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Plasma TVs on wall over fireplace?

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  • 15-09-2011 3:57pm
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    banjobongo
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    hi folks,
    I will be looking to buy a new TV, a large-ish one, which might point to a Plasma TV, but I have heard that due the gassess in the TV that placeing it on the wall over a fireplace is not a good idea, which means, if its true, that I should only be looking at LCD/LED TVs, is this correct, or a myth?


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    Goose81
    Registered Users Posts: 4,176 ✭✭✭Goose81


    banjobongo wrote: »
    hi folks,
    I will be looking to buy a new TV, a large-ish one, which might point to a Plasma TV, but I have heard that due the gassess in the TV that placeing it on the wall over a fireplace is not a good idea, which means, if its true, that I should only be looking at LCD/LED TVs, is this correct, or a myth?


    Putting a tv over a fireplace is never going to be good for it.If you do it make sure its far up and there is a mantelpiece below it. I think you are correct about plasmas being more affected by heat though.

    I put an lcd over my fireplace but have never lit the fire in the 4 years since then.


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    Dotrel
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    I have an LCD tv wallmounted over a fireplace but the important difference is I never actually use the fire itself. I don't think I'd have put it there if I had intentions to use the fire in the future. Doubly so for a plasma.


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