To tilt or not to tilt

Posted by: lightning canadian on 05 December 2008

Hi,

I'll be mounting Winker my first flat screen next week and would appreciate your views on which bracket to choose, either tilting or rigid. The screen will be positioned above my hifi rack, probably at a height around 1100 - 1200mm above the floor.

My initial reaction is to fit as slim a bracket as possible to keep the screen as close to the wall as possible for aesthetic reasons. The tilting bracket adds another 40mm or so which I'd rather avoid. What I don't know is whether the screen needs to be able to tilt at this height for comfortable?

Any comments or experience would be greatly appreciated.
Posted on: 05 December 2008 by Consciousmess
Hi Lightning Canadian,

If you want my advice, I would suggest a tilting one, as once your TVs on the wall, you really want to then make viewing optimal.

I have a 50" put on the wall on a tilting bracket, and when I tilted the viewing angle so it was directly angled at the optimum seating position, the image and effect is fantastic.

Thats my humble advice!!

Jon
Posted on: 06 December 2008 by winkyincanada
I put mine at eye level. No tilt, no craning of the neck. Think "aboot" moving your rack and placing the TV in the right place. Just a suggestion (I think TVs high above a fireplace/rack etc. look ridiculous).
Posted on: 06 December 2008 by lightning canadian
[QUOTE]Originally posted by winkyincanada:
Think "aboot"

Are you having a pop at my Scottish ethnicity Winky?! Winker Whereabouts do you live in Vancouver? It's a stunning city. My best friend lives next to Stamp's Landing on False Creek. I try to visit every year.

Unfortunately, the room layout dictates the rack's position but I think at 1100mm or so it won't be too high or uncomfortable to watch. My experience is you adjust. In my old flat I had a tv on a very low Ikea bench which was significantly below eye level.
Posted on: 06 December 2008 by Mike Hughes
A dilemma I have myself. The advice I received was to go look at tilting TVs. I did and... generally they do look stupid. It tends to over-emphasise their size unnecessarily and also adds to the bulk of a bracket.

It was also pointed out to me that not an awful lot of people sat straight in front of their CRT. The tendency to want to do so in front of large or small flat screens perhaps deserves some analysis.

I have a 14 year old 29" 100hz scanning Sony. The picture, until it recently started the long road towards death, was stunning. It still outdoes most LCDs and a fair few plasmas. At no point in 14 years did I have any overwhelming desire to be right in front of it. I am short and long-sighted and need to sit close in order to do stuff like er, actually see it. Right in front of it? I don't think so. Never did it at the cinema either. Off axis is hardly the biggest burden in the world.

Mike
Posted on: 06 December 2008 by winkyincanada
quote:
Originally posted by lightning canadian:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by winkyincanada:
Think "aboot"

Are you having a pop at my Scottish ethnicity Winky?! Winker Whereabouts do you live in Vancouver? It's a stunning city. My best friend lives next to Stamp's Landing on False Creek. I try to visit every year.

Unfortunately, the room layout dictates the rack's position but I think at 1100mm or so it won't be too high or uncomfortable to watch. My experience is you adjust. In my old flat I had a tv on a very low Ikea bench which was significantly below eye level.


No, it was more "aboot" the Canadian accent than the Scottish one. Anyway, I live not far from your friend. I also live on False Creek, but the other side just near the Aquatic Centre and Burrard Bridge.

If your screen is only 1100mm above the floor, then I would think the a tilting mount is not required. As you say, you adjust.