luckily this is just a 32; i had a 70 from the same brand with the same INSANELY FUCKING STUPID STAND DESIGN that i had to find something for…literally at the most extreme edges of the thing, what the fuck is this? this is so fucking stupid, it cannot be meaningfully cheaper than a proper design and it looks fucking dumb as hell and surely this has pissed off 90% of people that wanted a TV and want to put it on a little stand like a normal fucking person right??

    • @Vilian@lemmy.ca
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      291 year ago

      they expect you to know the lengh of your own table that’s why they put the lengh on the site, also, the legs are already short, how OP expext the TV to be stable with it even shorter??

      • Mossy Feathers (She/They)
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        201 year ago

        You can make a stable mount without legs as wide as the TV. I have two 27in, 1440p monitors, which both came with stands that were probably 30% as wide as the monitors themselves. However, the stands were weighted and primarily steel (I’m assuming it was steel anyway) with a plastic shell. A TV doesn’t need a wide base unless the company that made it is cheaping out and refuses to spend the money to make a weighted base.

        • @CmdrShepard@lemmy.one
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          281 year ago

          This is like a $150 TV. They aren’t going to make a $50 solid steel base and internal frame for that over some cheap injection molded legs.

        • Tech With Jake
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          41 year ago

          Bro… That TV is over 7 years old, meant for health centers, and probably weighs 2 - 3 times the TV in OOP.

          While yes, it is annoying, nothing modern has a center stand. https://www.google.com/search?q=tv with center stand

          It’s definitely a cost cutting feature and you definitely can’t expect a $200 TV to have a weighted center stand these days.

      • @CmdrShepard@lemmy.one
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        101 year ago

        How is it annoying? I try to wall mount every TV because then I can move it around or angle it easily and it looks 100x better than hanging halfway off a bedside table.

        • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️
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          The annoying thing for me is that you have to plug them in and hiding the power cord from dangling down the wall to an outlet sucks, and the only other option is to wire it up through the wall, which is way more work.

          That and, again, the mount is sold separately for like 90% of TVs. Just include a basic one with the TV. It’s literally just a piece of machined metal.

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          You have to find the studs, drill holes, make sure you have screws that are long enough (I imagine most wall mounts come with these, but never tried to actually wall-mount a TV), make sure the mount is level, then attach the mount to the wall, then the TV to the mount. That’s if you don’t care about exposed cables, and if you ever plan on showing your room off, someone’s gonna point out the lack of cable management (hurrr… Why aren’t the cables hidden?).

          If you want to hide the cables too, then you have to cut holes in the wall, which means having some kind of saw. If you want the holes to look nice, then you need plates to go over the holes. Depending on the plates – whether they’re a basic, generic passthrough that you push cables through, or something more professional with actual sockets for dedicated inputs/outputs – you may need extra cables, one for each connection you’re wanting to route through the wall, plus extra cables to connect the plate behind the TV to the TV itself.

          Now, if you don’t want to diy it, then you could pay someone to do it which makes it a lot easier on you, but now you’re spending cash to have someone do an easy but annoying and time consuming job for you.

          • @CmdrShepard@lemmy.one
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            11 year ago

            This is mostly unnecessary. I just slap the wall mount up into the studs, hang the TV, and use a $7 cable concealer to hide the power cord. Dedicated outlets for power and video behind the TV is great but that’s more suited for rich people or electricians.