Home Cinema Row and Seat Count Planner

How to use this tool

1. Measure your room depth from the screen wall to the back wall and the width from side wall to side wall, in feet.
2. Enter how far from the screen wall you want the first row to start, then the row pitch and seat width from the spec sheet of the chairs you are considering.
3. Choose your aisle layout and read off the rows, seats per row and total seats, then compare the back row distance with the viewing distance you want for your screen size.

What the math assumes

• Every row, including the last one, is allotted the full row pitch you enter; the planner does not shave the last row down to its reclined footprint.
• A fixed 12 inches is reserved behind the back row for wall clearance, since most recliners need space to open even when marketed as wall huggers.
• Each aisle reserves a fixed 36 inches of room width, which is a comfortable single walkway; change the aisle selection if your plan differs.
• Seat width is treated as the full width of one chair including both arms; rows with shared arms between seats may fit one more chair than shown.
• Rows and seats per row are always rounded down to whole numbers, so a room that is a few inches short of the next row will show the smaller count.