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> People watching their tablet on a couch in from of a 55+” TV with a surround sound speaker system says on some level it’s a better experience.

It’s a more private/personal experience. Turning on the TV means everyone watches.

> It’s common on open floor plans / large rooms for a couch to end up in a completely arbitrary distance from a TV rather than next to a wall. Further setting up the TV on the width vs length vs diagonal of a room commonly provides two or more options for viewing distance.

You’re essentially arguing that people can arrange their furniture for the best viewing experience. Which is true, but also not what people actually do.

The set of people willing to arrange their furniture for the best movie watching experience in their home are the least likely to buy a small TV.

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> Turning in the TV means everyone watches.

People still do this while home alone, you’re attacking a straw man.

> least likely to buy a small TV.

People can only buy what actually exists. My point was large TV’s “have been out for decades they really aren’t a replacement” people owning them still went to the moves.

> People still do this while home alone, you’re attacking a straw man.

Maybe? You’re making blind assertions with no data. I have no idea how frequently the average person sits in front of their 60” TV by themselves and watches a movie on their tablet. My guess is not very often but again, I have no data on this.

> My point was large TV’s “have been out for decades they really aren’t a replacement” people owning them still went to the moves.

And we come back to the beginning where your assertion is true but also misleading.

Most people have a large tv in their homes today. Most people did not have this two decades ago, despite then being available.

The stats agree. TV sizes have grown significantly.

https://www.statista.com/chart/3780/tv-screen-size/?srsltid=...

> Maybe? You’re making blind assertions with no data.

I’ve seen or talked to more than five people doing it (IE called them, showed up at their house, etc) and even more people mentioned doing the same when I asked. That’s plenty of examples to say it’s fairly common behavior even if I can’t give you exact percentages.

Convince vs using the TV remove was mentioned, but if it’s not worth using the remote it’s definitely not worth going to the moves.

> I have no idea how frequently the average person sits in front of their 60” TV by themselves and watches a movie on their tablet.

If you want some anecdota, I do this regularly. If I'm watching something and I may have to move somewhere in the house during, it's just practical.

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