Would a 55" look silly here (opinions)

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Just wondering if I could get a few opinions from you fine people.

I'm looking to upgrade my 8 year old 40", it sits in a recess between the chimney and window and I'd worked out that the maximum I could go to in that space would be 49", that will just about fit.

I really fancied an OLED but a 55" just won't fit in the gap. But now I'm thinking I could maybe move it forward and have it stretching across the front of the gap. However I'm not sure if this would look okay or really stupid, and just too big. What do you all think. Below is a plan showing how the 49" would fit on the left and the 55" on the right. I've also included a picture of how it currently looks with the 40"

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Can you not angle it so part looks like it retails position in the recessed area, just juts more into the free area?
If it has to sit in front of both it will look silly.
 
Destination said:
Can you not angle it so part looks like it retails position in the recessed area, just juts more into the free area?
If it has to sit in front of both it will look silly.
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Hmm maybe, I guess I could have it just jutting out one side. Though I'm not sure if it could sit central on the stand, so that might also look odd. Maybe this just isn't a good idea.
 
MissChief said:
Make a cupboard above and draws underneath and make the TV flush to a false wall? Or on an arm so you can pull it out?
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Thanks for the suggestions, though not sure I want to add more to the task, I'm not much of a DIY person.

Looking at it again with a tape measure I think I could have it so it comes up to the wall on the right and then just overlaps the chimney breast on the left. However I think it would probably ruin the look of the chimney breast, I'm probably best off sticking with 49".
 
LOL, thanks for the suggestions guys. I noticed somebody down the road has one over the fireplace but I'm not a big fan of wall mounting and I think as V F says it would be a strain on the neck.

I think the best I could manage in the current space is something like this:

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You have no choice, pull the unit further out since you have the floor space. It may not look pretty with the big gap in the floor at the back but what else is there...

Your head/eyes should be at seating level from where it is.
 
V F said:
You have no choice, pull the unit further out since you have the floor space. It may not look pretty with the big gap in the floor at the back but what else is there...

Your head/eyes should be at seating level from where it is.
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Agree with this. You could put the sub in the gap behind. The change of position won't effect it any, and it might even give you a little extra omphh if you push it into the corner tight.
 
I think it would look ok, we have a TV in the same position in the living room although its only a 47" I believe, but it looks ok so I doubt 55" will look out of place, and our 47" TV has a thick bezel. Most new TVs have ultra slim bezels.

*Nice PS3, always loved the original design on that.
 
I think having it not recessed would help make it look bigger, that and having to bring the screen forward of course. :P
 
beachBOYken said:
I think it would look ok, we have a TV in the same position in the living room although its only a 47" I believe, but it looks ok so I doubt 55" will look out of place, and our 47" TV has a thick bezel. Most new TVs have ultra slim bezels.

*Nice PS3, always loved the original design on that.
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Yeah probably a similar size without the thicker bezels.

Hah yeah, I guess that PS3 is a bit of a classic now, only really use it for Blu-ray.

Cheers everyone, I'll keep mulling over what I want to get, but I think it probably would look okay.
 
That looks very similar to how we have ours in the current house.

I used to have it on a stand which sat within the alcove and was limited to the size of the TV. However a while back i put the tv on a cantilever wall bracket and brought it out slightly infront of the 2 walls as you propose with the 55"

We only have a 47" (remember the new tv's have a very thin bezel so a new 49" won't be much bigger in size physically to your old 40" one.

We have a 55" coming tomorrow in preparation for our new house and i can take photos with our current tv and new tv if you'd like?
 
you use the fireplace ?, or, with an appropriate stand (like cantilever scrutinize showed ) could it go across fireplace,
otherwise, tv becomes imposing - it is a chunk of the room lost.
 
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