[AnIdiotOnTheNet]

Serious question, why do you need a giant TV? Why not just use a personal device like a computer, tablet, or phone to watch whatever?

I imagine you'll say something about watching TV with other people, which seems fair, but in my experience people don't watch TV "together". The TV is on, maybe one person is paying attention to it, most are just on their phone, or talking to eachother.

Maybe my experience is an outlier here.

[photojosh]

I'm staring at a screen 50cm away for 8 hours a day already... it's nice to give my eyes a break and stare at one 3m away for my remaining awake time. ;)

[FrightHorse]

No one needs a giant TV, but a lot of people 'like' a bigger screen. A lot of media is just better on a big screen. It's the whole reason a great many people enjoy or even prefer watching movies on a theater screen.

I don't think there's much more a reason that, nor do folk need more reason than that.

[jamiethompson]

The main reason is I have kids.

In the past, I mainly just used a tablet to watch video.