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Tvs on the wall

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spottymoo · 23/12/2013 11:53

We're looking at purchasing new sofas to get the ones we'd like we need to put the tv on the wall.
My question is what do you do with the sky box / console? Do you have them on the wall as well which IMO would make it quite cluttered but cables aren't long enough to have them elsewhere.

Any advise appreciated

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RCheshire · 24/12/2013 15:29

I'm not a fan of wall mounted, but if you are going down that road then mount it so the middle of the screen is eye-height from your normal viewing position. Not those awful mountings 2/3 of the way up a wall with your neck cranked back....

I'm afraid spending more than a few quid on an HDMI cable just means you have been won over by the product and AV magazine marketing machines. Unless elements of the picture or sound are missing there is nothing wrong with your cable - not only do more expensive cables not make a difference - they cannot make a different.

PigletJohn · 24/12/2013 22:17

oxygen-free copper and gold-plated terminals are well known for providing pleasing tones in the shades of colour and sound in the homes of those with more money than sense

squiby2004 · 26/12/2013 00:01

We have all our TV's wall mounted. We employed a specialist company and have very low profile TV's do they are completely flat to the walls.

I can't stand cables or visible trunking, looks awful, so all our cables are in trunking which has been chased into the walls. The sitting room TV has a cabinet which houses all the boxes etc. We had a glass shelf fitted above the kitchen TV and the sky box lives on top of that and again no visible cables. They look sleek and contemporary, certainly not chavvy

eatyouwithaspoon · 28/12/2013 17:51

can you hang a tv on the wall over a radiator (in a cabinet) or will it damage the tv?

FionasFatFairy · 28/12/2013 18:02

One word of warning. We initially had our tv mounted on a chimney breast and found the noise travelled into our bedroom above. We moved it onto an external wall and it us now much better (probably also helps that our bathroom us above the TV Esther than our bedroom)

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spottymoo · 29/12/2013 14:45

Thank you for all your advise dhs friend is coming over next week to have alook at the wall we want it on and give us a quote for the work we want.

It'll give us a lot more room and comfort for as a family and means I get the new sofas I want

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Mintyy · 29/12/2013 14:48

Really hate tvs on the wall. I think its ok to say that?

Daykin · 29/12/2013 15:20

Fine to hate tvs on the wall but weird to think that a wall tv steals focus more than the same tv angled over a corner 3 of 4 feet lower down. My Mum hates wall TV's because she is an amazing snob but spends all day watching programmes about people who buy the contents of repossessed storage units.
I don't really get tv snobbery. There are some amazing programmes on. Mathew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty was on the other day and that was £££ at the theatre. (Just spent nearly £200 on tickets for his Swan Lake tour). Mary Beard is on TV sometimes ffs.

Daykin · 29/12/2013 15:23

Alan Bennets Talking Heads 'The hand of God' is a wonderful monologue about a TV snob. That may be overstating it. A snob who 'refuses to watch'

Mintyy · 29/12/2013 15:29

I don't watch a lot of tv, maybe that's why I don't like them on the wall. Or maybe its because I prefer to see pictures and mirror on walls, or even, heaven forfend, plain wall.

Orangeanddemons · 29/12/2013 15:38

Ha ha ha at chavy.

We have ours on the wall as I like the space it provides in the rest of the room. We only ever watch BBC breakfast and the news on it. I have never ever watched a celeb programme in my life. I don't even know what they are. In fact I never watch it apart from the above.

Dh has a degree on Maths. Can someone be chavvy with a Maths degree? He's more like a dotty scientist he was watching the Cristmas lectures on it yesterday

Orangeanddemons · 29/12/2013 15:38

Christmas

PigletJohn · 29/12/2013 15:46

where do you get those recordings of fishtanks or log fires that you can play on a TV when it's out of use?

Or maybe a landscape or a picture of your garden to simulate a window.

Daykin · 29/12/2013 15:47

Maybe it's because I'm a shortarse that I don't much notice whats on the walls but an entire corner of the room wasted taken up with a tv, especially a tv which is hardly used, seems like bad use of space. I don't have that much space though, I'd possibly feel differently if I had a huge house or one with fewer people in it. I have a wee table where our tv used to be which gets used for homework and board games and stuff. It's currently got a jigsaw on it. The table gets used more than the TV and the TV gets used loads .
I have pictures and mirrors too, well I have one mirror and a couple of nice pics. We have a huge TV and and there are still acres of wall to stare at.

waits to be told that walls should be lined with books

PigletJohn · 29/12/2013 15:53

...or a recording of a shelf full of books.

Taffeta · 29/12/2013 15:53

PMSL @ chavvy TVs on the wall what a pile of crap

We have a telly on the wall, a Smart one with HDMI cables etc, Wii U box and DVD player hidden in sideboard underneath. DH made the sideboard to fit, and did some chasing of the cables into the wall (which took an age) so that all the wires are hidden. The telly is totally flat and virtually rimless so is much less "standout" than an old stylee one standing on a desk/whatever.

When we want to use the Wii U or the DVD player, we open the sideboard so the alien rays can get to the machines from the remotes [science bit].

MichaelFinnigan · 29/12/2013 16:00

Is the insertion of trunking, then making good again a big job? Does it cost hundreds?

We've got old crumbly plaster. I get we'd end up having to re plaster the whole wall :(

That's what's always stopped me. We could do with the extra floor space but I couldn't live with dangly cables

MichaelFinnigan · 29/12/2013 16:01

Is the insertion of trunking, then making good again a big job? Does it cost hundreds?

We've got old crumbly plaster. I get we'd end up having to re plaster the whole wall :(

That's what's always stopped me. We could do with the extra floor space but I couldn't live with dangly cables

slightlysnippy · 29/12/2013 16:04

I like the idea of the extra floor space, but is it not uncomfortable watching a TV that so much above your eye level?

Taffeta · 29/12/2013 16:04

Michael, it cost us nothing other than a bit of plastic trunking and a good few hours of DHs time. It was v fiddly. Channeling out the plaster etc took ages, the making good with filler, two coats of paint less time.

Taffeta · 29/12/2013 16:05

Our telly is at eye level. It's above a short sideboard.

PigletJohn · 29/12/2013 17:12

if the plaster is loose on the walls, then it will probably fall off in great chunks.

most electricians can cut a neat chase in a plaster for cables; some can neatly plaster it again, others will say you need to DIY or get a plasterer. There are machines for chasing which are in fact dust-generating machines and best suited to an empty house.

Cutting a chase is not very difficult using a wide bolster and a big hammer and taking your time. By the time you have done a dozen you will have the hang of it.

Alternatively you can use white PVC mini-trunking on the surface of the wall. It does not look as bad as dangling cables. It is rectangular and can be painted to match the wall, preferably before fixing. The lid snaps off.

octopusinasantasack · 29/12/2013 20:33

We want to get the TV put on the wall because we're short on floor space. Unfortunately the idiot person who designed these houses had them all done with two wall lights where the TV could go and with no overhead lighting :(

AwesomeMrsFox · 29/12/2013 23:14

I didn't use to like wall mounted TVs and IMO some are really rubbishy done. I ended up needed to wall mount mine and now I love it. As per the Houzz pics there are loads of ways you can do it nicely, also completely with pigletjohns ideas - I often use mine as a photo frame when not in use as TV.

With regard to cables, agree with chasing or build unit underneath and locate sockets etc in there.

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