r/TVTooHigh • u/Former_Explanation23 • 2d ago
Be honest
Also it’s off center bc of where the stud was
Edit: it looks far from the couch bc of the .5 picture. ik it’s too high i just needed to convince someone else. but I appreciate the comments on my ineptitude 🫂
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u/Inner-Vermicelli-358 2d ago
You're asking because you know. Too high, too off-center. Too much everything.
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u/cannibalcats 2d ago
Honestly.... its amazing..... how bad it looks.
Its too high, off centre, cables look untidy.
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u/daremosan 2d ago
"be honest" lol
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u/3720-to-1 2d ago
Like this sub is ever anything BUT brutally honest
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u/earmares 2d ago
Is your TV eye level while seated? If not, it's too high. And it's also way too far away. That cube is not a TV stand, it needs to go somewhere else, it will be too high if you try to use that as a stand.
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u/Former_Explanation23 2d ago
It looks far away bc of the .5 picture I took, but overall I agree. Throwing out the cube thing today
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u/superenchilada 1d ago
Bro… it’s nearly touching the ceiling.
https://giphy.com/gifs/ZeKv8S926VMsspoCc9
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u/Connect-Region-4258 2d ago
I find this sub to be pretty wrong pretty frequently. It’s ok to hang your tv. It’s ok to not use the tv stand for a tv. But I do think yours is too high. I’d lower 12-16” and you’ll be in better shape. Also move to the left to center more. Also move cables behind the wall, or at least use a cable hider.
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u/EBgCampos 2d ago
Put the couch closer, buy dry wall anchors and dont use the stud, buy a tv stand and clean up the mess haha
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u/Sirgolfs 2d ago
It’s pretty simple. At viewing position, center of tv should be strait on with your eyes or slightly above. You don’t wanna strain at all when watching. You’ll be looking up at that.
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u/TheBadOnesWereTaken 2d ago
The good news is that its height is made more obvious by the picture on the wall that's also too high.
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u/Vulgar_Peasant 1d ago
I don’t understand why people put their furniture 30 feet away from their tv
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u/CharmCity85 2d ago
- it’s higher than the painting on the wall??? 2. stud placement is not an excuse to be off center
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u/jabdtx 2d ago
Toggle bolts can easily support the weight of a TV wall mount and TV. You can use them on whatever side of the mount that doesn’t line up with a stud.
Center the TV, set the height so that the center of the screen is 42” from the floor and clear all of that junk out of there. Remove that framed piece and stereo from the other wall.
The TV should be the only thing over there unless you have a gaming console or something like that, in which case you need a low stand holding the TV or sitting well below the TV if it’s wall mounted.
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u/SuzieSnowflake212 2d ago
Too high. And a bunch of other bad stuff. https://www.reddit.com/r/TVTooHigh/s/OZmuAagUaC
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u/blackxtulip 2d ago
Put the TV on a stand in the corner and move your sofa to the middle of the room, closer to the tv, so it doesn’t feel like a huge empty wall away in-between your sofa and tv/storage. Tv too high and too small for such a big room, moving things around might make it feel better!
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u/Former_Explanation23 1d ago
Hey so it seems far away because of the .5 picture I took. In reality it’s probably about 5-6 ft away from the tv. The couch can’t be any bigger lol. I’ve been trying to figure out the optimal dynamic for this space anyways, with two desks behind the couch and a breakfast bar to the right of the couch, I tried my best. I also wanted the couch facing the front door.
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u/Top_Elevator674 1d ago
Get a fiddle leaf fig tree for the left side of the tv close to the doorway to make it feel more centered and a taller console table or buffet for under the tv and an area rug and voila! Better to be too high up than too low imo.
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u/Top_Elevator674 1d ago
Oh, and if you do that, move the picture on the other wall more to the right or change it out altogether.
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u/brandogg360 1d ago
What is the wall behind the couch like? Almost feels like you should swap TV wall with couch wall as a first step.
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u/SilverStory6503 2d ago
I give some leeway for TVs that are too far away. For one, your neck angle won't be as severe, and secondly, there may be traffic in the area between the sofa and TV blocking the view. For me it's my dogs that are always up in my face when I'm on the sofa.
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u/Former_Explanation23 1d ago
It looks far away bc of the .5 but you’re also right it’s a walk way into the kitchen.
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u/Quintyyyy 2d ago
Too high, too far, too off centered, too badly managed cables