Make decisions for HP (Gaming)

by uberfoop , Seattle-ish, Monday, November 11, 2013, 07:15 (4033 days ago) @ kapowaz

When you're sat 12-15 feet away this kind of detail almost disappears.

There'll still be a difference with shimmering on very thin details, but sure, on TVs of reasonable sizes there won't be a significant sharpness difference at that point.

That's a questionable justification, though. Most people don't sit 12-15 feet from their TVs when gaming. 7-10 feet was pretty common with SD CRTs, and from what I've been able to tell perusing internet threads, HDTVs actually reduced that distance for most people (my guess is that it's at least partly because LCDs don't give off weird moire patterns when you sit too close). Regardless of image quality, people just want to sit closer. More often than not I read about people sitting like 6' from a 50".

But sure, sitting farther from your TV, taking your glasses off, blindfolding yourself... there are plenty of ways to make the difference go away!