Monitor Shelf placement

[Bobulus]

Dumb question. I tried searching, but while I found people asking the same question, I didn't find any answers: I'm working an upright cabinet and using LuSiD's plans, but he's incredibly vague about how to go about placing the monitor shelf, and his webpage didn't clue me in, either.

I assumed you would angle it at a 90 degree angle to the angled part of the sides, but many projects on here mount it flat horizontal.
- Which is better? I know you want the TV angled.
- If you put the monitor shelf flat, what, do you just stick a block under the TV to get it at the right angle?
- If you put the monitor shelf at an angle, what's a comfortable viewing angle for the monitor?
- How far back from the edge of the cabinet sides do you want to put the screen? Was planning on putting a bezel / smoked glass in front of it.

[Nacimroc]

It all depends on your design but I would angle it so that your eyes are looking at it square on, keeping it as close to flush with the side angle whilst doing it. Anything at another viewing angle might give you reflexions etc, especially if you have illuminated buttons and your looking down on the TV.

As far as distance back, leave yourself room in case you change the material of the bezel. Alot of people change what they make it out of and you may end up using some 1/2 - 1 inch particle board etc. in the end. No point in making it hard on yourself.  One small thing that may sound obvious, when I was doing mine i looked at the distance from the edges of the tv to the front, and didn't take into account the curve of the screen. The middle of most older CRT TV's curves out alot more that you would think.