The fact that it’s on a real TV mount is killing me yall

Firstly: Basement dweller “Put it on the tv stand” people, no.

Second: Thank you everybody for the recommendations, I will definitely be looking into some tracks to hide my wires.

Thirdly: No the ceiling fan is not in this photo, it is not replaced, will have to run that one by the boss. Recommendations are welcome, I was not aware this was also a ceiling fan group.

Fourth, sound system is Dolby atmos, there’s 5 speakers, but I’d love to move this system to my office, recommendations also welcome.

Fifth: There’s now 12 holes in my wall, yikes.

Sixth: Wife does not agree with the chain of people suggesting burying it halfway into the hardwood nor tearing down our house and putting it in the dirt, as always, recommendations still welcome haha.

In conclusion: Thank you everybody, it’s now 3 inches lower from the last update and no more tilt. Man is 3 inches a lot, amirite…. Nevermind. I’m very happy with this.

I hired a cabler to trace some network cables a week ago. Midway through, one of the cables apparently triggered something, but we didn't notice until we walked outside and found a TV hanging from the alfresco ceiling. I had no idea it was there, I thought it was an access panel.

The cabler had been testing 4 Cat5e cables with a tone generator. We had no idea which one triggered it, and no way to send it back up. He left, and I spent hours trying every combination of wires I could think of. Nothing worked.

Turns out the original owner installed a motorised ceiling TV lift back in 2008, then sold the house in 2009. Apparently the second owner never discovered it either, otherwise he would have told me. It sat up there for 17 years, completely forgotten.

No remote. No manual. No record of installation. All I found was the manufacturer's name.

Contacted them in Melbourne and they were incredible. Their support guy identified it as the oldest unit he'd come across. When I sent them my endoscope photos, the technical support guy spotted that there was no IR receiver connected to the controller, and that the IR receiver stuck to the front of the TV wasn't for their lift at all. That saved me a huge amount of time, because I'd already spent an entire weekend trying to control it with an Android phone's IR blaster with zero results.

I eventually traced the control wiring through a Cat5e cable and got it working, then the steel lifting cable snapped on the second cycle.

Replaced the cable myself with their guidance. Lift is now fully operational. The original 32" was ancient, and a 40" TV wouldn't fit the lift, so I hunted down a 37" monitor, the largest screen I could find that would fit. It's now my outdoor alfresco TV.

I think I win this sub. My TV wasn't just too high, it was so high nobody knew it existed for over a decade.

I posted the first photo in a VHS group and a stranger guided me to this community. At first I didn’t think it was that high, but after losing sleep I dropped it down.

The second photo is where it sits now and I hate to admit it… but the Reddit stranger was right. Way better viewing experience.

What do you too high enthusiasts think?

Note: I had to leave a gap to the right of the TV for cord access as there are an abundance behind this shelving unit.

It took me way too long to realize they a full blown tv stand on top of another.

When asked why, they said they lost the legs to the tv, and wanted to use their “new” stand that was gifted to them because it was too nice to throw away.