As long as you do not intend to use the fireplace, it could be a great place. Once you light that fire though, you are placing a huge heat stress on the TV. Really bad for artwork above a fireplace mantle as well.
clay On 26 Oct 2007, at 12:21, Kaleb C. Striplin, work wrote: > I have a slot above my fire place that is for a TV. My current one > is a > floor model so we dont use it for that now, want soemthing to set > up there. > The thing that bothers me, I guess, is that now I am used to a 60" > tv, to > get that size in the new ones its quite a bit of money, so it looks > like I > would end up with somethign in the 40's range. Since they are shapped > different, I wonder how it compares to my square 60"? > > --- > Kaleb C. Striplin > Cox Auto Trader > 730 FSBO Supervisor > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "dave walton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 2:11 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT, TV's > > >> I like the LCD's. They can be used as computer monitors. 1920x1080 in >> a 46" lets me work with the thing 3' from my face without needing >> bifocals. The HDtv part is nice too. Use Windows Media Center (XP) or >> Vista and you have a HD recorder on your PC. Let's you record weekly >> shows and it automatically adjusts if they move the schedule around. >> I have to use the VGA input because my video board won't do high-res >> using the DVI output. Looks good enough. >> >> Got the TV from Costco. It's now $1400 with shipping. I think I paid >> about twice that a year ago. Will probably be < $1000 after >> Christmas. >> http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx? >> Prodid=11214671&search=hdtv&Mo=2&cm_re=1_en-_-Top_Left_Nav-_- >> Top_search&lang=en- >> US&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&Sp=S&N=4294967000&whse=BC&Dx=mode >> +matchallpartial&Ntk=Text_Search&Dr=P_CatalogName:BC&Ne=5000001 >> +4000000&D=hdtv&Ntt=hdtv&No=2&Ntx=mode >> +matchallpartial&Nty=1&topnav=&s=1 >> >> A good wall mount helps too: >> http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx? >> Prodid=11097803&whse=BC&topnav=&browse=&lang=en-US&s=1 >> >> -Dave Walton >> >> On 10/26/07, Kaleb C. Striplin (CAT) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> OK, so my 60" big screen has been giving me trouble lately. I >>> bought it >>> in '99 and its not high def, so probably time to upgrade anyway. >>> I will >>> probably still get this one fixed and use it in my office or >>> something. >>> So whats the story with these things these days? Which is the best. >>> Best for the money? Im not wanting to spend a whole lot so..... >>> Dont >>> know the difference between plasma, led, so on and so forth. >>> Best place >>> to get one at somewhere like Worst Buy or Dead Sams? >>> >>> --- >>> Kaleb C. Striplin >>> Cox Auto Trader >>> 730 FSBO Supervisor >>> 918-746-1400 x305 >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >>> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
