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Lcd mounted on chimney breast Yay or Nay?

Cmar-Ireland · 2007-10-10 07:56:23

Bit of advice needed, We will be moving into our new house soon and I have been thinking of the possibility of fitting an Lcd tv over the mantlepiece on the chimney breast. Is this a good or bad idea?

10-10-2007 8:56am

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Cmar-Ireland

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Bit of advice needed, We will be moving into our new house soon and I have been thinking of the possibility of fitting an Lcd tv over the mantlepiece on the chimney breast.

Is this a good or bad idea?

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#2 10-10-2007 9:23am

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It depends.I've got mine over the fire place. Have a look at this link. http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055151451

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#3 10-10-2007 9:33pm

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Times have changed but the rule of thumb years ago with AV equipment was a Tv should be positioned in such a way that when you sat down your eye level should be in line with the center of the TV. Hence most TV stands being a standard height. The same rule applied to speakers they should be positioned at ear level when sitting for optimal performance.

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#4 10-10-2007 9:49pm

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Depends on a couple of things:

- How much you have to look up at the mantlepiece; you could get a sore neck if you're looking up too much for a whole night at a time

- Real fire / gas fire / no fire; the heat from a real fire could cause problems for the telly.

Personally, I detest tellys on mantlepieces. I have mine on a stand in the corner with all the AV stuff on shelves underneath, and as MalletHead said, all at eye and ear level.

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#5 14-10-2007 1:39pm

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Benster wrote: »

Depends on a couple of things:

- How much you have to look up at the mantlepiece; you could get a sore neck if you're looking up too much for a whole night at a time

- Real fire / gas fire / no fire; the heat from a real fire could cause problems for the telly.

Personally, I detest tellys on mantlepieces. I have mine on a stand in the corner with all the AV stuff on shelves underneath, and as MalletHead said, all at eye and ear level.

Same here - so I would agree. Having said that it's a matter of personal taste. But I would imagine it's hard to get used to looking upwards as opposed to directly ahead. And the mechanics of it have to be taken into consideration.

If the new house is finished how are you going to hide the menagerie of cables coming from the AV equipment to the TV. I've seen one in a house recently and it's terrible. All the gear on a corner stand and a jungle of trailing cables going to the TV.

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#6 14-10-2007 3:28pm

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Freddie59 wrote: »

Same here - so I would agree. Having said that it's a matter of personal taste. But I would imagine it's hard to get used to looking upwards as opposed to directly ahead. And the mechanics of it have to be taken into consideration.

If the new house is finished how are you going to hide the menagerie of cables coming from the AV equipment to the TV. I've seen one in a house recently and it's terrible. All the gear on a corner stand and a jungle of trailing cables going to the TV.

I'm sitting 10 feet away from the TV and the room is rectangular in shape so the viewing angle is perfect. If you follow the link I posted above you will see from the picture that I have no cables showing at all. And, that was done in an old house. Hiding the cables wasn't hard. It all depend on the shape of the room and the viewing distance.

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