Show us your TV setup / media unit

Show us your TV setup / media unit

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shopper150

Original Poster:

1,576 posts

193 months

Sunday 31st January 2016
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I'm looking for inspirational ideas of how to mount my TV and what type of media unit to have built. I have a 4m wall
length that I can utilise.

Would appreciate pictures of your setups if possible?

Fleckers

2,851 posts

200 months

Sunday 31st January 2016
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slap this in the middle of the wall

http://www.samsung.com/us/video/tvs/UN105S9WAFXZA


FlossyThePig

4,083 posts

242 months

Sunday 31st January 2016
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What distance will you be viewing from?

AstonZagato

12,649 posts

209 months

Sunday 31st January 2016
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Not to everone's taste (putting it mildly) but I like it:

gmaz

4,382 posts

209 months

Sunday 31st January 2016
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Can you also include your address and usual times when you're not in.

matty g

231 posts

197 months

Saturday 6th February 2016
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FlossyThePig said:
What distance will you be viewing from?
I can never get my head around this question. ( In the context of if your only sitting 6 feet away then you dont need anything bigger than a 42"

I'm a bloke. I need a big big TV. No point getting a big TV only to sit 20 feet away. I want the biggest I can get on the wall. No such thing as too big in my world

I'm sat like 7-8 feet from by 60" Kuro and would like to go bigger


Edited by matty g on Saturday 6th February 13:59

PAULJ5555

3,554 posts

175 months

paralla

3,528 posts

134 months

Friday 11th March 2016
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Oversize TV's not appropriate to the size of the room always remind me of them programs like Benefit Britain.

Massive TV = Council estate chav in my mind.

Opinions may vary....

pushthebutton

1,096 posts

181 months

Friday 11th March 2016
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paralla said:
Oversize TV's not appropriate to the size of the room always remind me of them programs like Benefit Britain.

Massive TV = Council estate chav in my mind.

Opinions may vary....
Are you saying that Aston Zagato's oversize TV IS not appropriate for the size of his room?

Is there a chart or table somewhere to help decide what's appropriate. I'm sure it'd be very useful and stop people stepping outside of social expectations tongue out.

paralla

3,528 posts

134 months

Friday 11th March 2016
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pushthebutton said:
Are you saying that Aston Zagato's oversize TV IS not appropriate for the size of his room?

Is there a chart or table somewhere to help decide what's appropriate. I'm sure it'd be very useful and stop people stepping outside of social expectations tongue out.
Aston Zagato's seems fine, its a big room. I'm available to judge peoples choices all weekend.

matty g

231 posts

197 months

Friday 11th March 2016
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paralla said:
Oversize TV's not appropriate to the size of the room always remind me of them programs like Benefit Britain.

Massive TV = Council estate chav in my mind.

Opinions may vary....
Maybe...I have a 7 bedroom house and a Kuro 60" in my snug which is about 8 feet from my couch.

pushthebutton

1,096 posts

181 months

Friday 11th March 2016
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paralla said:
I'm available to judge peoples choices all weekend.
redcard

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Edited by pushthebutton on Friday 11th March 17:26

Steve Campbell

2,109 posts

167 months

Wednesday 16th March 2016
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pushthebutton said:
Is there a chart or table somewhere to help decide what's appropriate. I'm sure it'd be very useful and stop people stepping outside of social expectations tongue out.
You mean something like this....? .....buyers of TV's are free to choose whatever size they think is suitable :-)

Steve Campbell

2,109 posts

167 months

Wednesday 16th March 2016
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pushthebutton said:
Is there a chart or table somewhere to help decide what's appropriate. I'm sure it'd be very useful and stop people stepping outside of social expectations tongue out.
You mean something like this....? .....buyers of TV's are free to choose whatever size they think is suitable :-)

Steve Campbell

2,109 posts

167 months

Wednesday 16th March 2016
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pushthebutton said:
Is there a chart or table somewhere to help decide what's appropriate. I'm sure it'd be very useful and stop people stepping outside of social expectations tongue out.
You mean something like this....? .....buyers of TV's are free to choose whatever size they think is suitable :-)

Red 5

1,021 posts

179 months

Monday 21st March 2016
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A few pics for your perusal...














parabolica

6,703 posts

183 months

Thursday 24th March 2016
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Not the greatest photo as it was taken mid-set up; however I use a mini-projector (impulse purchase from Dubai Airport on a few years ago) linked up to a Sony all-in-one system... and I love it. Projector throws up to 100" image depending on the space you have. The pic shows a 70" picture and due to the space I have, I sit about 6-7ft from the wall with everything stacked on a standard IKEA cabinet behind the sofa.



A viewing area that big did take some getting used to; I initially though I had bitten off more than I could chew, but quickly got used to it. Only draw back is needing low-light/darkness together the best picture, so watching TV/DVDs/PS4 during the day is out unless I purchase blackout curtains.

Edited by parabolica on Thursday 24th March 03:32

NorthDave

2,355 posts

231 months

Friday 25th March 2016
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parabolica said:
Not the greatest photo as it was taken mid-set up; however I use a mini-projector (impulse purchase from Dubai Airport on a few years ago) linked up to a Sony all-in-one system... and I love it. Projector throws up to 100" image depending on the space you have. The pic shows a 70" picture and due to the space I have, I sit about 6-7ft from the wall with everything stacked on a standard IKEA cabinet behind the sofa.



A viewing area that big did take some getting used to; I initially though I had bitten off more than I could chew, but quickly got used to it. Only draw back is needing low-light/darkness together the best picture, so watching TV/DVDs/PS4 during the day is out unless I purchase blackout curtains.

Edited by parabolica on Thursday 24th March 03:32
That actually looks like a decent enough image. I've not seen one of those mini projectors in use before. There is no substitute for screen inches if you want the cinema experience. As you say though it does take a little bit of getting used to!

parabolica

6,703 posts

183 months

Friday 25th March 2016
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It's one of these:





It's actually a Merlin but I believe they are owned by Phillips. Anyway for the price (£400) it's a fantastic piece of kit; Full HD, 5 different inputs, even got 3D built in although I've never used it. Probably one of the best purchases I've ever made!

Only draw back, and I think this may be down to me using the bare wall vs a screen, is that depending on the source I don't always get even focus across the image. On the PS4 for example, the top 2/3rds of the pic can be crystal sharp but the top 1/3rd is ever so slightly blurry. There is a basic slider on top which you can use to fine tune things, but the problem still exists.

Edited by parabolica on Friday 25th March 13:29