OLED TV, face down
Discussion
Hi All, hoping that PH responds to me faster than Richer Sounds do.
I received delivery of a 65" LG B7 this morning from the richer sounds refurbished outlet, and they've not included the stand for it. I'm having it wall mounted on thursday, so it doesn't concern me much... but I'm looking for a safe way to store the TV in the meantime.
The TV arrived well packaged, but not in the original box. If I had an extra pair of hands (not till' tonight) I could probably get it safely back in the box... but would I be OK to just leave it face down on the carpet? Carpet is brand new as of yesterday, very soft and the TV still has the thin foam type film on it.
I've asked the same question to RS (along with "where is my stand?!") but I'm getting paranoid about it being laid on the living room floor so hoping for some quick reassurance.
I received delivery of a 65" LG B7 this morning from the richer sounds refurbished outlet, and they've not included the stand for it. I'm having it wall mounted on thursday, so it doesn't concern me much... but I'm looking for a safe way to store the TV in the meantime.
The TV arrived well packaged, but not in the original box. If I had an extra pair of hands (not till' tonight) I could probably get it safely back in the box... but would I be OK to just leave it face down on the carpet? Carpet is brand new as of yesterday, very soft and the TV still has the thin foam type film on it.
I've asked the same question to RS (along with "where is my stand?!") but I'm getting paranoid about it being laid on the living room floor so hoping for some quick reassurance.
No original box, so no instructions to help.
The TV manual suggests placing the TV face down whilst fixing the bracket (which is missing...) but no guidance on long-term storage like that.
I've bottled it and I currently have the panel leaning against the wall, with it's corners all protected by the foam/boxing that it came in. I can't get the big box over the top of it on my own without risk of knocking it over... so I'm just nervously leaving it against the wall like that.
The TV manual suggests placing the TV face down whilst fixing the bracket (which is missing...) but no guidance on long-term storage like that.
I've bottled it and I currently have the panel leaning against the wall, with it's corners all protected by the foam/boxing that it came in. I can't get the big box over the top of it on my own without risk of knocking it over... so I'm just nervously leaving it against the wall like that.
I laid my face down on the kitchen table before mounting it (on the wall). The trouble in doing so and the blood drained from me when doing this was that trying to pick it up made the most almighty cracking noise. Its so thin that any uneven distribution in loading can potentially be ruinous. Fortunately my screen didn't crack, I'm not sure what the noise was to be honest but the TV works flawlessly.
Enjoy it and make sure you have it well screwed into the wall. I am still nervous moving it around for fear of the same cracking noise again.
Enjoy it and make sure you have it well screwed into the wall. I am still nervous moving it around for fear of the same cracking noise again.
buckline said:
I laid my face down on the kitchen table before mounting it (on the wall). The trouble in doing so and the blood drained from me when doing this was that trying to pick it up made the most almighty cracking noise. Its so thin that any uneven distribution in loading can potentially be ruinous. Fortunately my screen didn't crack, I'm not sure what the noise was to be honest but the TV works flawlessly.
Enjoy it and make sure you have it well screwed into the wall. I am still nervous moving it around for fear of the same cracking noise again.
Cheers, luckily our carpet is very soft and has a deep pile so I was able to get my hand nicely under it in the centre of the panel and gently lift it up without bending the panel. No cracking noises yet!Enjoy it and make sure you have it well screwed into the wall. I am still nervous moving it around for fear of the same cracking noise again.
I've had it play 10mins of netflix, no obvious issues - no dead pixels, banding that I can see so hopefully it's a good'un.
I hate myself for saying it, but I'm getting a pro in to wall mount it, it's just too big for me to man-handle properly so I'd rather it be an insured professionals problem to get on the wall!
pozi said:
You lot make a TV sound like a snow flake, if you see how the commercial world fits out hotels and stadiums when you have 100's of TVs to install you would realise they are a lot more robust when it comes to storage and laying them out.
