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I received a couple of emails recently asking me about height. For example one reads:

"How can I determine how high up I can hang a TV? Is there a formula for that?"

The other goes:

"What is the optimal height for comfortable viewing?"

My answer is that the distance that I talked about in the article still applies. The one added factor is angle.

For example, if you mount the TV above a fireplace - say seven feet off the ground - then you should angle the top of the TV away from the wall and towards where you will be sitting. Some articulating TV mounts are made to do just that.

Basically, the ideal viewing angle is for the TV screen to be perpendicular to your eyes. If you keep to that formula then you negate the washed out effect of sitting off angle. This is especially true with LCDs.

As for comfort, even if you angle the TV towards your eyes, you still have to tilt your head up to see the TV. For me, the less I have to crane my neck, the more comfortable I am. That is why I am not a big believer in mounting your TV too high.

If I am sitting in a chair or couch, ideally for me, the bottom of the TV is not any higher than my eye level. It should be easy enough for you to tape a spot on the wall where the center of the TV will hang and then sit in your favorite viewing chair and see if you will be comfortable watching a two hour movie.

Let me know if you have other questions.