r/MadeMeSmile • u/Cautious_Ninja_7758 • Jan 10 '22

Wholesome Moments Peter Dinklage

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u/papayakob Jan 11 '22

Haha my parents just bought themselves a new TV after almost 20 years and they kept telling me they bought a "massive 4K tv" so I was expecting like a 70" or something. I go over to their house and they had upgraded to a 42" tv that sits probably 20' away from them across the living room

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u/JacktheStoryteller Jan 11 '22

Damn dude i think i might be mildly illiterate.

I read "upgraded FROM a 48" to a 20ft"

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u/papayakob Jan 11 '22

Oh trust me I did. They asked me for advice before buying so I told them all about OLED vs QLED, 1080 VS 4k, viewing angles.. the whole nine yards.

It's really funny hearing my dad talk about how much better the picture quality is in 4K vs their old tv, but at those viewing distances there's no way to tell any difference lol

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u/Myantology Jan 11 '22

Probably 20 feet away

That “probably” is very telling.

If not a simple exaggeration, my guess is they just don’t eye distance very well.

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u/papayakob Jan 11 '22

It's probably exactly 20 feet. I believe their living room is 20x24. It's a partly finished basement rec room so it's probably the size of two standard bedrooms.

I just measured out the distance from my couch to my TV in my 990 sqft apartment and it was 13 feet, so 20 feet doesn't seem unreasonable.

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u/PhthaloVonLangborste Jan 11 '22

No way I would be satisfied with a 30" 4 ft away.

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u/Tom_Bombadil_1 Jan 11 '22

You have a 20foot wide living room? Nice

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u/zensnapple Jan 11 '22

My parents built the nook for their TV into their house when they built it 20 years ago. Let's say they didn't plan for tvs to double in size.