Lobster wrote:
Ian_m wrote:

"mountfords" wrote in message
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The plan is to build an extension to the chimney breast wall - bringing
it out by a few inches. Where the file was there should be a small
recess for ornaments etc, no fire surround (obviously) meaning the
screen will be mounted much lower. I have allowed for the minimum air
space recommended by Sony also. I knocked up a before and after type
image - see below - comments welcome!


After - http://www.stephenmountford.com/imag...ngroommock.jpg


Why do you need two tellys in one room ;-)

At that height when you "slob" in the seats the picture from the Sony
will be dark as the vertical viewing angle of the Sony's very poor
compared to CRT and plasma.

My mate positioned his 32" Sony LCD above the fire place in house, has
was having organisms about how good it looked etc, standing in the
room at a distance it looked good, going up close looked as good as
LCD gets (crap basically, escaped pixels all over the place), but
disadvantage was found as soon as you sat down, picture was dark and
unwatchable


Suppose it could be mounted slightly tilted to allow for that?

Anyway ended up placing it on a 2 shelf stand thing in front of the
fire place (disused) so that your eye height when stting down is in
the centre third of the screen as recommended by manufacturer, which
is why they can supply a shelf/stand that positions it at the right
height for optimal viewing.


I reckon there will be a big market in contraptions to
support/hang/display/use these things (if there isn't already?). I
envisage various heavy-duty trapezium(?) or angle-poise-type brackets
whereby the TV can be stored away flat against a wall and brought out
quickly and easily, to be positioned at whatever height's required for
whoever's viewing it.

David

....at which point, give up on the HDTV and get a nice (cheaper) PJ and
invest a couple of hundred in a different screen.

As someone's tag-line once read... "You measure your screen in inches?,
how quaint"