A photo does not do this thing justice.That is one big TV set--at least, it felt that way while Tharon and I were trying to schlep it into place.
It would have been an easier job with another helper or two, but we got antsy and decided to do it as a duet.
Things went pretty smoothly, except for the part when we:
- hoisted it into place on the wall mount and found it was 6 inches lower than expected
- did some hair-pulling and teeth-gnashing
- modified the mounting brackets with a hacksaw to get a few more inches of clearance
- decided we'll have to live with it being a little closer to the media console beneath than we'd hoped
We may need to do a little camouflage work on the electrical outlet box behind the TV panel; it's barely hidden by the top edge of the panel when the set is pushed back against the wall. Swing the panel out and the outlet box looms into view
Worse, we now realize that swinging the panel out means no room on the media console for either a center-channel speaker or an iPod dock (both of which I'd been planning to place there), so more head-scratching is in order.
On the plus side, we hooked the Blue-Ray player up and watched a movie on the beast. Here's the funny part: I'd been worried that a 58" TV would be too big.
Not even close. We could have gone even bigger.
3 comments:
Stan,
Isn't it an amazing world we live in when we'd think that a 58" TV might be TOO small? Why, I still remember the 8" porthole shaped screen that my dad brought home so we could watch Buck Rogers and Sir Lancelot. Sounds like the house project is taking bold shape now. We will be looking for you on the bandstand next Saturday afternoon on Webster Street.
Yeah, my formative TV years were spent with a flickering Hoffman that occasionally needed a sharp slap on the side to settle the vertical hold!
And now a 58" that will give you pause when you sit and watch the fine details of an HD picture. I love watching sports and movies on mine. Especially with the home theater hooked up to it. Electronic progress marches on.
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