At what screen size does 1080P looks best?

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One of the members (obliy) here said this:

Also to answer your question, you seem very concerned about 1080 on 23 / 24" screens. Generally 24" is considered the max for 1080, Larger than that and things start to get pixelated if you are too close to the screen. Personally i have used 27" / 24" and 21" 1080 monitors. To me 24" and below look very good were as my 27" is getting a bit large for 1080. To be honest though, you don't have any other options for 23 / 24" screens, its either 1080 or move up to a 27" 1440 monitor.
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While other internet lurkers elsewhere have said that you won't even notice 1080P unless you have at least a 50" screen/TV.


So, which screen size is optimal to view 1080P?
 
It depends in the distance from the screen and the material viewed.
There are some standards for TVs:
http://myhometheater.homestead.com/viewingdistancecalculator.html
the 50'' recommendation corresponds to watching a movie at living room distance, 21,5'' to normal PC-desk distance without seeing too much of the subpixels.
So everyone is right but didn't mention the 2nd variable necessary for the claim to make undisputed sense.
 
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Benny got it right, the only thing I want to add is that I feel 23 is truly the sweet spot. My monitors are 1080p and I get no obvious pixels no nothing.
 
Sorry, i should have clarified that it is greatly dependent on how far you sit from your monitor. Overall though the smaller the screen the more crisp the image will be, you just have to decide how much screen re-estate you are willing to sacrifice for clarity. To me 24" is the sweet spot, i prefer not to go smaller than that and think that you still get a nice image at that size.
 
It depends what you are using it for.

It also depends on your eyesight. If you have worse than 20-20 vision you'll be able to have a bigger screen or sit closer without distinguishing individual pixels, but if have 20-15 or better you'll need to sit further away.

My vision is better than 20-15 (read the entire eye chart with ease ;)) and my eyes are 2 feet away from a 24" 1080p screen. I also have a 22" 1080p screen and it looks a lot sharper but I would still prefer an even higher dot pitch than that for casual viewing.

When I am gaming I like to be able to easily distinguish each individual pixel. 1080p 24" viewed from 2 feet away is ideal for that.

The reason I want to distinguish each individual pixel is because otherwise I'm wasting performance on resolution when a much better use for it would be a higher frame rate. If I was able to get a consistent 120+ fps with an even higher resolution I would gladly do it.
 
If you take eyesight into account the values from the calculator only work for good vision and no farsightedness.
20/20 is confusing as you can have perfect "20/20" at 20 feet but still be unable to read text at close range.
So for watching a movie without glasses a large screen at Living room distance will be more comfortable than a monitor at close range.
This doesn't affect many younger people but almost all elderly.
So it could be added that the ideal viewing distance, taking eyesight into account can vary from person to person and might be as different as a 180'' at 20 feet distance for an elderly with 20/20 vision (but unable to read newspaper headlines without glasses)
and 18'' at 2 feet for a nearsighted person.
Corresponding to a place where the resolution matches up nicely with the viewing distance while keeping the viewers lenses relaxed enough to watch it without fatigue or the need for glasses.
 
Cell phones :p



1080p is ok on a 20 inch screen, but even then once you use a Mac Pro Retina on a 13" screen everything else seems blurry.


anything above 27" should be 1440p or higher(unless its multi monitor)
 
That's like talking about engine torque, not mentioning RPMs.

DPI, viewing distance and one's eyesight are all correlated and can't be talked about separately. Period.

So yes, in my particular circumstances, 1080p@27" is perfectly sharp and detailed. In yours, [email protected]" may not be enough.
 
23 to 24 looks amazing almost like a 20inch at 1650 x 1080 tight pixel pitch with a screen that matches.
 
A nice distance/screen-size chart.
http://s3.carltonbale.com/resolution_chart.html
I'm using a 50'' 720p plasma in the living room as there's simply no reason to upgrade the resolution at the typical 10-feet+ sitting distance.
About 40'' wiIl work well at the end of your bed, and for the desktop it'll be 20'' to 27''-ish depending on the size of your desk.
 
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You can also view it this way in most cases you can move a monitor further back if you need to, but you cant move it much closer without losing keyboard space etc... So for me I go bigger and then just push the monitor further back on the desk.
 
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