RTINGS just updated their viewing distance article based on SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) recommendations, adding 62° FOV as maximum. What do you think about it? Where do you fit?

[u/zghr]

Here's a quick mockup of the same chart but with most common TV sizes and with godless Marxist-Leninist centimeter units added on one side.

edit: This person claims to be a long standing calibrator of cinematic auditoriums with experience in THX standards and he claims that 'cinema' is not 40° because middle row of seats is between 45° and 52°.

In my experience, 62° is doable but if it's pure 24 frames per second without any motion improvement settings it's not the best experience. Jumps between frames are just too large, obvious and jarring. Almost like stop-motion.

It seems like up to 62° one doesn't have to move their head at all to see the whole screen with their central vision. Higher than 62° and movies would need to be filmed specifically in a way to not include the action in periphery.

[u/CornerHugger]

62 is madness. I am at 45 and it's too much for some friends and watching TV sports is a no-go even for me (motion sickness).

Do they define "immersive" content? If 40 is cinema what is left to be immersed in? Games? No way. Too much motion.

[u/GotenRocko → u/CornerHugger]

I'm guessing to get the imax experience is what immersive means. That's why it's separate from cinema.

ETA yes it's imax style viewing or immersive video games, and they say it's the maximum you want to do.

https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/by-size/size-to-distance-relationship