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nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "BDK" <BDK@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> > In article <Y_edna6xxa907zLanZ2dnUVZ_rWtnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > I was referring to the strange (to me anyway) desire of some people to
> > mount their flat panel too high, and wonder why their neck kills them
> > all the time. A guy I worked with won a 37" LCD a few years ago, and
he
> > picked above the fireplace to mount it, even though several people,
> > including myself told him what would happen. Ten days later, it was
> > about 3' lower, and on the wall of the room that made sense in the
first
> > place.
> >
> > A friend helped me put my TV up, and he kept telling me I was putting
it
> > too low. I'm happy to say I ignored his advice.
> >
> > BDK
>
> One reason people mount their TV's too high is that builders frequently
wire
> the TV to a spot above the fireplace. This is because the decisions are
made
> by women, who would prefer that the TV not even be placed in the living
room
> or family room, and instead be relegated to the basement or bedroom.
>
>
>
Makes sense I guess, but I've never seen wiring above a fireplace. My
friend's new house had the wiring right next to the fireplace, and the
family room is oddly shaped, so the only logical place in the room close
by was right in front of the fireplace. Good thing his little brother is
an electrician. An hour of work, and the stuff was moved to the other
wall, and we had the whole HT set up about an hour later.
Another friend bought an old house with a "music room", and after the
piano was sold (paid for almost all of a nice HT), it took some
carpentry work to get the back wall ready for the 37" TV and the bigger
ones that replaced it.
BDK
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