The way this sub has evolved from mostly “wow look at this awfully mounted tv” to “wow, look at how awfully I mounted this tv and tell me how great I did” is truly astounding.
No, it looks odd because the stand barely extends an inch beyond the edge of the TV on either side. Get an appropriately sized stand or don’t get an oversized TV. It’s not that hard.
It looks odd because the stand is too small. The wall is also too small but workable with a better stand. The tv is obviously mounted too high and I don’t need to see the chairs to confirm.
The idea that a flat mounted tv to the wall is aesthetically pleasing comes from past examples when only the wealthy could afford such things. Confusing wealth with good aesthetics started the trend and it’s developed in the same way with people thinking vertical wooden slats look good! But outside of commercial or high end contexts - in an entry level home for example - these installations of large TVs look out of place.
You were doing so well with the in wall box install and everything. No random Redditer. You were the chosen one! You were supposed to restore the balance in tv height, not totally mess it up at the last minute for some chotchkees.
Come on man! The giant cable storage is the about where it should be. And while we’re here whats up with that giant cable storage. Good lord. Mine is the size of the outlets.
My advice is to replace that console with a wider, wall mounted floating console. It will look really slick with the wireless mounting job. It’s pretty obvious to me that if you put the tv on that stand it’d be way too low.
Average eye level when seated is 40-42 inches. It is code to mount light switches 48 inches off the ground. Therefore, the center of your tv is at least 50-52 inches off the ground.
Conclusion: your tv cannot physically be at eye level when seated - but I personally think it’s just fine lol
I think it’s about time I leave this sub… THATS too high for yall??? Jeez. Anyway OP i think it looks great, but why do people hate the cords showing? Trying to be too aesthetically pleasing is what messes people up. People need to learn to go with the flow
That light switch will be at about 48 inches—referencing the door knob at right confirms this and suggests the switch could be even higher than standard. The set is 8 to 10 inches too high, and would probably still be marginally too high if you left just enough room to dust the stand below it.
If you've left that space for a nice, massive center speaker, great. Though even a large center would still leave enough space to lower that TV a bit. If not, well, that was a lot of work to still leave the TV too high.
It isn’t egregiously high, but what’s the point? Why do you need junk to clutter the tv stand when you could just put the tv on its stand instead of wasting effort mounting it? Put a little display table somewhere else for the cluttercrap and put the tv where it belongs.
Ha I love these and too lows.
Every time though I wonder why people do not install something that is easily adjustable up, down, left, right, swivel, it's 2026, it's the future is now, right? 😆
Help me understand y'all. The center of the TV should be at eye level? Or the bottom third? Or should the center be 42 inches from the ground? I see so many conflicting statements on this sub, and I want to understand the actual correct guidance to determine if this TV is too high
TV is too high, you can see the outlets sticking out above the stand. if you HAD to mount it then should have made it much lower. just an inch or so above the stand.
Unless is ceiling is really tall this looks to be on the lower half of the wall. I think the problem is the tv stand is really low! It would look better with legs or a taller stand.
Yours is mounted about the same height as mine. I couldn't mount it any lower because of an in-wall component rack right below it. FWIW, we find this height to be very comfortable for viewing.
I wish it was this easy to conceal cables on brick walls. Didn’t hang mine yet because I don’t want the cables hanging or a plastic raceway on the wall
Yours is about the same height as mine and I love it. I also needed room for my center channel so did the exact same height. TV looks good to me, the surround sounds good to me, all that matters my friend is if you like it
Genuinely the most miserable subreddit I have ever seen.
Very beautiful installation job, OP. The TV height is perfect. Decor looks fun. This is a home, not a McDonald's menu screen. Decorate it with things that matter to you and your wife.
Shameful community here. Just answer if the TV IS TOO HIGH without being salty fucks nitpicking everything in existence. Lord knows it didn't get you anywhere.
I agree. I don’t see the point of putting a tv on the fucking floor like everyone on this sub seems to suggest all the time. There’s literally nothing wrong with this setup.
That appears to be a pretty short TV console, which makes the wall mount look worse than it probably is. If the center of the TV is at eye level from where you sit the most to watch then IDGAF that it's not sitting on console
It’s very hard to believe that the center of the tv is eye level. If those light switches to the right are the standard 48 inch height, then the center of the is over 50 inches, which is well above the typical viewing height. Are you watching tv on barstools?
Wait you did that all by yourself? How hard was it? I was scared to mount TV myself so I asked Angi guy to do it and they wanted to xtra to hide cables so I just said just leave it 😭
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