<< Wrong. The recommended for a 60" plasma would be 15 feet. It's roughly a factor of 3, not 1.5. If you actually tried to watch a movie for 2 hours 7.5 feet away, would realize the terrible image quality and probably end up with a migrain>>
My comment was not based on terrible image quality. I prefer about 2.5x for sports, but 1.5x is fine for movies broadcast in high def or on HDDVD/Bluray.