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Does TV/picture quality matter less on smaller TVs?

Posted on 11/10/20 at 3:27 pm
Posted by CatfishJohn
Member since Jun 2020
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Posted on 11/10/20 at 3:27 pm
Getting a 43" TV for someone for Christmas who doesn't really care about TV quality at the level I do. I'm a huge nerd about it and do exhaustive research.

But this person wants a 43" for their office where they watch most of their television. I'm looking at some nice TVs, but the price is kind of ridiculous considering he isn't a TV snob like me.

So the question is, does it really matter with a 43" TV? Are the imperfections, contrast ratios, brightness, etc. less noticeable with a smaller TV as opposed to say a 65/75" TV? I've always assume that was the case.


Posted by guedeaux
Member since Jan 2008
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Posted on 11/10/20 at 3:28 pm to
TCL
Posted by CatfishJohn
Member since Jun 2020
16888 posts
Posted on 11/10/20 at 3:32 pm to
I know a good bit about brands and quality of the larger TVs. Not really looking for brand recommendations.

Just a technical question:

Do the image specs matter less on smaller TVs? Most importantly brightness and contrast...
Posted by mchias1
Member since Dec 2009
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Posted on 11/10/20 at 4:30 pm to
Specs always matter for any size but use case matters more. If I want a TV for an office while doing work I wouldn't care about specs as much as my main tv in my living room.

For smaller sizes resolution is less important as the eye just cant see the pixel density difference.
This post was edited on 11/10/20 at 4:39 pm
Posted by TU Rob
Birmingham
Member since Nov 2008
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Posted on 11/10/20 at 4:56 pm to
quote:

Specs always matter for any size but use case matters more. If I want a TV for an office while doing work I wouldn't care about specs as much as my main tv in my living room.

For smaller sizes resolution is less important as the eye just cant see the pixel density difference.


Exactly. When I bought a new one for the living room, I got a nice 4k Samsung 50 inch. Personally would have liked a little bit bigger than that, but our room isn't very deep. It is something like 12'x22', with some weird spots where a closet is. No real place to mount it except where we did, and you're only sitting about 10 feet from it. Going up to a 55 or 65 inch would have been too big.

But my bedroom TV is a little 32 inch currently. Most of the time, Disney+ is playing on it for our 2 year old. It is just a little 1080 we bought cheap a few years back when my wife was pregnant with him. I knew it wouldn't be great quality, but just to binge a few shows at night when the kids are asleep, it is fine. We're in the process of upgrading in the bedroom. Got a new bed and furniture, painting walls, etc. When we're done, I'll probably get a nice 43 inch Samsung to replace it and it will end up in a kids room. Or maybe as a second TV on the deck when we're watching football out there.
Posted by CatfishJohn
Member since Jun 2020
16888 posts
Posted on 11/10/20 at 5:33 pm to
His office is crazy bright and is all windows and the Tv is going in the corner kind of awkwardly.

So I have filtered on rtings the TVs with good scores in reflection, viewing angles, and brightness. Then picked out one in the price range and it the LG UN7300. They don't have some of the higher end models in 43" anyway. I wanted something brighter to fight off the light in the room, but I was spending $450 on a Samsung Q60T, especially since the viewing angles and reflection are worse. Tried to find a Vizio M Series Quantum but I couldn't in that size anywhere online.

It is a middle of the road TV but it'll do nicely in that environment and I got it for $250 at Costco.

He'll love it.
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