How Far Away Do You Sit From Your Telly?

The majority of wall brackets on offer for big TVs don't seem to be tilting, but there are plenty of tilting brackets available.

Ours is tilted down a bit, because it's placed on the wall up a little from eye level for someone sat in the sofa, as there is furniture in front of it.
The room is not just about the TV.

I wasn't saying put the TV so the bottom is 5' off the ground, I just meant that so many people have their TV too low (myself included).

I also hate seeing a TV up above a mantle where the top of the screen is against the picture rail.

If I am slumped on my sofa with my head against the back of it, how I actually feel comfy, and look straight ahead, then my eyes naturally fall just above where the top of my TV is.

I wouldn't put my TV this high because it looks silly and becomes the focus of the room, which I don't like. Hence why in a 7m square room I still only have a 55" C2 OLED.


But with modern displays, if it is a dedicated room, I would actually put the TV higher, more like a projector screen, especially if it is a large screen size.

It of course needs to be an OLED where angle doesn't matter, I would think even a modern LCD would need to be angled too much for it to work.


I think the old ISF recommendation for screen height was more to do with the shocking viewing angles many displays had on them a few years back, if you weren't in the centre.

Projector screens they would recommend your eye level is in the bottom 1/3 of the screen.

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I’m 9ft from a 77” OLED. Judging from other replies I’m far too close but I love it - like watching the 6 o’clock news at the cinema or something.
One of the criteria in buying the flat was a wall suitable for a massive tv suitable for the council thread on here.
Other people’s more normal houses are like trying to read a book from the other side of the room to me now.

Can get scary if spiders are on the tv though.

Haha, I don't even have a TV license anymore, cancelled Sky after 31 years with them too.
Just watch Youtube stuff, bit of Netflix etc. Stuff that makes me smile rather than annoyed.

But we do have 3 OLEDS, Panny commercial plasma, B&O CRTs in the retro gaming room and a Beovision 11 in the spare bedroom.
Oh and a 49" Sony XG, I think it is, for the sim racing rig.

My wife just roles her eyes.

Nine TVs around the place does seem excessive for someone who doesn't even have a TV license anymore.


I think I like the tech more than the content, but then I'm the same with hifi, buy some new kit and listen to the same albums I have been listening to for the last few decades. Haha