42” at 8’ is smaller than a typical TV setup in the US, I think? So his point still stands in strict size terms.

But also, the experience is watching something close up is qualitatively different — yes, focus and accommodation, but also relative motions if it’s handheld, and just the perception of size. (Same FOV, but you “know” it’s small and close rather than big and farther away.)

I think Kevin Kelley’s larger point is that our needs are either more plastic than we thought or there are wrinkles in the sorts of things we’re willing to accept, and that’s sort of interesting and fun to think about.