"Lee Gordon" <bucketofspam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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> I need to advise someone who is 87 years old and has macular
> degeneration as to the best choice for a big-screen TV. The
> reason for the TV purchase is obviously the larger screen
> rather than HD. She also often sits off to the side (around
> 30 degrees off center) while multi-tasking. Currently, in the
> house she is staying in, there's a 42" DLP set that she can
> see pretty well, so 42 inches is the size she's considering,
> but I want to know if there is a better choice than DLP for
> someone whose eyesight is starting to deteriorate.
>
> Lee
>
I'm no doctor, however, many of my senior friends who have this
vision problem can only view items not straight ahead. This does
not mean that they need to sit to the side of the object, merely
that their eyes must be averted from a straight on view. For
example, bridge players will hold thier cards to one side or the
other of dead ahead. Thus, your friend's off-angle viewing
position may be influenced by other factors - such as furniture
location. Seated 90 degrees before the face of the TV she'd need
to turn her head to one side or the other to be able to see the
picture. This is not the same as off-angle viewing.
I mention this because other factors will influence her viewing
pleasure: ambient lighting, as she is a multi-tasker, zooming
capability, relative screen brightness, etc.
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