Large screen monitor/TV to mount on wall in office

[Macinthelou]

I am thinking about mounting a large TV/monitor on the wall of my office, so I can have small group mtgs (5-6 people) and myself or one of the other participants can display their laptop screen on the large screen.

My office is roughly 11' x 17', and I would put the screen on the 11' wall, with people sitting as far as 6-8' away.

So my questions are:

1) How big of a screen should I get? e.g. is ~50" big enough?
2) Would I just use a long HDMI cable to hook up the computer?
3) Can you recommend something relatively affordable? i.e. < $1000 ideally

Thanks in advance for your feedback

 

[pjfan]

With that viewing distance, 50" could be enough. If you're reading text, then bigger may be necessary.

Dial into the TV you want; for me, I don't like to futz around and waste time with any other TV outside of Samsung. I've had good luck, and I don't like to turn my back on what works for me.

Exactly what I personally would do is:

1. Price out wall mount on monoprice.com, and then
2. Price out HDMI cable, faceplates, and routing of cable for your IT or cable subcontractor to pull
   1. HDMI is a must for those random guests, but I would always use option #3 below
3. Buy Apple TV for Airplay, and maybe a Google Chromecast (for Android's Airplay)
4. Determine what is left in your budget for the TV
5. Buy largest Samsung at a preferred retailer (costco for me) within budget, it doesn't have to be 4K in my opinion for your usage, 1080p at 6' and presentation/documents ought to be okay

That's what I would set out to do...

 

[jsm4182]

This is a great use for the apple tv. The company I used to work for had this set up in the conference room. The third generation apple tv would be fine for this. Samsung is a great company for tvs, should be able to get a 50" 1080P for around $600.