big screen TV

Widescreen home entertainment

A big screen TV is a television with a large display, typically 50 inches or more diagonally.

The term emerged when most televisions were small, making large screens a luxury: We watched the game on his big screen TV.

As average TV sizes have increased, what counts as "big screen" keeps shifting upward.

Related
  • flatscreenThin display device
  • plasmaElectrified matter state
  • LCDLowest shared fraction bottom
  • LEDSemiconductor that glows
  • HDTVEnhanced-resolution television, abbreviated

home theater · home cinema · widescreen · smart TV · surround sound · sound bar · remote control · Netflix · streaming · couch · living room · man cave · movie night · binge-watching · family movie · sports bar · Super Bowl · popcorn

Categories
Opposites
screen size

big screen TVsmall screen

Television as a medium

portable TV · mini TV · smartphone screen · tablet · handheld device

display technology type

big screen TVprojector

Light-casting display device

portable projector · radio · projection screen

technological era

big screen TVtube TV

Electron-beam picture box

CRT television · console TV · cathode ray tube

Family

bigger, biggest, screen, screens, screened, screening, televise, televised

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G