Funkmasterr wrote:My last roomate had a 70" in the living room. The couch was probably about 15' or so away from it, and I thought it was too big for video games, I prefer 42-46" over that any day. Just preference, I guess.
I also prefer 46" for gaming although I sit closer to my screens. I use computer glasses with a ideal viewing range from 2.5 to 6 feet. That's my current PC setup above. While it looks like the iMac is right next to the 46", it's actually several feet closer to me, making the 46" appear smaller than it is.
I've gamed on a 120" sceen (if you recall, I've owned several HD front projectors) but it's just too big to really enjoy gaming on. As for colors, the edge-lit LED Samsungs have eye-popping color. Excellent blacks too. The picture above doesn't do it justice of course. The iMac is also an LED screen and pretty amazing to view stuff on.
I've noticed the "soap opera" effect on my new Samsung. This is caused by motion interpolation. Turning off Auto Motion Plus on Samsungs gets rid of it. There's probably another setting on other brands. It really does make everything look like it was shot in very high def but low budget. It will be useful for sports.
It also turns out having a third PC monitor is more useful than I thought. Tabs are great (I've got 13 tabs open right now) but it's nice to have a few windows open at the same time when researching or using a primary app on the main screen. Tutorials, etc.
Here's what you need to turn off to lose the soap opera effect on various brands:
Hitachi – Reel120[2]
Insignia – DCM Plus, for Digital Clear Motion 120 Hz
Kogan Technologies – MotionMax 100Hz[3], 200 Hz
LG – TruMotion 120 Hz, 240 Hz, 480 Hz
AOC – Motion Boost 120 Hz
Mitsubishi – Smooth 120 Hz
Panasonic – Intelligent Frame Creation (IFC)
Philips – HD Digital Natural Motion[4]
Samsung – Auto Motion Plus 120 Hz[5], 240 Hz
Sharp – Fine Motion Enhanced[6], AquoMotion 240Hz[7]
Sony – MotionFlow 100 Hz, 100 Hz PRO (XBR series, Australia), 120 Hz, 200 Hz, 240 Hz, 400 Hz.[8][9]
Toshiba – ClearScan 120 Hz, 240 Hz
Vizio – MEMC (Motion Estimation, Motion Compensation)[10]
Sceptre – MEMC (Motion Estimation/Motion Compensation)