That's true, and I keep telling myself that - but they do make them bloody wafer thin and it's a fairly big investment for me to break! I'm sure hotels and stadiums settle for much cheaper units too :Ppozi said:
You lot make a TV sound like a snow flake, if you see how the commercial world fits out hotels and stadiums when you have 100's of TVs to install you would realise they are a lot more robust when it comes to storage and laying them out.
Well my advice came from industry specialists who have calibrated, fitted and then reviewed forums for years. No one gives a toss about hospitality TV's that don't belong to them, where dead pixels aren't going to get noticed and any minor issues caused aren't going to be noticed. Can't imagine many of those sets will be OLED either.
If it were two grand plus of my own money I'd be taking zero chances.
tenohfive said:
Well my advice came from industry specialists who have calibrated, fitted and then reviewed forums for years.
No one gives a toss about hospitality TV's that don't belong to them, where dead pixels aren't going to get noticed and any minor issues caused aren't going to be noticed. Can't imagine many of those sets will be OLED either.
If it were two grand plus of my own money I'd be taking zero chances.
Of all the TV technologies OLED is actually one of the most robust, the OLED panel can even be rolled up and it will still work quite happily.No one gives a toss about hospitality TV's that don't belong to them, where dead pixels aren't going to get noticed and any minor issues caused aren't going to be noticed. Can't imagine many of those sets will be OLED either.
If it were two grand plus of my own money I'd be taking zero chances.
However I agree for £2K I would not chuck one around either, but laying it face down temporarily is not going to harm it.
pozi said:
You lot make a TV sound like a snow flake, if you see how the commercial world fits out hotels and stadiums when you have 100's of TVs to install you would realise they are a lot more robust when it comes to storage and laying them out.
Depends on the TV. LCD are fine as they use plastic screens. Plasma and OLED use thin glass.
There is a reason you never see glass fitters carrying large panels of thin glass anything other than upright. Think about it for a second.
gizlaroc said:
Depends on the TV.
LCD are fine as they use plastic screens. Plasma and OLED use thin glass.
There is a reason you never see glass fitters carrying large panels of thin glass anything other than upright. Think about it for a second.
NopeLCD are fine as they use plastic screens. Plasma and OLED use thin glass.
There is a reason you never see glass fitters carrying large panels of thin glass anything other than upright. Think about it for a second.
You won't break a screen by lying it face down.
We do it all the time, I own an AV Hire Company, our screens are used in all sorts of locations, they are manhandled out of vans and trucks, tipped and slid to get them where they need to be (they do travel in flight cases).
Oh, and they are not cheap domestic units before anyone jumps in with that.
Not had one smash yet.
TheRainMaker said:
Nope
You won't break a screen by lying it face down.
We do it all the time, I own an AV Hire Company, our screens are used in all sorts of locations, they are manhandled out of vans and trucks, tipped and slid to get them where they need to be (they do travel in flight cases).
Oh, and they are not cheap domestic units before anyone jumps in with that.
Not had one smash yet.
Depends on the screen, many of the panny pro screens had really thin glass screens, same with the Sony studio monitors, some of the OLEDs too. You won't break a screen by lying it face down.
We do it all the time, I own an AV Hire Company, our screens are used in all sorts of locations, they are manhandled out of vans and trucks, tipped and slid to get them where they need to be (they do travel in flight cases).
Oh, and they are not cheap domestic units before anyone jumps in with that.
Not had one smash yet.
I agree that simply laying it down won't crack the glass, but I know that a few OLEDs have arrived with cracked screens, some still prefer to be upright as the packing isn't enough to stop them flexing when being transported, not a case of being a snowflake, hence my response to Pozi, when I said it depends on the screen.
B17NNS said:
Great looking setup OP 
Thanks gottans said:
Have you got spikes under the floor standers? If not the bass will be significantly improved by fitting them.
Yeah fronts and sub woofer have carpet spikes. I have two more floorstanders the same and the bookshelf speakers of the same range so I'm trying to decide what to use for the rears. The spare set of floorstanders unfortunately have some cabinet damage, only aesthetic but still... I'm looking into options for refurbishment so will likely be the bookshelves on tall stands for now.Gassing Station | Home Cinema & Hi-Fi | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff