How far do you sit from your monitor?

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#1 Gambler_3
Member since 2009 • 7736 Posts

The closer you sit the worse the image quality but the furthur you sit the less immersive it gets. You gotta find a balance.

I sit about 2 feet away from my 22" monitor. What I mean is the distance between your eyes and the monitor.

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#2 kursah
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I sit about 3 feet away from my 24" monitor...works great for me!

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#3 succulent_toes
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my nose touches the screen. it's touching the screen right now.
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#4 lawlessx
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about 2 feet
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#5 Iantheone
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About 2 feet from my 26"
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#6 crazymonkey092
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I usually sit about a arm-length away.
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#7 Gamartto
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About 1 meter.
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#8 AR-15
Member since 2003 • 261 Posts

I sit 6 and a half feet from my 50".

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#9 Bikouchu35
Member since 2009 • 8344 Posts

*grabs out metal ruler**youch* Measuring from my forehead to the monitor about 32inches.

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#10 adamsapple_15
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2.5 feet from my primary 22".

Always looking for an upgrade.

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#11 ChiliDragon
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I usually sit about a arm-length away. crazymonkey092
That's what I do. You're on a laptop too? :P
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#12 Fusionmix
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About 2 and a half feet from mine. It's a very small Dell (max resolution 1280 x 1024), so if I back up any further I have trouble reading small print. :P

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#13 Drazule
Member since 2007 • 8693 Posts

About 2.5 feet

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#14 ChubbyGuy40
Member since 2007 • 26442 Posts

I glue my monitor to my face so I can notice all teh detail in Crysis. NEED MOAR IMMERSION.

JK, about an arms length from my 23"

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#15 dakan45
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As close as possible, it makes my screen look bigger :D
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#16 agpickle
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18 inches I would guess.

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#17 Elann2008
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With my eyeglasses I see every detail whether I sit back in my chair (about 2 feet), keyboard sliding tray pulled out all the way, or when I lean forward about 1 feet away from the monitor. When I'm gaming, about 1 1/2 feet.

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#18 DJ_Headshot
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3 feet from my 32" 1080p panasonic lcd i use as a monitor I have it wall mounted with a full motion mount that lets me pull it out from the wall and even rotate it a complete 360 degrees! And a bit over 7 feet when i'm gaming in the 60" t.v in the living room.

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#19 deactivated-57e5de5e137a4
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About 7 feet when playing on my tv. About 2.5 feet when playing on my monitor.
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#20 flipin_jackass
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About 3 feet.
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#21 jedikevin2
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3 feet from my 19 inch.. 9 feet from my 32 inch hdtv...
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#22 Elann2008
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3 feet from my 19 inch.. 9 feet from my 32 inch hdtv... jedikevin2
You sir, have incredible eyesight.
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#23 Niner0
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Between a foot and a half and two feet away from my 17" monitor. Yeah. I haven't bought a new monitor in eight years. It still serves me well, with a whopping 12ms response time (that was really fast for an LCD back in the day). I'm still doing really well in games, and I kick ass at some, so I don't see why I would need a new one (except for the fact that I could do with a larger one).

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#24 tequilasunriser
Member since 2004 • 6379 Posts

About 3 feet from my 27 inch monitor.

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#25 WhiteKnight77
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It depends on if I am reading the monitor or typing. Between 1-2 feet, but it mostly depends on my glasses.

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#26 jedikevin2
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[QUOTE="jedikevin2"]3 feet from my 19 inch.. 9 feet from my 32 inch hdtv... Elann2008
You sir, have incredible eyesight.

Not really. Just a normal position for me. Just had to bust out my handy dandy measurign tape and its actually 31.5 inches so more 2.5 feet away.

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#27 Bikouchu35
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Also 4 feet from the tv :P.

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#28 SoraX64
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A foot and a half or so from a 23.6".
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#29 James161324
Member since 2009 • 8315 Posts

About 1 foot, i don't like wearing glasses when gaming so i kidna have to sit close.

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#30 nintendog66
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Like 5 feet from my 50" TV/Monitor.
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#31 Dogswithguns
Member since 2007 • 11359 Posts

2.5 feet away from my 23.6".... I think Im a little too close there.

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#32 Pvt_r3d
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If it's first person shooter games, I tend to sit very close (about 2 feet). Everything else, I sit on my sofa and put my feet on the table (5-10 feet).
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#33 hoola
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About 1.5 feet for my 20 inch which might be why my vision gets blurry at arms length.

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#34 Lord_Nas3k
Member since 2006 • 1492 Posts

Close enough to make my eyes BURRRRNNNNN

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#35 ferrari2001
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Probably to close. I sit at the distance that feels best on my eyes.
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#36 jun_aka_pekto
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I just measured the distance with a tape measure. Between 36"-40" with a 24" 1080p LCD TV. It's a pretty big desk.

When my PC is hooked up to a 32" 720p LCD TV in the family room, I estimate around 60"-72".

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#37 DerpyMcDerp
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19" around 10 feet.

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#38 CrazyKilljoy117
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About 2.5 feet.
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#39 Jd1680a
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About 3 to 4 feet.
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#40 aroxx_ab
Member since 2005 • 13236 Posts

About 50cm

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#41 LukaGrunt95
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1 meter, in inches its 45 inches atleast... -_-?
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#42 illmatic87
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It is abit erratic, I'd say 80 centimetres. Though I do find myself sitting on the edge of my seat in the more action orientated or challenging games.
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#43 Dante2710
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About 2.5 feet away from my 25" monitor.
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#44 deactivated-5ee322a396e26
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about 3 and 1/2 opossum tails

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#45 Kendog87
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about 3 feet away from my 27"

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#46 Ondoval
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65-70 cm.

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#47 broken_bass_bin
Member since 2009 • 7515 Posts

Just over 3 feet away. About a metre.

(22" screen, 1680x1050)

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#48 skrat_01
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nowadays a 15.6" laptop monitor at a 1080p resolution, so close to far.
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#49 WhiteKnight77
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1 meter, in inches its 45 inches atleast... -_-?LukaGrunt95
1 meter = 39.37 "

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#50 DJ_Headshot
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3 feet from my 19 inch.. 9 feet from my 32 inch hdtv... jedikevin2
Time to get bigger t.v at that distance I'd personally be looking for an 82" preferably the new 92" from Mitsubishi but at those sizes might be easier to just get a nice quality projector as you won't have to potentially knock down a wall to get it in the house and if you ever need a bigger screen your all set.