goes up quickly the farther you sit from the screen. If your couch is 4 meters from the screen you’re already looking at a 114” screen to get the same 36° angle.