Weird Entertainment Center Issue

[drbrock]

Here is the situation. We have a crazy expensive entertainment center that is basically going to be there for a while according to the powers that be. Right now there is a 34" Sony Trinitron in it. Over the past week or two we are starting to get the red lights of death.

So it is time to replace it. Bad thing is though is that the hole is only 35 inches wide. With such a small width it is horrible for 16x9 tvs. It does however have plenty of height.

Have any of you ever seen a pull out mount that can store a TV perpendicular while inside the cabinet but when pulling the TV out I can twist the TV to be parallel to the ground therefore making it watchable?

Can't deal with a 40" tv in the living room. Would love to have a 50"-55".

 

[DesiPower]

http://www.wallmountworld.com/Rotating-TV-bracket-with-31inch-extension-p/wmw-dualstud-31-rotate.htm

http://www.wallmountworld.com/Rotating-TV-bracket-with-31inch-extension-p/wmw-dualstud-31-rotate.htm

and few more if you scroll through
http://www.wallmountworld.com/Rotating-TV-Mounts-s/1791.htm

However, it will be a pain to do it every time you want to watch TV or stop watching TV... Maybe talk to the omnipotent overlord, you must know her weaknesses by now...

 

[drbrock]

You have no idea how attached she has become to that stupid unit. I told her it was horrible when it got delivered. It is beautiful but basically worthless when it comes to TVs lol.

Thanks for the link. Had no idea mounts can get so expensive. But have to do what I gotta do.

 

[DesiPower]

Well, in order to hold a 60" TV and be able to rotate it, the device has to be very strong, specially around the arms that hold it outward and hinges that provide the ability to rotate.

 

[Kadarin]

I hate entertainment centers, they take up space, limit your tv and HT choices, and take space out of the room. I put my foot down with my g/f that if/when we move in together, her monstrosity has to go and we'll find other shelving options for all the crap she's got on this thing.

That said, good luck!

 

[drbrock]

I hate entertainment centers, they take up space, limit your tv and HT choices, and take space out of the room. I put my foot down with my g/f that if/when we move in together, her monstrosity has to go and we'll find other shelving options for all the crap she's got on this thing.

That said, good luck!

Good luck brother. When you take it to the next level all those feet that have been placed down suddenly lift a little bit lol.

 

[DesiPower]

I hate entertainment centers, they take up space, limit your tv and HT choices, and take space out of the room. I put my foot down with my g/f that if/when we move in together, her monstrosity has to go and we'll find other shelving options for all the crap she's got on this thing.

That said, good luck!

rofl, are you really that naive?

 

[purbeast0]

i feel sorry for you guys who can't get a say in putting things in your own house, but then again i'm sure you knew about that before getting in too deep heh.

my wife knows i know more about entertainment centers and stuff and lets me deal with that area. of course i let her give an opinion and listen to it, but i also won't just do something that is wrong/ugly just because she says so.

when i first got the 60" tv i told her i wanted to put it just a couple feet off the ground and she wanted it all up high like you see all of the idiots do with their tvs. and then i explained to her why it's better to be lower and you will be looking forward when sitting down, not up. she said fine and once she saw how it looks she now "gets" it and likes it better that way.

she had some say in the theater too, but it was stuff i came up with then asked her opinion on it, and she picked what she liked better and rolled with it. the only thing that wouldn't be in my theater if it was all up to me is the dirty dancing acoustical panel i made, but we each got to pick 1 we wanted our selves (then 2 we agreed on, and 2 sports one she had no say in heh, was all me), and she chose that one. although she wanted something like the notebook at first, i told her hell no then explained how the DD one would be cool cause it's dark and a classic movie, and she was cool with it.

tell your wife to get out of the stone age. any "entertainment center" with room for a 40" large tv is not an "entertainment center". it's a waste of space. also remember, it is both of your living space not just hers.

 

[NoCreativity]

I would look around for a new entertainment center that is able to fit a larger TV rather than spending $300+ dollars on a mount. You know after a hand full of times of her rotating it into position she will be demanding a new cabinet.

 

[Kadarin]

rofl, are you really that naive?

Haha! "But the entertainment center expands in the middle to accommodate a larger tv" she says. It will most definitely NOT accommodate an 84" 4K tv (it won't even fit the 65" tv I have now), and this thing is big enough that there's no way to place large floor standing speakers and a sub without it looking ridiculous.

I really don't care how attached she is to it, I don't see it working at all particularly given that for me the living room and home theater is critical to how the house is laid out. She knows this, and knows that I will not put up with a smaller tv.

