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Selecting an HDTV that’s too big is like being stuck sitting in the front row of a Movie Theater while too small is just… too small. The General rule of thumb is to take the distance between the viewer and the TV set in number of feet, then multiply that by 4. The number you get is the number in inches of the ideal size HDTV set. Here’s the breakdown:

1. Measure the distance from where the TV is to the viewers eye.
2. Take that distance and multiply it by 4.
3. The new number is the size in inches of the TV you should get.

For instance we sit 10 feet from our TV. (eyeball distance) We times that number by 4 and a 40 inch TV is what we should get.

Instead we broke the rule a little and got a 42 inch HDTV set. Sometimes you’ve just got to know when to break the rules. It turned out to be the perfect size.