Stayed at a friend's place in Austin and their TV setup gave me a headache

Went to crash at my buddy's new apartment last weekend, nice place but he's got the TV mounted like 4 feet off the floor behind the living room chair. I'm sitting there craning my neck to watch the game and my wife is dying laughing. His cables are all hanging down too, just a black mess behind the media console. Told him he needs to at least hide those wires and raise the TV to eye level from the couch. Has anyone else walked into a place and just wanted to grab a level and some zip ties?

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tyler4924mo ago

Man that TV height thing drives me nuts. My brother in law has his mounted over the fireplace in the living room and you basically have to look up at the ceiling to watch the news. He's got this soundbar sitting on the mantel too so it's all crooked and the remote won't reach half the time. Did your buddy give you any reason why he put it that low or did he just guess and call it good?

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angela434mo ago

The "basically have to look up at the ceiling" part is exactly what gets me. It's like people forget that TV stands exist for a reason and just mount things wherever the studs are. I've noticed this is part of a bigger thing where everyone tries to make their living room look like a museum or a showroom, but nobody stops to think about how they'll actually sit and watch a show. Same thing with those giant media cabinets that are four feet tall - you need a neck brace just to see the bottom of the screen. Sometimes I wonder if people just pick heights by what looks good in a photo and hope for the best, then spend three years regretting it.

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