TV viewing-distance calculator

Turn a screen size into seat distances for two viewing angles.

How to read the result

Mark both distances on the floor and sit there before you mount anything.

The screen is treated as 16:9. Distance comes from a 30 degree and a 40 degree horizontal viewing angle.

Width equals diagonal times 0.8716. Distance equals half the width divided by the tangent of half the angle.

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