 

[DesiPower]

I guess we are all in consensus, the entertainment center along with the significant other needs to go :biggrin:

 

[drbrock]

I guess we are all in consensus, the entertainment center along with the significant other needs to go :biggrin:

haha Purbeast always sounds like a bad ass on this internet forum. This is the living room. That is her domain. I get the home theatre room, boat, side by side and other fun stuff




Wife is not going anywhere. Costs too much divorce and she is nice most of the time lol. Honestly the entertainment center is very nice just doesnot fit a tv well.

Def going to get a mount.

 

[poofyhairguy]

I get the home theatre room

Lol, I was just coming into this thread to post this advice.

Personally, what I would do is give up. Put a random crappy 32 inch LCD in the space available and watch everything that is important to you in the theater room.

When she complains about why the TV in the livingroom sucks, or why you never want to watch a movie at night in the living room, and you tell her the reason is because she made it clear her priorities are keeping the furniture and not a practical entertainment solution. Then its bye bye entertainment center (make sure to get a small LCD that you would like in a bathroom or something one day).

That is how you win long-term with women. You let them win, you give them what they want, then you make them deal with the unintended consequences of their decisions.

Thinking about it an ugly mount that ruins the aesthetic value of the entertainment center (because it is covered by a 60 inch TV) might work just as well......

 

[DesiPower]

Lol, I was just coming into this thread to post this advice.

Personally, what I would do is give up. Put a random crappy 32 inch LCD in the space available and watch everything that is important to you in the theater room.

When she complains about why the TV in the livingroom sucks, or why you never want to watch a movie at night in the living room, and you tell her the reason is because she made it clear her priorities are keeping the furniture and not a practical entertainment solution. Then its bye bye entertainment center (make sure to get a small LCD that you would like in a bathroom or something one day).

That is how you win long-term with women. You let them win, you give them what they want, then you make them deal with the unintended consequences of their decisions.

Thinking about it an ugly mount that ruins the aesthetic value of the entertainment center (because it is covered by a 60 inch TV) might work just as well......

First of all, I have a HT room too but you don't go into the den every time you want to watch something, not possible. At night it might be a family TV time or SO just wants to sit with you and watch some show or game, so you just enjoy the time with her/family. In those cases you would still want a decent TV, not a puny 32".

Ladies are more interested in how a room looks rather than the TV's size or picture quality. She will probably never complain about the TV knowing that she could loose the Entertainment center.

 

[poofyhairguy]

She will probably never complain about the TV knowing that she could loose the Entertainment center.

Great point.

Huge mount it is then!!!

 

[s44]

The whole concept of the "entertainment center" is 90s (pre-HDTV) and needs to die.

 

[drbrock]

I agree.

She really uses it to to display her collectible crap.

I try to sneak in some Original Voltron Lions and there goes the neighborhood lol.

 

[olds]

Do what Boomer. Cut off the top of the entertainment center and make a coffee table out of it. Sit new TV on table...

 

[Kadarin]

So I had a talk with my g/f about this thread... She said that while she understands the issue, what puts her off is that I made the decision without taking her feelings into consideration. To which I can only shake my head; it's a binary thing where either the entertainment center works in the room or it doesn't, and with a large tv and HT setup, the answer is that it never works.

Problems happen when the woman decides that the entertainment center itself is worth more to her than the tv and HT setup. At that point, it's time to ditch the woman.

 

[mizzou]

what does the entertainment center look like?

 

[mizzou]

The whole concept of the "entertainment center" is 90s (pre-HDTV) and needs to die.

not necessarily, you might have multiple devices wanting to be connected to a TV (Wii/PS/Xbox/AVunit, etc.)

Just a stand is still called and referred to as an "entertainment center" I think the term has evolved to basically evolve into something that may or may not support your HDTV but also house your devices which are connected to it.

Until everything is streaming, we will always need a entertainment center to organize the viewing area.

 

[mizzou]

Oh and OP....if your SO is not budging, I feel for you on that. My wife and I sometimes have complete different viewpoints on certain things...and sometimes I'm right and sometimes she's right.

I recently upgraded to a 60" TV...and earlier when i described the dimensions she was like ,"Wow...that sounds TOO big"

Now that it's installed, it's actually not much bigger physically then the old 42" LCD. She likes it a lot, although she probably doesn't care at all if it's 42" or 60".

I can't make her care about something she doesn't care about...but if I make a case that I want to do something that would make me genuinely happy (and it's not a huge intrusion), she always supports me.

And likewise, I return the favor.