Display Suggestions Needed

[oldbustedjorn]

I have a large corner desk with no hutch and I currently have a 24" Dell LCD attached to the corner using a Ergotron desk arm.

In the back of the room there are some recliners and a couch, and currently, its too hard to see the 24" monitor from that distance. I would say its 8-10ft (i'm at work currently).

I have been looking for some time at a 1080p 42" plasma, but I'm worried about viewing distance.

Accoring to this article, a 1080p 42" screen should be decent at a little over 5 feet. This means its probably ok to view from the seats, but not if I were at the desk. It would just be too big.

I could put it off to my right on the wall, and it would be about 4 feet away but I'd have to turn my head to watch it while I'm doing something on my PC.

Does anybody have any suggestions short of rearranging the room? I wouldn't mind going smaller except that I won't get 1080p plasma 37" (correct me if I'm wrong), and I don't want to buy a "slightly" larger screen than I currently have. I'm just out of ideas for this room...

Thanks.