On Mon, 26 May 2014 15:58:19 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

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> "sf" > wrote in message
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> > On Sun, 25 May 2014 17:40:19 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > > wrote:
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> >>
> >> "sf" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> > On Sun, 25 May 2014 16:21:29 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> >> > > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> "sf" > wrote in message
> >> >> ...
> >> >> > On Sun, 25 May 2014 07:38:10 -0300, wrote:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Me too and I think while they aren't great when on, they are even
> >> >> >> uglier when off. To that end my kids gave me a lovely pine cabinet
> >> >> >> years ago and the tv sits within that and I can close the doors and
> >> >> >> nobody would know there is one in the room
> >> >> >
> >> >> > You don't have one of those thin TVs that hang on the wall? There
> >> >> > are
> >> >> > lots of ways to disguise them. My favorite is when a shadow frame
> >> >> > with Mirror-Grade Acrylic coated with a 2-way Mirror Finish goes
> >> >> > over
> >> >> > it and it looks like a framed mirror when turned off.
> >> >> > http://www.pictureframe.tv/
> >> >> > Another way to de-emphasize the TV is to surround it with artwork
> >> >> > http://thedoodlehouse.files.wordpres...eg?w=323&h=400
> >> >>
> >> >> I hate wall TVs. We have one TV in this room. Not sure of the size.
> >> >> Not
> >> >> tiny. Not overly large. We have it on a swivel. We can move it
> >> >> towards
> >> >> the direction of where we are sitting.
> >> >
> >> > Not sure why you'd hate something that does what you need it to do,
> >> > but frankly that's a classic attitude for "you".
> >>
> >> Because AFAIK it *doesn't" do what I need it to do. Can a wall TV
> >> swivel?
> >> Maybe it can. The ones I have seen don't. So if I were to put a TV on
> >> the
> >> wall in this room, it wouldn't be able to be viewed very well unless you
> >> were sitting in the rocking chair. To see it from the couch or my
> >> computer,
> >> it needs to be angled.
> >
> > Yes they swivel. It's called an "arm". Sheesh.
>
> Well, I have not seen those. The one at the dance studio is not on a swivel
> and neither are those at the Drs. office. But still, the position where
> you'd have to mount it on the wall is up too high for this room. This is a
> very small room.

It has been around since thin tv's were invented.


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