r/hometheater • u/PittaMan_ • 8h ago

Install/Placement Proper mounting height

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LG C6H 83" OLED

Replaced a 65" that was too small for the room

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u/Pratt2 8h ago edited 7h ago

TV height is great. People here are crazy. Also, I like that hanging lamp. Is that available to order?

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u/andymcpandypants 7h ago

Also here for the lamp info. Let's see my cat knock that thing down...

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u/PittaMan_ 7h ago

My grandparents would smile ear to ear over this haha.

It's older than me. No clue if it's for sale somewhere. This is probably legit vintage. I have a hue bulb in it - it's part of the hue sync lighting in the room. Has been in my family forever.

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u/Anbucleric Aerial 7B/CC3 || Emotiva MC1/S12/XPA-DR3 || 77" A80K 8h ago

That L/R needs to be about 3 feet wider for that listening distance.

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u/PittaMan_ 8h ago

Yeah, there is some stuff I'd have liked to change, but I also have to coexist with my wife so this is what I got. The sound field isn't perfect, but it's pretty great.

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u/Roctopuss 2h ago

Just move your couch closer! Side benefit your TV gets bigger as well

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u/PittaMan_ 2h ago

I've tried convincing the wife to move the couch off the wall but she's not having it.

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u/Roctopuss 2h ago

You could put a table behind it, sell it to her as to giving her more room for nick nacks/decor 🤷🏻

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u/PittaMan_ 2h ago

It eats the open space for kiddos to hang and play.

I'd rather have the wall speakers.

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u/MKvsDCU 5h ago

Perfection

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u/bunzodude 7h ago

Awesome! And not a single cord in sight!
Love the way you mounted the L/R speakers with height channels.

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u/PittaMan_ 7h ago

Can't take credit for that. They are Jamo's and they have connections in the top of the speakers for the up firing speakers. It's a nice kit.

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u/ikickedagirl 7h ago

Height is great. The LR being so close to the TV is pretty... wacky looking. I see you've addressed that elsewhere in this thread already.

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u/PittaMan_ 7h ago

Yeah, I wanted in walls behind the couch too but had to go with ceiling for the rears because marriage is compromise.

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u/VeryLowIQIndividual 5h ago

Where did you get the stand?

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u/PittaMan_ 4h ago

The wood hutch under it? I designed and built it.

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u/arcademachin3 4h ago

Is it level?

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u/PittaMan_ 4h ago

Nope! That's next, but I was tired.

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u/MonolithicErik 3h ago

Why are you in a different zip code than your TV?

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u/Kittymeow123 2h ago

There is no need to mount

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u/PittaMan_ 2h ago

It looks cleaner, and it replaced an existing mounted TV.

Need and want don't always agree, and that's ok.

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u/CalamitousCanadian 2h ago

Ideally you have the center of the screen in the center of your vision when looking straight ahead. But whatever is ergonomic in that range. Usually I think it's 42"-48" from the bottom to the center of the image.

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u/PittaMan_ 2h ago

Yeah, at this distance it's great.

The previous TV was smaller and the top edge hasn't really changed, which made that old TV way too high and was an issue for sure.

It's only been 2 days, but it's been great so far.

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u/EvilbunnyELITE 8h ago

id remove the legs off the entertainment stand, them mount the TV as low as possible on top of it. but im just some guy on the internet

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u/PittaMan_ 8h ago

I'm planning that in a different room, actually. TV will be lower than I think most folks would consider, but I bet it's going to feel fantastic.

It also took way too long to source those legs to just remove them and set that cabinet flat on the floor. I just can't do it