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SvennoJ 2 days ago
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Soundwave said:
SvennoJ said:

I had the same mentality before HDR, even build a whole dedicated viewing room around my projector.

However the screen size doesn't matter, distance, preceived fov does. Simply moving the couch closer to the 4K HDR TV gives the same immersion of a bigger screen viewed from further away.

150 inches from 12 ft is the same as 65 inches from 5.2 ft. Except with true blacks and much better color/contrast/brightness.

I enjoyed cinema when it was still analog, actual film. Since it's all digital now, at home is simply better.

I sit about 10 feet back from my 150 inch screen, the difference in size from that to even a 100 inch display (basically the max TV size you can get) is immediately noticeable. 

5 feet away is pretty comically close to a TV too, I dunno I haven't sat that close to a TV since probably the 90s when playing my Super NES. 

You throw things like IMAX into the mix and it's not even close. I would never want to watch something like Oppenheimer on any home television first over watching it on a massive screen at a good theater. The experience is just not going to be the same. 

I watched Interstellar at IMAX. It was good, better on blu-ray at home :/ (Both sound and picture quality)
The 35mm sections of the movie were pretty bad at IMAX size, the 65mm parts looked good, but lacked black level and contrast.


10ft from 150 inch is as comically close as 4.33 ft from 65".... about 57 degrees fov

I used to watch my 92" projector screen at 12ft, which was a comfortable distance (fov of 31 degrees, 62 pixels per degree for 1080p content) to watch movies and play games. For the same experience, 8.5 ft from 65", or 1.8 ft from a 14 inch laptop screen.

I quickly found out that my gaming laptop's 144hz panel delivers a much more immersive experience in FS2020 opposed to hooking it up to the projector. (Plus much easier to lean in to read the small stuff)

If I want to have wrap around view, I play VR :) For TV and movies I rather be able to see the whole screen instead of having to scan the action.



As for sound, no dolby atmos for me. I have quality B&W speakers, 5.1 set up with a REL Storm III Subwoofer. Up to 150 watt per channel but don't really go that loud for movies. The biggest factor for good sound quality, after the speakers, is the room itself. I have 2 5.1 set-ups, one in my home theater room and in the living room.

It sounds much better in the living room, open concept, high vaulted ceiling, wood floor, wood/glass walls. Sound needs to breathe.
My theater room has wood floor on concrete, 2 concrete outer walls, and is much smaller, shaped like a box. There's no possibility to get the same sound quality in there as in the living room. The 192khz 24 bit soundtrack from Akira sounds sublime in the living room. I can't say I hear the hypersonic effect but it does sound crystal clear.