Is Sitting Too Close to the TV Really Bad for You?

It may be antiquated now, but the old pearl of wisdom: “Don’t sit too close to the TV” was good advice in the 1960s We're conducting a survey of our viewers! If you have time, please give us feedback: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SciShowSurvey2017 Hosted by: Olivia Gordon ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: Kelly Landrum Jones, Sam Lutfi, Kevin Knupp, Nicholas Smith, D.A. Noe, alexander wadsworth, سلطا الخليفي, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Bella Nash, Charles Southerland, Bader AlGhamdi, James Harshaw, Patrick Merrithew, Patrick D. Ashmore, Candy, Tim Curwick, charles george, Saul, Mark Terrio-Cameron, Viraansh Bhanushali, Kevin Bealer, Philippe von Bergen, Chris Peters, Justin Lentz ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.aao.org/eye-health/ask-ophthalmologist-q/can-close-tv-viewing-damage-eyes https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earth-talk-tv-eyesight/ http://mentalfloss.com/article/31596/will-sitting-too-close-tv-hurt-your-eyes https://www.livescience.com/22465-does-sitting-too-close-to-the-tv-really-ruin-your-eyesight.html http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/07/health/the-claim-sitting-too-close-to-the-tv-is-bad-for-your-eyes.html https://www.livescience.com/35579-3-ways-technology-affects-eyes.html https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DS19670609.2.49 http://visionsource.com/blog/tips-for-eliminating-computer-eye-strain https://books.google.com/books?id=kyYDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA89&lpg=PA89&dq=general+electric+TV+radiation+tubes&source=bl&ots=yHKRXZd0nB&sig=TN00jRyptQppoSdjmYhL5XgmKDc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjh8fTJ8ILYAhXo5YMKHR_1C1k4ChDoAQgmMAA#v=onepage&q&f=false