Of course not. I knew EXACTLY where the wet bar was going, and built the rest of the basement around that.
-sc From: William Robbins [mailto:dangerw...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 10:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: widescreen vs "standard" monitors And then added the wet bar? - WJR On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 09:23, Steven M. Caesare <scaes...@caesare.com> wrote: My 133" is viewed at 12.5' away. I actually built my basement theater after having done some rough measurements in a theater as to where my preferred viewing angle was... -sc > -----Original Message----- > From: Guyer, Don [mailto:don.gu...@fiserv.com] > Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 10:27 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: widescreen vs "standard" monitors > > Our 50" is viewed from about 7'-8' away and seems to be just about perfect. > Any larger/closer and you'd feel like you were in the first few rows of a > movie theater. > > Don Guyer > Windows Systems Engineer > Datasafe Platform > Fiserv Enterprise Technology > Fiserv > don.gu...@fiserv.com > Office: 1-800-523-7282 x 1673 > Fax: 610-293-4499 > www.fiserv.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com] > Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 10:28 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: widescreen vs "standard" monitors > > Depends on the room size and how far the TV will be from the couch. > > _____________________________ > Cameron Cooper > Network Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified > > Aurico > Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896 > ccoo...@aurico.com | www.aurico.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] > Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 9:18 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: widescreen vs "standard" monitors > > Oh, I definitely intend to get a widescreen TV, just was wondering if there > were a "magic formula" for figuring out what size TV/monitor to get for an > equivalent viewing size... :-) > > > > From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 10:09 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: widescreen vs "standard" monitors > > That's another discussion altogether, and one that has been largely decided > with the move to HD. If you expect a TV to last more than a few years, get a > widescreen. End of discussion. > > > > On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 10:06 AM, John Aldrich > <jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com> wrote: > Well, actually, I was thinking more along the lines of widescreen TVs. :-) But I > figured what's applicable to a desktop as far as the equivalent screen size > would be applicable to a TV. :-) > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jonathan [mailto:ncm...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 9:58 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: widescreen vs "standard" monitors > > Don't recall the discussion, but I know that a 19" widescreen has roughly the > same vertical space of a 17" "standard" (what is that, 4:3 aspect ratio?). > > My OPINION, based on experience, because I have deployed a lot of both > standard and widescreen monitors is this: > > If you work with lots of big spreadsheets, or work with graphics (particularly > movies), then widescreen may be a good idea. > > Otherwise, I don't see the value at this point in time. I'd rather have a 19" > standard monitor than a 19" widescreen (for work, anyway). > > JR > > On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 9:41 AM, John Aldrich <jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com> > wrote: > > I seem to recall awhile back that there was a discussion about the > > "equivalent" monitor size to get for the same vertical space of a > "standard" > > desktop screen vs a wide screen. I did search both the web archives > > and my personal email archives, but couldn't find what I was looking > > for. 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