Why would you wall mount a television a foot above a television stand? Couldn't you save yourself some hassle and just use the stand the TV comes with instead of buying a wall mount and cutting up your walls?
I'm just confused. Wall mounting seems like a fad that popped up because of how thin TVs are. I'm not sure what the point is, since staring at a blank wall with a TV floating in the middle isn't terribly nice looking.
At least you didn't mount it over the fireplace I guess.
You have an excellent point and in fact I didn't want to wall mount at all till I started looking at TV stands.
The problem is that all the stands I considered were very high and very expensive. I don't mind spending 6k on a TV, but 1k on a TV stand? 'come on, that's crazy. The biggest problem isn't the price, but the height. The stands put the TV too high and when a TV is on a stand you can't tilt it to compensate for the height. That particular wall mount is an articulating mount which means it, tilts, pans, extends, etc. I can move it closer to me or point it towards my kitchen, but most importantly I can tilt it down so my eyes are perfectly perpendicular to the screen.
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Why would you wall mount a television a foot above a television stand? Couldn't you save yourself some hassle and just use the stand the TV comes with instead of buying a wall mount and cutting up your walls?
I'm just confused. Wall mounting seems like a fad that popped up because of how thin TVs are. I'm not sure what the point is, since staring at a blank wall with a TV floating in the middle isn't terribly nice looking.
At least you didn't mount it over the fireplace I guess.
You have an excellent point and in fact I didn't want to wall mount at all till I started looking at TV stands.
The problem is that all the stands I considered were very high and very expensive. I don't mind spending 6k on a TV, but 1k on a TV stand? 'come on, that's crazy. The biggest problem isn't the price, but the height. The stands put the TV too high and when a TV is on a stand you can't tilt it to compensate for the height. That particular wall mount is an articulating mount which means it, tilts, pans, extends, etc. I can move it closer to me or point it towards my kitchen, but most importantly I can tilt it down so my eyes are perfectly perpendicular to the screen.