Comment on Why do all the new TVs expect me to have a platform AS WIDE as the fucking thing?? Fucking shit!! God awful absolutely dumb thoughtless design choice

VulKendov@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Kerrigor@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Only because they made the stand that wide 🙄

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  • wrath_of_grunge@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    because the TV is that wide.

    not sure what you expect them to do about it.

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    • CalicoJack@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Center-mount stands have been around for years, and were the standard for a very long time. If made well, they work for very large TVs.

      They’re doing this to cheap out on manufacturing, nothing more. Don’t give them a pass for it.

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      • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I have a 2014 TV that has a center mount, I had no idea newer ones didn’t. I double checked the instruction manual just to be sure we haven’t been slowly fucking something up, but the installation mentions nothing about making sure that the table is a minimum size.

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  • scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    A wider base footprint is inherently more stable.

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