list your favourite HD release group

**cRaZyzMaN** · 02-10-2008, 03:53 AM

i just like lol

**santhu** · 02-10-2008, 10:03 AM

ctrlhd and esir are good

**Daniel** · 02-11-2008, 11:03 PM

Originally Posted by athenaesword

Originally Posted by Daniel

It is one of the distinct advantages of the digital display technology to be closer to the screen and still have a sharp enough picture.

yeah but is this healthy for your eyes? We all used to blame CRT TVs for ruining our eyesight since youth.

That was true for CRT tv's, yes. Neither plasma nor any other kind of digital displays need a 'safe' viewing distance anymore because there is nothing harmful left. You can in fact sit as close as you want to your screen without any health issues popping up. Well, except for a possible headache if you see too much of the screen's pixel structure

For a standard PC monitor the recommended distance is about 20 inches and the same process is applied to tv's.

This is something called 'recommended viewing distance' (ad-lib translation from my mother tongue) which determines a range based on your screen size rather than a fixed distance. For a 50" screen this is between 6 and 10 feet and you should test that, starting from the lower end - if it's possible at all in your living room setup. One word of advise: it doesn't help testing the distance with only one kind of high quality medium because at least over here in Europe, 480p non-hd content is still vastly dominating and you may receive a better result if you're not too close to the screen for that kind of torture