Joshua,

From a practical perspective, that’s way too close to watch an 86″ image. Horrible for your eyes.

I have a 75″ 4K OLED in my living room that I watch from 12′ away and I think that distance is just about right.

60 inches away from an 85″ screen is too close in my book. I sit 15 feet back from my 100″ screen in the basement HT watching 4K content on a 4K projector and I feel I’m at the right distance.

Are you using this set for gaming or movies/TV?

Ian White

That’s right. Nobody sits that close to a TV. Those distances represent the farthest points at which human eyes with 20/20 vision can no longer resolve pixel details.

Typical seatings distances are generally so far away that most people are unable to see differences between 1080p, 4K and 8K TVs (assuming color accuracy and refresh rates were identical, which isn’t always the case).

5.5′ is the optimum viewing distance for a 4K 85″ TV???

The writer clearly is confusing the distance when the pixel structure becomes evident, with a typical seating distance. No one, but no one sits under 6 feet (let alone under 3 feet) from their TV, unless they’re in a camper with a 27″.

Ernie,

Having calibrated well over 100 HDTVs and projectors, I have to admit that I’m not buying into the 8K thing at all. My trained eye looks for color issues, the ability to see detail in really dark scenes, and overall clarity — but I’m perfectly happy with 4K.

There is almost no 8K content and there are few customers for 8K movies to replace the UHD 4K movies those same people already own.

I’ve been collecting movies for 40 years and my collection of over 3,700 DVDs, LDs, Blu-ray, UHD 4K, etc…is pretty much done.

Streaming is the future and I don’t see 8K sets flying off the shelves at BB. I ask those dumb questions.

I sit about 10 feet from my LG 4K set and its calibrated image looks amazing.

My projector is a 4K JVC and it’s good enough on my 100″ screen. I don’t think my eyes are getting any better with age and nobody has ever complained about the picture quality.

IW