PLANNING TO SURPRISE DAD
WITH A FLAT-PANEL TV?
HERE’S WHAT YOU SHOULD
KNOW ABOUT CREATING THE
PERFECT PLACE FOR THE BIG
(BUTTHIN) BLACKBOX,
irs
T V TIM E !
by JODY GARLOCK
SETTING THE SCENE
In the bulky past, it was easy to figure out
Beach, Florida, AV firm that integrates
where the TV belonged—usually shoved in a
electronics with decor. A natural focal point,
corner. Now, with TVs that are a mere
4
inches
such as a window or fireplace, is usually agood
deep, the goal is integration, not isolation. For
gauge of where the TV should go, since
all the newfound flexibility that LCD and
furniture tends to be oriented toward those
plasma technology has brought, enjoying a
features. “Try to keep your TV in that view or
flat-panel TV starts with a basic, yet crucial,
just to the side of it,” Arthur says. “Everyone
decision: where to put it. “It’s all about placing
has sat in a bad seat in a movie theater for a
the TV relative to where you sit,” says Ted
couple of hours, but you wouldn’t want to) do
Arthur, a tech expert with Criteria, a Dania
that all the time in your living room.”
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