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My tv is currently wall mounted. I'm thinking of not wall mounting my new TV. Do you have comment? -- nm
Posted by
amanda
Aug 31 '20, 15:05
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Responses:
I've never wall mounted my tv
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decline
Aug 31, 15:54
Things that make me irrationally irritated: Wall mounted TVs above fireplaces. -- (edited)
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Cuzzin Todd
Aug 31, 15:31
12
you can argue with my architect wife then
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Reagen
Aug 31, 15:35
9
I guess it looks like a painting over the fireplace? -- nm
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loosilu
Aug 31, 15:35
8
The best is when I do the fireplace screensaver on it. -- nm
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Wakanda Forever
Aug 31, 15:39
2
Yo dawg... -- nm
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Xhibit
Aug 31, 15:40
And then also light a real fire? -- nm
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loosilu
Aug 31, 15:40
classy af. -- nm
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Reagen
Aug 31, 15:36
4
When I was in grad skool, I put my little television IN the fireplace. -- nm
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loosilu
Aug 31, 15:41
3
Much more difficult to pull off the fireplace-screensaver-while-having-a-real-fir e trick there. -- nm
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znufrii needs to update his handle
Aug 31, 15:45
2
well, there were no TV screensavers back then. -- nm
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loosilu
Aug 31, 15:47
1
Much, *much* more difficult, then. -- nm
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znufrii needs to update his handle
Aug 31, 15:48
"Nice tv room, did you model it after an airport lounge?" -- nm
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Max
Aug 31, 15:34
1
Eh, our living room has it. Our family room does not. -- (edited)
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Wakanda Forever
Aug 31, 15:38
If you have the mount, use the mount.
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znufrii needs to update his handle
Aug 31, 15:21
wall mount but with a moveable option -- nm
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Remlik
Aug 31, 15:17
I prefer wall mount -- nm
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Peglegpete
Aug 31, 15:16
TVs with a center-only leg pedestal are few and far between (as opposed to 2 sets of legs), so make sure you have something long enough to set it on. -- nm
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JaxSean
Aug 31, 15:11
11
My tv stand is 83 inches. I'm cool there. -- nm
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amanda
Aug 31, 15:40
1
Ooooooooo. I'd be tempted to buy a screen to fit
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JD
Aug 31, 16:12
Mine has one leg. -- nm
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loosilu
Aug 31, 15:34
Is that recent? Cause I've never not had one (flatscreen) without the single-center leg. -- nm*
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Cuzzin Todd
Aug 31, 15:27
4
I'm on my first flat screen. -- nm
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loosilu
Aug 31, 15:45
2
Welcome to 2001! -- nm
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Cuzzin Todd
Aug 31, 16:14
1
LOL, got it 4 years ago. Yes, that's right. I love new tech. The old one was working. Literally my first HD, and I got it used. -- nm*
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loosilu
Aug 31, 16:20
it's a more recent change with the switch to MASSIVE tvs. -- nm
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Reagen
Aug 31, 15:38
I had to get a board of 1x12 to put under my new TV to make it fit on my stand. -- nm
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Ender
Aug 31, 15:23
Indeed. This is how I ended up with my current TV having one set of legs on the cabinet that served as the base of the previous TV and
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JD
Aug 31, 15:15
1
I made the choice between two samsungs because the dresser we have it on wasn't wide enough for 2 legs.
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JaxSean
Aug 31, 15:21
Putting it on a stand would allow backlighting. -- nm
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Max
Aug 31, 15:07
7
Do I want backlight? -- nm
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amanda
Aug 31, 15:33
2
I've heard it's better on the eyes in dark rooms, but I'm not invested either way. -- nm
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Max
Aug 31, 15:34
No. -- nm
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loosilu
Aug 31, 15:34
unless you have like a wall mount that is almost flush, you should still be able to have backlighting on a wall mount. -- nm
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tRuMaN
Aug 31, 15:10
3
ok, why would you want backlighting? -- nm
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loosilu
Aug 31, 15:34
2
to me, it makes looking at a tv in a dark room easier, as there is a bit of light coming from behind it. -- nm
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tRuMaN
Aug 31, 15:35
1
You could just turn on a lamp. -- nm
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loosilu
Aug 31, 15:36
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