Just trying to get a feel for how I want to place things in my new house...

1) How big is your TV?
2) How far away is your couch from the TV?
3) If you have rear speakers for dolby/dts, are they on the side of you, or behind you?

36"

About 6 feet

None

46"

~12 ft.

side (would rather have behind I think)

Screen is approx. 120 cm wide (using projector), about 3 m from viewers. Back speakers just a little back from sides.

42" and the couch sits about 9 feet away. I have rear speakers, but I haven't gotten around to installing them since I moved in (nearly two years ago). Now I am planning on moving this summer, so let's hope the next house accomodates the set up a bit better.

As it currently stands, my couch butts up against the wall, leaving me limited options for speaker placement. When the wife and kids are home, I rarely get a chance to watch movies at the appropriate level anyway, so I have a nice set of headphones that allow me the comfort of watching a movie without disturbing the rest of the house. On the occasion that I do pull out the surrounds and string up some ad-hoc cable wire, the speakers are on either side of the couch, slightly above ear level, about 4'-5' from my head.

27" and about 8 feet away. Looking to upgrade soon.

1) Projector screen - 8 ft wide
2) around 15 1/2 feet
3) rear speakers to the side

42" and the couch sits about 9 feet away.

Sounds like the previous owner's setup in what's now my house (a small Victorian terrace; the whole room is only 11ft in that direction). It was IMO a bit much, and made it feel weird using the room for anything other than TV. Now I've got a 17in widescreen TFT (I couldn't stand 50Hz flicker out of the corner of my eye, and 100Hz CRTs don't come in small sizes) which is much more like it. Oh, and no rear speakers as yet.

Peter

Something to consider in all of this... Large widescreen televisions shrink really fast.

Our is 46" and we thought it was HUGE when we got it. Now I look at it and think I could stand 56" easily...

Don't believe me? Ask anyone on the hometheaterspot.com forums. These things really do shrink.

45" RPTV

about 6'

side



My parents have:

60" RPTV

about 8'

side and in the ceiling

1) 32"
b) 10 feet
c) ceiling mounted, even with the ends of the couch.

-jk

36"

8 feet

behind

32", 8' and to the side (because there is no space behind)

29" (4:3, not widescreen)

About 8 feet

Either side just behind head line

1) 7 feet (16X9 screen - CRT front projected)
2) 13 feet
3) ceiling mounted, even with the ends of the couch.

52" (16x9)

6.5 feet

7.1 system with 2 surround sides on pedestals slightly behind and above listening position and 2 surround rears directly behind listening position about 3 feet off center for each.

1.) 27"
2.) 6-8'
3.) I have them to the side a little higher than ear level because most US DVDs are DD5.1 and that is the optimal setting for Dolby Digital whereas DTS recommends behind the listener at ear level. I wish more DVDs were released with DTS because of the lower compression than the DD compression (~1.5MB/s vs 768K or 640K)