this post was submitted on 03 Aug 2023
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TV Too High

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Televisions placed way too high for a comfortable viewing pleasure

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I'm going to put up a TV soon, and being able to find advice about it on lemmy/kbin would be awesome

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[–] miraclerandy 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Generally, you want the tv in the same place as your eyes from wherever you plan to watch it. If you have a couch across the room, sit down and see where your eyes naturally land in the area where you want your tv. That’s the height you want.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you for the advice!

[–] malloc 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@[email protected] has good advice. Generally, this is what is acceptable:

  • if placed above a fireplace, it's too high
  • if TV has to be angled down, it's too high
  • if you are standing and tv is at eye level, it's too high

This tom's guide is a decent start: https://www.tomsguide.com/us/how-to-mount-tv,news-24719.html

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the ressource as well!