This allows for a slightly larger TV than the SMPTE recommendation, with a maximum screen size of 72 inches (again, 70-inch models are the closest) for a 9-foot viewing distance. While these are good guidelines, I think they need to be taken as the recommendations they are, not any sort of steadfast rules.
A hat trick in hockey is when a player scores three goals in a game. The term hat trick is often used in sports to refer to a player achieving three of something during a single competition, such as three goals in one soccer game, three hits in a baseball game or three touchdowns in an American football game.
Origin of Hat Trick. The use of the term hat trick in sports is believed to have originated in 1858, when H.H. Stephenson, a bowler in cricket, was given a hat after successfully taking three wickets in three balls. The term probably is most widely used in hockey.