Few people know about this, but very often the reason for our inexplicable headaches, pain and fatigue of the eyes, neck and even the back is the corny incorrect location of the TV. If you initially read this article about how high to hang the TV, you would have much less problems with all kinds of pains and inconveniences. But it's never too late to fix your mistake!
Common Truths
In order not to cause discomfort and not cause any kind of harmful side effects related to health, the TV should be located at eye level, that is, at such a distance from the floor that in the process of watching TV shows our neck, eye and other muscles are as relaxed as possible.
Only now the TV itself is not equipped with a motor and a propeller, it can not constantly fly right in front of us at the right distance to us. Therefore, we will have to make some efforts in order to calculate the average location of our body relative to the walls of the floor and ceiling of a room. Based on this, it is already necessary to calculate at what height to hang the TV on the wall in a particular room.
What are the calculations based on?
What does it mean to "calculate the average location relative to the room" and what factors should be considered for these "calculations"? Of course, they are not “calculations” in the full sense of the word. Most likely, this is a comparison of the time duration of the body position in the room. What should be considered specifically? First of all, it is necessary to focus on the following criteria:
- How much time, while indoors, we spend standing, sitting, lying (in percentage). If we spend more time in this room while standing (for example, cooking in the kitchen), then at what height from the floor to hang the TV, it is calculated based on the height of the person standing in full height, in this case, the housewife, who is most often in this indoors and most of all spend time watching programs in the kitchen.
- Which of the family members is most often indoors. If these are children (children), then the TV is placed lower, if adults - higher.
- At what angle is the head relative to the horizon. For example, lying on a pillow, our head can be located at 45 ° from the plane of the bed. In calculating the height at which to hang the TV, this criterion must be taken into account, otherwise a person will either have to constantly squint his eyes or adjust his postures, adjusting them to the TV, although everything should be exactly the opposite.
- Features of furniture, that is, its height, a feature of the backs (folding or straight), located in which a person will watch TV programs.
Based on these criteria, we will try to calculate the average height of the TV in different rooms.
All the data hereinafter come from the calculation on the lower third of the TV screen. So, if the imaginary horizontal line drawn from eye level is at a distance of 125 cm from the floor, then at this height should be exactly the center of the screen, and not its lower or upper edge.
Hall
Since you rarely see TV in the hallway, we will lower this room and go to the hall, where official receptions, open meetings, social parties and other events are most often held. So, at what height do you hang the TV in the room? The right thoughts on this are:
- Most of the time at dinner parties and social parties, people in the reception hall spend it while standing. They talk, gathering in groups, come to the buffet table, sometimes they dance at parties, etc. But this does not mean that during such events, people watch TV along the way. Rather, the opposite. In such cases, more often the music just plays, and if the TV shows some kind of video clip, then it is usually rarely paid attention to, so the height of its location is not so critical.
- Children in the hall are not such frequent guests, therefore, calculations should be carried out with respect to adults.
- Watching TV involves a sitting position, so in the hall the TV should be placed on the wall at a height not lower than the eyes of a person sitting on an ordinary chair. For a person with a height of 165-175 cm (generalized average for women and men), this figure is 115-125 cm with an average chair height of 45 cm.
Living room
At present, the concepts of “hall” and “living room” have become used interchangeably and often for many they mean the same thing. But still, the hall is precisely the venue for events, so most often only chairs are located there. Calculations on the subject of how high the TV should be in the living room should be based on the location of chairs, not a sofa, in it. This is a more comfortable room where you can make close friends, sit with them at home. Often it is in the living rooms that home cinema systems are installed. What to consider when calculating:
- The seats of chairs and sofas, as a rule, always have a lower height above the floor than the seats of chairs.
- Not only adults but also children watch movies in the living room. If the hall can be dispensed with generalized figures, then the living room, which involves more time watching TV programs or series on the Web, requires more correct calculations.
Set the tallest member of your family on the sofa, measure the height from the floor to the level of his eyes with an ordinary tape measure. Then carry out the same manipulations with the youngest member of your family, who also often likes to watch movies or cartoons on TV. For example, for the highest member of the family this distance turned out to be 110 cm, for a child - 90. Adding both numbers and dividing this amount by 2, we get the arithmetic average of these two numbers, that is:
(110 + 90): 2 = 100 (cm) - height from the floor to eye level.
It is worth considering that the TV, in accordance with the tilt of the backs of upholstered furniture, can be located at a higher height. But no less than indicated, otherwise watching programs leaning on the backs of chairs or sofas will not give people pleasure, but discomfort.
Kitchen
The height at which the TV is hung in the kitchen depends on who spends the most time in this room. If this is a housewife who cooks most of the time, then the TV should be designed only for her. We measure the distance from the floor to the level of the housewife's eyes and place the TV so that the center of the screen is directly at the level of her eyes.
Someone may exclaim: “But what about the children and other family members who will watch TV at the table while eating?” We will answer: “After eating, these family members will go about their business and rooms. But the hostess has to cook dinner and remove it from the table. ”
But for "kitchen" cases, it is best to install a TV with an adjustable display angle, that is, the panel itself can be slightly raised or slightly lower.
Bedroom
What is the height of the TV in the bedroom? Calculations are based on which pillows you like. If high, then the TV will have to be located somewhat lower, if low - the TV will have to be pulled up almost to the ceiling. It all depends on you. Many people prefer not to bother with the calculation of angles, but simply trust in the “direct look” method. How it works:
- Lay on the bed on your back and place your head on the pillow in a way that is more comfortable for you.
- Then close your eyes and lie down for half a minute with adjacent eyelids.
- Then sharply open your eyes and remember the point on the wall where your direct gaze originally rested. If unsure, then repeat this step several times. That point will be the answer to the question of how high to hang the TV in front of the bed. It is in it that the center of the screen of your TV should be located.
Children
The location of the TV in the nursery should be based on the factors listed above, but with one caveat. If you have two children and they sleep in a bunk bed, and you allow them to watch TV shows or TV programs before bedtime, then in this case, the calculation (at what height to hang the TV) should be built based on the location of the upper tier of the bed. It will be more convenient in this case, of course, to watch TV for the one who is sleeping from below, but there is no choice.
Parents often hang TV at a height between the tiers of the bed. Then the child who sleeps from above has to constantly dodge and hang out of bed, which leads to the development of scoliosis or even to falls from the upper tier. In the case of bunk beds, the TV must be located without fail above the upper tier.
The best way out in the case of bunk beds is to equip each tier with its own monitor.
findings
Many people prefer to resort to all kinds of formulas, which are full of all kinds of “abstruse” sites. They operate with such concepts as height to eye level, total height, distance to the wall, head angle, etc., then substitute the values in the formulas and get the “real” height, which is often just “unreal”.
In order not to be disappointed in the chosen height, so that the cervical vertebrae do not crunch after watching the programs, taking their normal position, so that your eyes do not hurt because they are constantly forced to mow too down or too up, in a word, so as not to redo the brackets, mounts or niches under TV again, in calculating the height at which to hang the TV, you need less trust in “abstruse formulas”, and more based on your own comfort.
Conclusion
It is worth paying attention to the fact that the “direct look” method has not failed anyone yet. In the living room - sit down, in the kitchen - stand up, in the bedroom - lie down and close your eyes. When you open them, the first point that your gaze rests on when your body is relaxed and comfortable, will be the place where the TV is located best.
Enjoy watching!