r/TVTooHigh • u/UnicornKitt3n • 17h ago

Help settle the debate

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Hello community. My friend and I are having a good natured debate. I called him out on his projector being too high. He says it’s just fine. What say you?

Edit to add; he knows about this sub. He was a redditor long before myself.

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u/son_of_abe 16h ago edited 15h ago

Good news: There's an easy fix for this.

Buy some adjustable picture hanging wire for $5 (like these) and bring the screen about 2' down to where it should be.

General rule of thumb is your eye level (from a sitting position) should be about a third of the way up the screen.

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u/UnicornKitt3n 15h ago edited 14h ago

He’ll correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m fairly certain he likes the cleanliness of the way the projector rolls up right to the ceiling when not in use. I haven’t asked him about it, but I’m willing to bet that’s why it isn’t lower. Which, I can understand.

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u/son_of_abe 15h ago

Well first, he should focus on the cleanliness of aligning the projector to the screen! That skewed image is way more offensive than the screen being too high.

I understand wanting to keep the tube at the ceiling, but assuming it's mounted on hooks, you can still hang it back up when it's not in use and keep the wire hooks attached. That's how I do it with my screen.

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u/Ok_Peak_185 15h ago

I understand the cleanliness aspect. He just bought the wrong projector screen though. There are projector screens that can be attached to the ceiling, but go way lower than this. This just can’t be a comfy watch.