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How do you buy an HDTV from Amazon?
Nephasth:
--- Quote from: whammoed on February 23, 2012, 12:57:11 pm ---6 inches makes a big difference (that's what she said.)
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Yes it does. I have this stand and love it (but the old lady hates dusting the black glass). It brings the TV up to a comfortable viewing height from the couches, helps hide the wire(s) going to the TV, and still allows the TV to swivel (which makes it nice for when the little girl wants to eat her breakfast while she's watching her cartoons from the kitchen).
HaRuMaN:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on February 23, 2012, 02:13:33 pm ---Gotta say I prefer that stand to the idea of punching two holes in the wall just to have one of them exposed anyway.
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shmokes:
--- Quote from: ahofle on February 23, 2012, 12:03:55 pm ---
Why bother with the extra expense and work of wall mounting if you don't need it mounted high? Your setup does look nice, but I personally would have just put it on a stand on the nice cabinet you have there.
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Two reasons. One, I do think it looks cool mounted to the wall like that. But also, it's much safer if you have small children in the house. You'd be surprised at how many kids have been severely injured and killed by tipping big flat-panel TVs on top of themselves. Kids like to climb things, and the moment they get their hands on top of a flat-panel TV, that thing is coming down on top of them, no question about it. To make matters worse, the typical setup usually means that the kid will end up flat on his back on the floor while the TV likely comes down at an angle with the top edge smashing into their chest or neck. Also, there's the issue of shattering glass.
But also it's inexpensive and looks cool, so why not.
Green Giant:
There are several reasons I think wall mounting is just great.
1. A cleaner more professional look, especially if you run the wires through the wall to your components. And if the components are in a cabinet off in the corner, it looks very very cool.
2. Much sturdier. I don't need a kid or pet nudging that tv stand with a 50" tv that is 4" thick standing on it.
3. MUCH MUCH CHEAPER than a nice HDTV stand. I would take a $40 wall mount any day over a $200 tv stand.
4. Changing the TV angle is much easier with a wall mount than a tv stand where you can't really do it.
shmokes:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on February 23, 2012, 02:13:33 pm ---Gotta say I prefer that stand to the idea of punching two holes in the wall just to have one of them exposed anyway.
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The hole isn't exposed. The plate is. And it is no more exposed than the electrical outlet two inches away from it. And it's only exposed because I mounted it higher than I should have--not because of a general defect in the solution. In any case it looks a lot nicer than it would look to have all those cables dangling down the wall. This whole argument is idiotic anyway. You don't even believe anything you're saying. You're just too much of a constant ---meecrob--- bag to say, "Hmm . . . that's pretty cool. It's not worth it for me, though, cos this is just in my bedroom and I don't care how my TV looks in there."
My initial post to you was me being friendly. But, as always. You're a ---tallywhacker---.
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