5 Reasons People Mount Their TVs too (and How to)

Wall-Mounting is my preferer Way to install a tv, and that’s true for a lot of People. The only problem is that some people tu to mount their tvs too.

IT’S Such a prevalent problem, that there is a dedicated subreddit Called R/TVTOOHigh and it you will end up Mounting it too can be lead to serial viewing. SO WHY DO People Mount Their TVs too and How Can you avoid doing it? That’s what i’m here to explain.

They Think it Should Be at Eye Level while Standing

The General Rule of Thumb News Placing a Tv in the right spot is that your eye should be at or just bellow the level of the Center of the Screen. Most of the time, this means mounting a tv so that the center of the screen is between 40 and 42 inches from the floor. Of Course, This Varies Based on How Tall You Are, Whether You’re Sitting Upright or Watching while Recline, or Simply Your Preference. Remember, IT’S IMPORTANT THAT YOU MOUNT YOUR TV SO THAT YOU ARE HAPPY AND COMFORTABLE.

Howver, Unless You Watch TV Standing Up (No Judgement) You Should Use Your Standing Height to Determine the TV Mounting Height.

They want it to look like a picture frame

A flat-screen tv looks like a picture frame, so some people have a tendency to treat it like mounting it in a room. It fates intuitive to hang it at the same height as your other wall decoments. I get it. Howver, if you want to use the TV as, Well, a TV, THIS IS PROBABLY TOO HIGH.

Howver, If You Actually Want To use your tv as an art frame; That’s exactly what i did with my OLD 2016 4K LCD TV. IT’S NOT GREAT AS A TV ANYMORE, but it SURE LOOKS GREAT WITH HIGH-RESOLATION ART ON A SLIDESHOW.

They Underestimate the Size of the TV

Big TVs to play tricks on our eyes. For some reason, a Big TV Mouunted Higher Up Looks Right at First Glanc. That’s why you shouldn’t eyeball the correct poetry.

Remember, what matters is how High the middle of the Screen is from the floor. If the Center of the Screen is Always Going to Be In That 40-42 Inch Range, Then the Bigger the TV is, the Smaller the Gap beet the bottom of the TV and the Floor. SO, Yeah, The TV Might Look Too Low If Its A Large Format Screen.

They Follow FUL, NOT PHYSICS

When figling out the feng shui of your living space, it can falls the right THING TO USE THE FU Supp (eg caabinets and shelves) as a guide to where your TV shoulder. This is basically the same problem as trying to align your TV with Picture Frames and Paintings. You’re Trying to Pull the Room Together, with the Considering the Ergonomics that Could Ruin Your Next Viewing of The Big Lebowski.

They Mount Above The Fireplace by Default

When I Moved into the House we’re Currently Renting, the TV Mount was above the fireplace. One of the Very First Things I did was remove it and change the TV’s location to someone more sensible.

You should Never Mount a TV Above a Fireplaceyet this is something a lot of People seem to think is the perfectly obwious thing to do. Maybe Its I was traditional to hang a portrait above the fireplace, so it sort of makes sense on a superficial level. Howver, Not Only is an Above-The-Fireplace Mounting Almost Certainly Too High, if you actually use the fireplace it can be harmful to your TV.

The Last Thing I Waled Want is to Hang My Tv Above A Strong Source of Heat, and You May Also Exposes It to Smoke or Gas Fumes. JUST DO DO IT.

Personally, i always use a professional installer we mounting a tv in a new spot, though these days i’m leaning more ussing using stands that with dynamically change height, distance, and angle as needed.

With a professional installer, iAsier to go in your viewing spot and saying with saying to come the correct height and angle for your TV. If you get it work you risk one of your “Friends” Taking a Photo of Your Giraffe-Fryently TV and Posting It on Reddit. We don’t want that, will we?