Consider your interior design with an LCD TV
If you are redoing your home’s interior, you may have realised that your television is dominating the room. A large screen used to mean a correspondingly deep model. If you are short on space or a lover of clean, simple lines, then a flat screen TV is perfect for you. The advances in technology have left the old-fashioned and bulky cathode ray tubes in the dust. Instead an LCD TV consists of two panels of glass which contain hundreds of thousands of liquid-crystal filled cells. A fluorescent lamp provides light behind the glass panels and thus you can envision how these screens can be as shallow as 1.5 inches. Also, the LCD screen is considerably lighter than, for example, its plasma TV cousins. All of this lends itself perfectly to wall-mounting. Now your LCD monitor can be as subtle as a picture on the wall. If you are looking to wall-mount your LCD screens, be sure that the model you choose does not have external hardware that would interfere with the minimalist look you are seeking. Some of the LCD screens come in a variety of colours so black is not your only choice. Consider what would contrast or complement the palette of colours in your living room.
Toshiba Regza
Measure the space on the wall before you go shopping. Too small and the frame may look dwarfed, too large and it may dominate the wall. If you’d like to take a look at a range of LCD frames, visit www.home-entertainment.toshiba.co.uk/Regza-LCD-TV . As this website shows, an LCD TV need not be clunky or ugly. There is a selection of wall-mounts available for your flat panel TV. Many opt to place it flush but you can also put up an angled mount. An articulated wall-mount will allow you to vary the direction of the screen while a ceiling-mount might allow the most freedom of all. Some ceiling-mounts are motorized and retract when not in use, leaving the TV in a horizontal position. In this way, the home entertainment system can be as subtle as possible. If the model you have in mind will be placed on a console, or the floor, consider the stand that comes with it. While some of the simplest designs might appeal, they may not hide the cables and so wires might need to be hidden into the wall behind. This will require a little more work on your part. In terms of placement, understand that an LCD screen offers the ultimate in freedom as it does not suffer from glare. Accent lamps can go anywhere you please. The picture on an LCD TV remains bright and crisp, even in strong lights. This is a distinct advantage over plasma screens which tend to look better in dimmer lights. No matter where you buy, be sure the company offers a fair return policy that gives enough time to have it shipped to you, to test it out and to send it back. You won’t know exactly how it will look until you see it in its intended surroundings.