Monitors and televisions
Screen size calculator: see it in your space
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On a 120 cm desk, sitting at 65 cm
27″
Best fitUses about half your desk width, leaving 58.6 cm free. It sits at a comfortable 49° across from 65 cm, and 109 PPI is sharp for text. It is a little ahead of the alternatives.
- Fit96
- Viewing99
- Ergonomics100
- Sharpness100
- Screen width
- 59.8 cm61.4 cm with bezels
- Desk used
- 51%59 cm remaining
- Viewing angle
- 49° horizontal29° vertical
- Sharpness
- 109 PPI · 49 px/degSharp
- Clear each side
- 29.3 cm
- Height
- 4.4 cm below eye levelcomfortable
Every size at 65 cm
Nothing is hidden from you.
Every size in the catalogue is here, including the ones that do not fit. Knowing a 57″ needs 129.6 cm when you have 120 cm is more useful than it quietly disappearing.
| Size | Verdict | Why | Width | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best fit | 51% of the desk · 49° across · 49 px/deg | 61.4 cm | 99 | |
| Defensible | 53% of the desk · 51° across · 70 px/deg | 63.6 cm | 95 | |
| Defensible | 67% of the desk · 49° across · 49 px/deg | 80.5 cm | 95 | |
| Defensible | 55% of the desk · 53° across · 45 px/deg | 66.2 cm | 95 | |
| Defensible | 60% of the desk · 57° across · 62 px/deg | 72.4 cm | 93 | |
| Defensible | 47% of the desk · 46° across · 52 px/deg | 56.9 cm | 93 | |
| Defensible | 46% of the desk · 44° across · 41 px/deg | 54.7 cm | 91 | |
| Compact | 42% of the desk · 41° across · 45 px/deg | 50.3 cm | 87 | |
| Defensible | 75% of the desk · 54° across · 49 px/deg | 89.7 cm | 86 | |
| Defensible | 78% of the desk · 57° across · 62 px/deg | 93.9 cm | 81 | |
| Defensible | 95% of the desk · 49° across · 48 px/deg | 114.1 cm | 76 | |
| A lot of head turn | 82% of the desk · 63° across · 55 px/deg | 98.9 cm | 64 | |
| A lot of head turn | 79% of the desk · 71° across · 47 px/deg | 94.6 cm | 52 | |
| A lot of head turn | 81% of the desk · 72° across · 46 px/deg | 96.8 cm | 51 | |
| Wider than your desk | needs 129.6 cm of desk, you have 120 cm | 129.6 cm | 0 |
Whole setups on this desk
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Arrangements that people actually build, drawn from above on your desk.
How the ranking works
Four scores, weighted by what you told us you do.
Fit asks whether it physically works on your surface and rules out anything that does not, with the exact shortfall. Viewing measures the angle it subtends against the range that suits the task. Ergonomics checks you are not looking up at it. Sharpness uses pixels per degree rather than pixels per inch. Every size that does not fit stays in the list with the reason.
Seven calculators
One question about size, asked seven different ways.
The desk and wall tools above rank whole sizes against a space. The five below answer a narrower question and hand you back to them.
- Monitor size calculatorWhat fits your desk, drawn on it, ranked for what you do.
- TV size calculatorWhat fits the wall, the unit or the cabinet, from where you sit.
- Screen dimensions calculatorDiagonal and aspect ratio to real width and height.
- Viewing distance calculatorHow far to sit for any size, and what it looks like from there.
- Desk size calculatorHow much desk a screen — or two — really needs.
- Projector screen sizeThrow, width and seating distance for a projected image.
- Screen resolution checkerWhat resolution you are looking at, and what those pixels measure.
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