Where should we put the TV in our basement?

[Quagmire]

I've attached what is likely our layout for our basement we are finishing. Sadly we are limited due to the way the house was built and where things are. My original plan is where 1 is, but my wife also has mentioned 2. I could see that working. At 3 roughly is going to be a small wet bar. We have a walkout basement, door is bottom left so that is why we're kind of limited.

Given flat screen viewing angles it would be easy to see if you're standing or sitting around 3 for either spot. If you want to pop your head in from the outside, 2 is much easier. Each square is a square foot. To me I feel like 2 will be too clausterfobic. We plan a 3 seat couch and one recliner at least, not sure if there will be a standard bar to sit at at 3 or we have a nice little round table that would fit over there.

Also the blue to the right of 3 is where there will be a door to get to the water heater and furnace

 

[Mark]

I've attached what is likely our layout for our basement we are finishing. Sadly we are limited due to the way the house was built and where things are. My original plan is where 1 is, but my wife also has mentioned 2. I could see that working. At 3 roughly is going to be a small wet bar. We have a walkout basement, door is bottom left so that is why we're kind of limited.

Given flat screen viewing angles it would be easy to see if you're standing or sitting around 3 for either spot. If you want to pop your head in from the outside, 2 is much easier. Each square is a square foot. To me I feel like 2 will be too clausterfobic. We plan a 3 seat couch and one recliner at least, not sure if there will be a standard bar to sit at at 3 or we have a nice little round table that would fit over there.

Also the blue to the right of 3 is where there will be a door to get to the water heater and furnace

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Whose bedroom is going to share a wall with 2? That answer dictates whether or not I'd even consider it, because of two factors: sound transfer and vibration if it's not a soft-close door.

1, however, has an immediate benefit that I can see. If you wall-mount with a 90° mount that allows you to rotate the television 45° or so either direction from its fixed position, it can be visible from any point in the room leaving the space fully utilized as you have it planned, or open for reorganization without moving the mount.

2, as long as it doesn't share a wall with a child or someone that would be using that space while you're in the Quagmire Cavern, would be the optimal position to maximize seating if you intend on using it as a social place for company, as you'd be able to utilize the theoretical seating at the bar as well as potential seating you could position around where the 1 mark is.

 

[Ben]

Option 4, in front of the toilet.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

where is the projector going?

 

[Quagmire]

Whose bedroom is going to share a wall with 2? That answer dictates whether or not I'd even consider it, because of two factors: sound transfer and vibration if it's not a soft-close door.

1, however, has an immediate benefit that I can see. If you wall-mount with a 90° mount that allows you to rotate the television 45° or so either direction from its fixed position, it can be visible from any point in the room leaving the space fully utilized as you have it planned, or open for reorganization without moving the mount.

2, as long as it doesn't share a wall with a child or someone that would be using that space while you're in the Quagmire Cavern, would be the optimal position to maximize seating if you intend on using it as a social place for company, as you'd be able to utilize the theoretical seating at the bar as well as potential seating you could position around where the 1 mark is.

The bedroom will be for when my father in law eventually moves in, he is older, also hard of hearing so he wouldnt hear it, but I didnt really think about

I didnt even think about a rotating mount, thats a really good idea and tvs having pretty damn good viewing angles, some seats could be where 2 is.

We will have a few people over, but nothing massive where we're all watching something

 

[Mark]

where is the projector going?

I see a 28ft wall... Forget egress windows and doors.

The bedroom will be for when my father in law eventually moves in, he is older, also hard of hearing so he wouldnt hear it, but I didnt really think about

I didnt even think about a rotating mount, thats a really good idea and tvs having pretty damn good viewing angles, some seats could be where 2 is.

We will have a few people over, but nothing massive where we're all watching something

Dude, those rotating mounts are great. They can lay flush against the wall, or extend out the length of the arm, and some even have X and Y axis rotation.

 

[Nae'blis]

Option 4, in front of the toilet.

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