<story><title>Show HN: My weekend project - preview TV sizes on your wall</title><url>http://tvsizematters.com</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>sanj</author><text>I recently went through this exercise, but it involved cutting up large pieces of cardboard and holding them up against the wall while my wife looked on disapprovingly.</text></comment>
<story><title>Show HN: My weekend project - preview TV sizes on your wall</title><url>http://tvsizematters.com</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>ck2</author><text>Clever, but steal some ideas from here:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://tvcalculator.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://tvcalculator.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Compare 4:3 and 16:9 content in the box as an option.&lt;p&gt;I use that to try to figure out what to get to replace my 32&quot; 4:3 CRT TV (yes it&apos;s a dinosaur - I&apos;m waiting for black friday). Oh and the answer is 40&quot; 16:9 will replace a 32&quot; 4:3 TV for viewing 4:3 content sometimes.</text></comment>