TV on the fireplace above the mantlepiece

OU812

Why?

Is it not like being in a pub watching tv? You have to look up all the time.

Nollog

You at my parents house op?

_Kaiser_

OU812 wrote: »

Why?

Is it not like being in a pub watching tv? You have to look up all the time.

That would annoy me too. Your neck would be wrecked after a few hours.

Also, I'd be afraid of the day it ends up on the floor. Mate of mine had a big mirror over the fireplace at one point. Was grand for ages and one night he came in and it was in pieces all over the room.

Signore Fancy Pants

Its the best place for my 65" though.

It was either that or a mirror, fcuk mirrors! I dont need a reminder of how fugly I am.

Trigger Happy

I was in a house recently where the tv was off center above the fire place.
My ocd could not cope.

xi5yvm0owc1s2b

Nothing like making life easier for the TV licence inspector.

The_Kew_Tour

Your tv won't last 12 months

Signore Fancy Pants

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Your tv won't last 12 months

Mine have lasted 89 months there so far.....although its probably because the fire is lit about 15 times a year.

Purple Mountain

Hate that too.

xi5yvm0owc1s2b

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Your tv won't last 12 months

Good point. I can't imagine that heat and smoke will do your TV much good over the long run.

retro:electro

But isn’t that the spot where you put the only mirror in the house alongside the graduation photos

dartboardio

Theres nothing above my mantlepiece.

Corner tv.

Fr_Dougal

No room with himself there.

fxotoole

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

No room with himself there.

Bull****. Jesus wasn’t a white boi.

LirW

Personally that's a no for me, I know a few people having it like that and it's not for me, I don't find it comfortable. I have artwork on it instead and the TV is on a TV unit.

Fr_Dougal

fxotoole wrote: »

Bull****. Jesus wasn’t a white boi.

I have one of herself too:

Mrcaramelchoc

Ah here where does the stuffed rhino s head go then?

fxotoole

Mrcaramelchoc wrote: »

Ah here where does the stuffed rhino s head go then?

Above the tv, DUH

dermiek

Mrcaramelchoc wrote: »

Ah here where does the stuffed rhino s head go then?

Sitting on the couch watching TV :pac:

XsApollo

Who needs a fireplace ,
I ripped mine out and plastered it up so I can have my tv mounted nice and low on the wall.

freshpopcorn

I don't hate the idea but I don't love it either.
I'd feel the se about people who have there TV on a very low unit that you have to stare down at.

OU812

XsApollo wrote: »

Who needs a fireplace ,
I ripped mine out and plastered it up so I can have my tv mounted nice and low on the wall.

That’s the dream.

I’d do the same if she let me.

Have lit the fire once all winter, but apparently it’s the “focal point of the room”. Yeah, that was before people had 40”+ TVs love...

She’s not having any of it, in the meantime I had to settle for just a 55” and it’s shoved in the effin’ corner.

freshpopcorn

OU812 wrote: »

That’s the dream.

I’d do the same if she let me.

Have lit the fire once all winter, but apparently it’s the “focal point of the room”. Yeah, that was before people had 40”+ TVs love...

She’s not having any of it, in the meantime I had to settle for just a 55” and it’s shoved in the effin’ corner.

Buy her a voucher for the spa or shopping and do it when she's out and just say it was a mis communication!

Cookie_Monster

better viewing angle having the tv higher IMO. Though complying with the fire regs was a pain

listermint

Mines there . It's perfect.

But then again my sitting room is huge so there is no neck craining to look up at it.

Anyone who has anything above their mantlepiece that isn't a mirror* is a dangerous lunatic and should be arrested.


*Ideally a wedding gift, if possible

kenmc

OU812 wrote: »

That’s the dream.

I’d do the same if she let me.

Have lit the fire once all winter, but apparently it’s the “focal point of the room”. Yeah, that was before people had 40”+ TVs love...

She’s not having any of it, in the meantime I had to settle for just a 55” and it’s shoved in the effin’ corner.

Best of both worlds. Tv AND fire https://youtu.be/ZY3J3Y_OU0w

Signore Fancy Pants

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

better viewing angle having the tv higher IMO. Though complying with the fire regs was a pain

The higher up the wall it is, means you get a better upskirt angle wen de wimmins is on da tv screen.

Mister Vain

I installed a huge telly first and then built the fecking house around it.

Bio Mech

Cristiano Ancient Stoutness wrote: »

Good point. I can't imagine that heat and smoke will do your TV much good over the long run.

