Does a large 32" monitor / TV improve dot visibility..?

[capt vertigo]

Thx Icarus.

Sounds tempting...

[Porsche]

I am currently using a 50" 3D Panasonic Plasma for my monitor. The resolution looks good. However I used to have an Apple 30" monitor and the ability to have higher resolution really does make a difference. I love the 50" however would like to have the higher resolution of the Apple 30" Cinema display. It depends on how much of a graphics whore you are

[zapatista]

one point to consider is that for a screen resolution of 2650 x 1600 (which at 30' will be an expensive monitor already) you will also need a monster pc with multiple high end gfx cards to push all those pixels (and even then most likely will need to turn down the gfx detail setting to try and keep decent fpsec)

pc monitors from 23' to 28' will tend to use a similar resolution of 1200 x 1920 (or 1080 x 1920), which is roughly 35% less pixels to drive, so they are much easier on your gfx card. my choice was to get a 27' monitor for that reason.

using a much larger screen with the same 1080 x 1920 resolution ( like a flatscreen 40' tv) from the same "pc monitor viewing distance" (roughly at arms length from your eyes) will mean the individual pixels on the screen will be much larger and will be visible to you as "pixel blocks", something which will degrade the whole visual experience. if you sit further away from that flatscreen tv to reduce this effect, you quickly arrive at a point of diminishing returns where sitting farther from a 40" screen will give you a similar field of view to what you would have if you sit closer to a 27 or 28' monitor on your pc desk.

many il2/cod users have used 32 to 40' screens and are very happy with them (and they sit reasonably close to them), its largely a matter of personal preference.

[unreasonable]

I use a Sony 70" flatscreen TV for flight-sims (and other games where immersion in the game world is important). I sit about 2 metres away from the screen.

While you can get the same arc of view with a smaller screen placed closer to your eyes, I prefer this setup:

1) Because I need prescription glasses (myopia combining with long-sightedness as I age ): so with a large screen placed further away I do not need a special set of prescription lenses just for that viewing distance, but can use my regular infinity set. Not a problem for you youngsters....yet, he he.

2) Compared with a closer, smaller screen the illusion of immersion in the game world is more compelling. I am not sure why this is so, unless perhaps it is because your brain "knows" it is looking at something close to you with a smaller screen, simply because the eye is focused at a short viewing distance.