Bigger TV For Above Fireplace

[Rodders53]

The ideal height is from your usual viewing position your eyes should be at the level of the bottom of the screen.

I disagree I reckon it's about the centre of the screen, or a tad higher ideally. I've read that ones gaze is naturally a bit lower than straight ahead.

But it is a pretty subjective / personal preference thing. My eye level is almost mantelpiece height and my TV sitting on a cabinet is perhaps a tad too low by 4 inches if the centre of screen is ideal? But it suits me.
TV mounted with bottom of screen at my mantelpiece height would be far, far too high for me.

 

[jj4091]

Something I recently discovered about smart TV''s is that a lot of them don't support IOs so you can't mirror your Apple procucts to them wirelessly.

 

[aveatry]

I disagree I reckon it's about the centre of the screen, or a tad higher ideally. I've read that ones gaze is naturally a bit lower that straight ahead.

But it is a pretty subjective / personal preference thing. My eye level is almost mantelpiece height and my TV sitting on a cabinet is perhaps a tad too low by 4 inches if the centre of screen is ideal? But it suits me.
TV mounted with bottom of screen at my mantelpiece height would be far, far too high for me.

I did mine a few years ago - pretty much built an extension around a TV and my research said your natural resting eye position was slightly looking up - so that the reason foe your eyes level with the bottom of the screen or at least the bottom half but either way I think we are both about right but above a fireplace is way too high.

 

[aveatry]

Something I recently discovered about smart TV''s is that a lot of them don't support IOs so you can't mirror your Apple procucts to them wirelessly.

I hate apple - it doesn’t play nice with anyone.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

I did mine a few years ago - pretty much built an extension around a TV and my research said your natural resting eye position was slightly looking up

Nonsene, eye level when sat down looking horizontally = centre of the screen.

 

[pete01]

When you recline to watch a movie the TV slightly higher is perfect

 

[JimG59]

60" in the lounge???
I have that in my under the stairs toilet...

Good for you

 

[pete01]

60" in the lounge???
I have that in my under the stairs toilet...

 

[HayMaker]

We have a 65" Phillips in the lounge (from RS) and it's perfect; the chimney breast is about half an inch wider on each side. I agree with the height - many people have them way too high but of course that's up to you. We would probably have it a bit lower but we have a fire underneath so had to have that clearance. We've had 2 x Hisense TVs in the last 3 years and they have both been complete garbage. The smart functions are so slow, we've had to buy Firesticks for both of them. The processors (or whatever) do not seem to render sound very well. We had the speakers replaced under warranty twice and it didn't fix the issue, so we gave up. They would fart when there was a lot of sound from the source e.g. explosions, helicopters, roaring car engines. I think the "Amp" inside is probably a 27p unit from a Chinese reject bin.

The Bush upstairs isn't much better, not as bad for sound but the processor is awful. 60% of the time it crashes when you turn it on, and it'll either restart itself or will just go blank so you have to hold the power button to do a hard reset. The sound isn't the best but better than the Hisense ones.

However, on any 4K LED TV, the picture is good enough quality for what we want. So we still prefer to buy a cheaper set and spend a bit on peripherals (Firestick, cheap soundbar or whatever) rather than paying hundreds more for a TV that does everything properly. Putting up with restarts and waiting a bit for boot ups is ok when we know we are saving 800 on the equivalent Sony

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

One thing to consider is the viewing angle. The bigger the TV the lower it needs to be mounted to align with the optimal viewing angle while seated. Since the TV is above a fire place, its unlikely that this will be correct.

and the viewer, will end up with a sore neck, from looking up all the time..

 

[HayMaker]

and the viewer, will end up with a sore neck, from looking up all the time..

yes but depends how you sit. We are always laying back in the chair so already looking up. In fact, when I go to my parents who have bolt upright stiff sofas where you can't lay back at all, it does make sense that they have their TV at knee level.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

We are always laying back in the chair so already looking up. In fact, when I go to my parents who have bolt upright stiff sofas where you can't lay back at all, it does make sense that they have their TV at knee level.

I'm sat in a recliner, feet up, at the moment - that still keeps my head vertical. I have the living room 50" TV, on a cantilevered wall bracket, with it's lower edge around 6" below eye-level. We find that very comfortable. In the bedroom, we have a TV, suspended from the ceiling, directly opposite the bed, that too makes for a comfortable viewing angle.

 

[aveatry]

We have a 65" Phillips in the lounge (from RS) and it's perfect; the chimney breast is about half an inch wider on each side. I agree with the height - many people have them way too high but of course that's up to you. We would probably have it a bit lower but we have a fire underneath so had to have that clearance. We've had 2 x Hisense TVs in the last 3 years and they have both been complete garbage. The smart functions are so slow, we've had to buy Firesticks for both of them. The processors (or whatever) do not seem to render sound very well. We had the speakers replaced under warranty twice and it didn't fix the issue, so we gave up. They would fart when there was a lot of sound from the source e.g. explosions, helicopters, roaring car engines. I think the "Amp" inside is probably a 27p unit from a Chinese reject bin.

The Bush upstairs isn't much better, not as bad for sound but the processor is awful. 60% of the time it crashes when you turn it on, and it'll either restart itself or will just go blank so you have to hold the power button to do a hard reset. The sound isn't the best but better than the Hisense ones.

However, on any 4K LED TV, the picture is good enough quality for what we want. So we still prefer to buy a cheaper set and spend a bit on peripherals (Firestick, cheap soundbar or whatever) rather than paying hundreds more for a TV that does everything properly. Putting up with restarts and waiting a bit for boot ups is ok when we know we are saving 800 on the equivalent Sony

This is what my reashearch found too, the insides are all the same for hinsence Toshiba Bush polaroid.