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Phate said:
I am now in this predicament. I have always hated having it above the fireplace but my new apartment dictates it so.

This is the only reason I can fathom why people would put it there! Because they HAVE to! :p
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Yeah, this.

It's the only place I could put it in that room without it being opposite the huge window. The fire place is (clearly) electric and never used anyway. Also if I was going to mount on any other wall, it'd be positioned that high up anyway? It's not any sort of strain looking at it.
 
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arctine said:
Yeah, this.

It's the only place I could put it in that room without it being opposite the huge window. The fire place is (clearly) electric and never used. Also if I was going to mount on any other wall, it'd be positioned that high up anyway? It's not any sort of strain looking at it.
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In my last place I deliberately blocked it off and mounted the TV to the chimney but at a reasonable height.

My Dad owned that place though, and I could do whatever I liked with it :D - this one we're renting. They don't mind holes in the wall but I suspect taking a sledge hammer to the chimney or plastering it over may breach our contract somewhat :p

My Dads GF actually likes a TV over the fireplace. He's in a huge house with a ridiculously sized living room which is crying out for a projector, and she goes and slaps the TV in the corner, over a fireplace.

Off with her head if you ask me!
 

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One of the good things about going on a chimney breast, it's really easy to route cables :p


mysticsniper said:
Nice placement of the sub-woofer, what have you got those Z-5500 hooked up to, media PC or something else?
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Z-5500 is plugged into the TV via optical cable so it's used to for PS4 and watching movies etc. I've had it for about 5 years and never felt the need to get a new system even though it probably offends a lot of audiophiles - sounds great to me :D

And yeah, it was very convenient that the sub fits snuggly on the shelving unit. Just needed to drill a hole in the side so the sub port wasn't blocked.
 

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I had to put a TV above my fireplace in the last house. The world did not end and it was very easy to do it well. I do prefer having it at the right height now I've moved though.
 

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Overly strong opinion was overly strong...

however, I walk past a house on the way home from work and every day there is a child on the rug in front of the fireplace with their head at 45 degrees while their parents are flat out on the sofas... Poor child will end up with a crook neck! This house in particular has a raised fireplace also and if you want to look at the TV directly, you'd have to be standing up!
 

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Tone1979 said:
Overly strong opinion was overly strong...

however, I walk past a house on the way home from work and every day there is a child on the rug in front of the fireplace with their head at 45 degrees while their parents are flat out on the sofas... Poor child will end up with a crook neck! This house in particular has a raised fireplace also and if you want to look at the TV directly, you'd have to be standing up!
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When sat in front of it looking directly forward my eyes land about a third of the way up the tv. Maybe the picture makes it seem higher but honestly, you don't have to move your neck or strain your eyes.

I was contemplating plastering over the fireplace so I could lower it but the cost and time involved hardly seems worth it when I'd be lowering it by a foot max.

Anyway, this thread needs more OLED.
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arctine said:
Dat OLED!

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Awesome tv mate, looking to get one myself when funds are available. IMO the tv looks great where it is. I do not see why it bothers people so much, i have mine above the fire place and i do not get neck ache looking at it and i am still alive. Personally i think they look much better on the wall than sat in a corner, but each to their own i guess lol
 

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Must be new TV month or something......

No OLED for me, although I did look at them I needed a new stereo as well.....





Panasonic 50DX750B and Naim Mu-so. Panny was a refurb and is immaculate and perfect in both looks and function. The Naim sounds amazing for such a thing. Stereo separation isn't as good as you'd get with speakers/amp combo but it sounds better than anything I'd demo'd previously in a similar price bracket. It also works extremely well as a sound bar.

TV look weirdly small in the flat though, I'm now thinking 65" would've been the way forward, although picture quality would've taken a massive hit unless I'd been willing to spend twice as much!
 
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