I wanted to take the time to talk to you about where you should be putting your television in a room. I know a lot of people just stick it where ever it will best work with the furniture. I suppose that is a fair method, but if you want to get the best possible experience out of your television, than you need to pick an area that is going to give you the best possible image and sound. I’ve gone to other people’s homes and I often see the television sitting in a horrible spot, which completely destroys the experience of watching something on it. I’m going to show you the best way to determine where your television should be put.

A big thing is sunlight. Glare is a really rotten thing to deal with. It makes the images on the television look darker and if you’re watching a movie, you often miss out on little things you can’t see. It’s quite annoying. Before you choose where to put the television, pay attention the pattern of the sun. It is going to shine in your window and parts of your room will be brighter and other parts will be in the shade. You also have to take into consideration that as the seasons change, so does the position of the sun. Basically you want to choose the area that is going to get the least amount of light. This means that all you’re going to see is the light from the television.

Obviously at this point you’re going to have to orient your furniture around the position of your television. Depending on how your house flows and the type of furniture you have, you might have to play with this. You might have to move the television into another shaded area that isn’t quite as good as the one you had it in. These are the little choices you have to make.

By: John Ingleman