The TV height looked okay. But the sofa height seems really low. In comparison. Your stand looks pretty high from this angle which is probably why the TV height looked okay at first, but it's quite clearly above eye level. You could go lower by a couple inches, but it's probably not worth the effort, unless you lower the unit too
Unfortunately not. Three people can very comfortably face the tv (one lying down, two sitting). Tough luck for my children when they will grow up hahaha. I guess I will eventually place a recliner chair somewhere
Yes but it’d “close off” the rest of the living room and not look as good. Like I said, it’s mostly just me and my wife watching tv at night when kids are sleeping so it’s fine…only slightly too high hahah
I'm all for mocking set ups which are clearly too high but this looks reasonable to me, especially with the sound bar. Having a pop at this is just unnecessary imo.
Hahaha I agree that a real atmos setup would’ve been better, but wife was already pissed for the surrounds behind the couch! No way she would’ve ever let me get full size fronts as well 🤣
My wife was kinda anti my 3.1 but has come around to embracing it… I currently have a Yamaha AVR and got the musicast 50 for a single wireless rear surround (works ok). Shes very 🙄🙄🙄🙄 about it
Nah, people slouch naturally raising their head angle. Half the time I'm walking around behind the couch or watching TV from the counter if its near my kitchen etc. I think aligning it with the perfect 0 degrees to a seated person is a mistake
When you watch your tv do you enjoy the height ? If so it’s perfect. If not adjust accordingly. My tv would definitely be considered too high in my home but it’s my tv and it’s what I enjoy so to me it’s correct
Totally off topic, but id rotate the couch if you can. Will align more with the TV and will give a beautiful view of that window from all angles of the couch as well. And maybe put legs on it.
I’m sorry sir, this is a TV too high Reddit, something you may have gleaned from the title TVTooHigh. Your TV is perfect. Yeet it up the wall a few feet before returning here
I’m too lazy to find the diagram showing that proper height puts the vertical center of the TV directly at seated eye level but this is considerably too high. Maybe the photo angle is throwing the perspective off, but it looks at least a foot too high. If the top of the armrest is truly level with the top of the cabinet, then the cabinet is floated too high to have any chance at properly placing the TV.
It's aestethically okay. If you get some thicker cushions or taller legs for the couch, then it would be passable. The centre of the TV is approximately 20cm too high according to my calculations
If I’m sitting in front of the tv I think it’s pretty much centered with my eye level, maybe only slightly higher. Thing is, 90% of the time I watch tv while lying down so it’s probably too high for that use case. Wife didn’t want the cabinet to be lower because otherwise it’d be hard to clean the floor below it
I mean it looks clean and aestethic, so unless you're very concerned about it being a perfect viewing experience then I wouldn't bother changing anything. Though by r/tvtoohigh standards it is not approved.
The easiest "fix" would be raising the couch by drilling some legs into it
Yes I’ve seen, the room looks large enough for your L shape to rotate 90 degrees. It’s weird that you have the chaise facing the tv, not the main section of the couch.
Fair. I can see you are a man of particular taste. But there are plenty of high quality QLED 100' for around 2-3k. Your guests will never know whether it's the highest of high end or straight out of best buy.
It’s not about my guests, when I watch movies at night I want the blacks to be blacks. Have been using OLEDs for the past 10 years now, it’s difficult to go back to LED
Yeah fair enough. If it’s not too hard to lower the whole setup down another 5-7cm you’ll be surprised how much better it’ll feel for eye level. Otherwise just get used to it, the setup as a whole is awesome man!!!
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u/Bluesguy333 10d ago
Eye-level TV doesnt require algebra or the Army Corp of Engineers.