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HDTV Almanac - Hide in Plain Sight
by Alfred Poor on June 21, 2011 Categories: General Interest

One of the most common mistakes that people make when choosing an HDTV is that they get one that is too small for the viewing distance. Insufficient budget for a larger one is certainly a good reason for going with a smaller model, but too often I hear people complain that they don’t want a “big ugly television” dominating their living room decor. I’ll grant that it is not easy to find furniture to enclose a large flat screen TV, but that doesn’t mean that you have to settle for a small screen either.

A blog called “Elements of Style” has an entry titled “Concealing the Evil Necessity” and presents some stunning examples of ways to hide or incorporate your television in your room design. (It also has a few examples that didn’t particularly work for me, but you may like them.) Choices range from pairing the wall-mounted set with a dark wallpaper to adding a picture frame around the flat panel. In general, the designs show that it is possible for an HDTV to work with the other visual elements in a room, rather than just be plopped into the middle of them. See if this doesn’t give you some design inspiration!

Posted by Alfred Poor, June 21, 2011 6:00 AM

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Roger Halstead • Jun 27, 5:15am
I'd have to pass after seeing that TV stuck into a mass of photo frames on the wall. The large TV that clashes with way too many photo frames in a small space. The TV mounted flat is too high for comfortable viewing in a room that appears too small for it. OTOH it may appear too small due to the cluttered wall, with a desk and chair right in front of the TV and way too close....

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Alfred Poor is a well-known display industry expert, who writes the daily HDTV Almanac. He wrote for PC Magazine for more than 20 years, and now is focusing on the home entertainment and home networking markets.

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