It’s on the outside of the chimney not inside.

2011

People tent to mount flat screen TVs far too high. When sitting down the center of the screen should align with your eyes when you are looking straight ahead, if not you are either looking up or down. This is why over the fireplace is too high. This is apart from the fact that the heat of the fire is not good for the TV.

Gwynplaine

^^^exactly. When sitting down, your eye level is horizontal with the middle of the tv. Tv over the fireplace would not be for me, and if done wrong with cables everywhere it looks even worse.

Church on Tuesday

I'd imagine your attention would be drawn towards the fireplace from time to time too.

Especially if you're watching the Late Late Show.

freshpopcorn

Church on Tuesday wrote: »

I'd imagine your attention would be drawn towards the fireplace from time to time too.

Especially if you're watching the Late Late Show.

Well at least the fire place would be in some way interesting!

LirW

Genuine question though from the non-Irish: what's the craic with mirrors over the mantle piece? What am I not getting?

Frank O. Pinion

No, and unless it's an OLED TV the viewing angle would be negatively effected by the backlight bleeding into the picture.

Massive TV in sitting room, no fireplace. Furnace in shed to heat house and water.

Outlaw Pete

I was in a house once that had no TV and all the furniture was pointed at the corner beside the windowm What they all looked at I have no idea. Perhaps they were a family that read books and talked to one another. Weirdos.

lbc2019

No

2011

Gwynplaine wrote: »

if done wrong with cables everywhere it looks even worse.

Exactly I hate seeing any cables!!
People spend obscene money on TV that can provide them with a fantastic minimalist look where a crisp image appears on a super thin pane of glass. They then ruin this look will a ball of ugly cabling along with a guntered in digibox (thanks to a Sky “engineer” on minimum wage) and the most hideous over priced bracket that ensures the TV is at any angle except level :mad:

jester77

I've noticed this in a lot of "modern" Irish houses. The design of the houses is just so bad that there is not much alternative. Long narrow living room, with a window taking up one end, a set of doors leading to the kitchen taking up the other end and a fireplace bang in the middle.

You couldn't design a worse layout if you tried.

freshpopcorn

jester77 wrote: »

I've noticed this in a lot of "modern" Irish houses. The design of the houses is just so bad that there is not much alternative. Long narrow living room, with a window taking up one end, a set of doors leading to the kitchen taking up the other end and a fireplace bang in the middle.

You couldn't design a worse layout if you tried.

If your referring to a Dermot Bannon style house. The TV on the wall is a big no no with him.
he likes to put it in a awkward corner in the living room on a low unit. in general.

jester77

freshpopcorn wrote: »

If your referring to a Detmot Bannon style house. The TV on the wall is a big no no with him.
he likes to put it in a awkward corner in the living room on a low unit. in general.

Never heard of him, but I've also seen this layout as well. You have the couch in one corner and the TV diagonally opposite. I have gone home with neck strain after visiting a few friends to watch a game.

freshpopcorn

jester77 wrote: »

Never heard of him, but I've also seen this layout as well. You have the couch in one corner and the TV diagonally opposite. I have gone home with neck strain after visiting a few friends to watch a game.

I've seen modern living rooms and some of the couches don't even face the TV and those that do could have people sitting on a couch in front of them.

I'd be afraid the heat from the fireplace would wreck the tv

Feisar

We have ours bracketed to the wall over a tv unit, going to chase the wall to hide the cables to give a floating effect.

realdanbreen

Mrcaramelchoc wrote: »

Ah here where does the stuffed rhino s head go then?

And where am I supposed to put my 3 flying ducks!

Feisar

Regarding the traditional layout, yes it is terrible. A sitting room should facilitate a TV on the wall at one end of the room.

realdanbreen

Sorry, Big TV on the wall is the indoor version of the big white eagle on the gatepost .

Ush1

Best use of floor space is to have it wall mounted.

2011

realdanbreen wrote: »

Sorry, Big TV on the wall is the indoor version of the big white eagle on the gatepost .

Depends on how it is done. What is the point in having a wafer thin TV and the installing it a 45 degrees in the corner? It may as well be an old style “boxy” TV.

I think a flat screen TV looks best mounted as close to the wall as possible at a sensible (low) height to prevent neck strain. No cabling, satellite box, streaming devices, amps etc should be visible anywhere near the TV.

larchielads

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Well at least the fire place would be in some way interesting!

Ye don't look at the mantle piece when your polkin the fire:D