Wall-mounting a TV is the absolute best. Not only does it save you floor space, done tastefully, hanging your television on a lounge or bedroom wall looks awesome. For the longest time I desperately wanted to mount all manner of TVs I’ve owned in the past, yet due to renting restrictions, it was a geeky AV dream I could never realize.
Thankfully, my days of using TVs cabinets to house my large-and-in-charge OLED display are long gone. Though sadly, my fears around said tech mean I continue to use these settings to avoid OLED burn-in.
The first thing I did once I was lucky enough to scale the first rung of the property ladder? I immediately wall-mounted my LG screen. Embarrassingly, I committed to this tech upgrade before building my bed. Yes, I “might” be failing hard at adulting. Though there are expenses and expertise involved in safely wall-hanging a TV, once you know the steps/are prepared to pay a professional to do the job for you, I guarantee you’ll never regret installing a TV on your living room wall. Let’s get into this.
This awesome accessory made my OLED TV so much better
This Philips Hue smart light accessory makes movie-watching oh so immersive.
The benefits of wall-mounting a TV
The aesthetic improvements are immediately evident
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Providing you own your property, there are very few downsides to sticking your TV on a wall. And if you’re wondering, here’s how to hang a TV on the wall.
Hanging your display in the room where your go-to entertainment area resides is akin to looking up in awe at an ultra-geeky version of the Mona Lisa in the Louvre. Alright, that’s a massive overstatement — and I say that as someone who has actually seen da Vinci’s masterpiece in the world’s most famous art gallery. Yet it still handily beats plonking your TV on a cabinet.
Though I still have a TV stand placed in front of my wall-mounted display — partly because I own all of the tech — if you’re just using a smart television with no other external devices connected to it, wall-mounting can save you a whole lot of floor space.
It’s not just the space-saving considerations that make wall-mounting so worthwhile. Provided you invest in cable trunking and other lead-concealing accessories, a wall-hung TV is going to look so much cleaner in your home. One of the main reasons TV manufacturers continue to shave millimeters off of TV bezels is that they want their displays to look like picture frames. When you nail a tasteful wall-mounted setup, it’s oh-so easy on the eyes.
The big caveat, like I previously alluded to, is that most tenancy agreements won’t allow you to install wall fixtures. Unless you have a particularly understanding private landlord, the basic equation is: if you rent, you shouldn’t wall-mount a TV.
Pets and TVs on stands don’t play nicely
Dogs and TV cabinets don’t mix well
From a practical standpoint, one of the biggest reasons I appreciate my wall-mounted OLED is that I own a dog. For pet-lovers, upgrading to a wall-hanging TV setup is an investment in the future care of said display. Trust me, I should know. I’m the proud dog dad of a 4-year-old husky.
As you can see from that photo just above, my beloved Bear likes keeping a close eye on my surroundings. With my devoted wolf stuck by my side like a furry, particularly dedicated shadow, it’s not uncommon that he’ll be hovering around my TV for hours every day.
The shot I just mentioned was taken in my previous place, during a time before I finally decluttered my cables. Almost every time he got close to the TV, my AV-loving spine would shiver. I’ve seen this lovely pooch jump a good five feet in the air, and through the odd errantly thrown tennis ball, he came close to knocking my old display of its stand more than once.
Now that my latest TV is securely mounted flush against my lounge wall, with an entertainment cabinet that primarily supports my PS5 Pro and Sonos Arc Ultra soundbar — providing a further barrier between husky and high-end OLED — I no longer have to sweat Bear breaking my television.
Wall-mounting is more immersive
A wall-hung TV can make smart lights even better
Another reason I massively appreciated my wall-mounted TV? It’s allowed me to fully take advantage of the Philips Hue Play HDMI Sync Box 8K.
I picked up this fancy HDMI splitter a year or so ago, and once paired with a compatible light strip from the Dutch company’s range, this gizmo syncs the colors of on-screen action onto your wall. It’s a highly immersive effect… even if it might look a touch gaudy in the shot above.
If my LG G3 OLED were still stuck on a TV cabinet, it would be too far from the wall to properly utilize my sync box’s carefully curated light shows. Now that I’ve wall-mounted my 77-inch display mere inches from my wall, though, those synchronized colors have turned my living room into a constant kaleidoscope of shifting hues.
Wall-mounting is the way to go
Though it cost me a pretty penny to use professional TV installers to mount my beloved LG OLED, I’m incredibly grateful that I did. Not only do I no longer need to worry about my perpetually excited dog flying into my television, but I’ve also made my entertainment area look a lot more attractive while maximizing the effects of TV smart lighting.
If you have the means and desire to wall-mount your TV, and provided it won’t mess with any rent agreements you might currently be involved with, I say hang that display on your wall ASAP.
