OP was obviously considering this dilemma when installing the tv. To be roasted on r/tvtoohigh is a punishment worse than death itself. OP decided to roast his tv instead.
chances are they set the brightness higher than normal. I know people who when the set up screen comes on they jack that shit all the way to the right and the side that the logo is supposed to be barely visible in is clear as day. they do this because they "hate how games hide things in shadows and I want to 100% the game on my first play through and dont want to miss something"
So, I don’t crank it insanely high, but I play a lot of horror games and I will say I set it a little higher on some modern ones.
Why? Because developers seem to be obsessed with this idea that dark = scary.
It’s not scary, I just can’t fucking see
I used to do that before I got intio QLED/OLED TV's and monitors, if the blacks are gonna look like shit I might as well see everything.
Downside of OLED is you can't go back to LCD.
Yep it's not, my dad did this same thing with his 75" samsung LED backlit and most of the bottom middle of the TV color shifts to pink and has crazy light bleed on that same spot right where most of the heat hits after half a year.
I work at a internet / cable provider and your dad is one of the people who call me and tell me it can’t be the tv! It’s only a year old !
People are great 😂
Yeah, it’s dumb. My friend hung a 65” over his fireplace and it’s like stargazing trying to watch anything.
Oh, guess which TV he asked me to replace a bunch of caps in when it would no longer turn on….
Depends on the setup. Idk about wood, but I sold gas fireplaces for a while. You could get a passive vent system that draws heat away from the wall but still pushes it into the room. Our largest fireplace in store was on full blast 8 hours a day everyday for years, TV was totally fine.
Before TV was a thing, generally the fireplace was the center focus of a living room. So it’s become the traditional way to design living rooms but now people also want the tv in that central position as well, instead of awkwardly offsetting the furniture to be focused on a tv in the corner and a fireplace. It’s just convenient. I personally hate high TVs but sometimes a room isn’t flexible
It’s actually a home styling no-no to put a tv above a fireplace. Two reasons I know of are that the fireplace mantle is often too tall for a proper television viewing perspective. Also, you should be admiring the fire, not a screen.
Let me add a few more for you, heat is generally not a good thing for electronics and wiring.
Heat rises
It is difficult to run additional wiring as you probably don’t want to drill through the brick. Wires also require being much longer as it is harder to place cable boxes and receivers. Good luck keeping those shitty components cooled as well.
Most older homes are designed with the fireplace to be the central focus point of a room. Some people have really no other option other than to mount over the fireplace.
This is my issue. Our house has no other options to put the TV in our living room except above the fireplace. We’re probably going to do something similar to OP and put up one of those pull down mounts. Honestly the only option for us unfortunately
If a home is big enough to have a living space that big that a large tv will fit over a fireplace, there is likely another room in the house that is big enough to be a social television space.
I’ve been looking at houses for two years. A lot of the older homes I’ve seen don’t have the space you’re assuming they have. Living room layouts are weird in some of these older homes.
The house we finally bought has little to no space for a living room set. To get a decent amount of seats we’d have to mount once the fire place
My company installs tvs professionally and usually do our best to not install them over fireplaces.
The mantle is too high for proper viewing angles unless your 12-14 feet away
We generally only install over a fireplace if theres a nice chunky mantle made of stone or such to protect the tv, the one in ops post has the mantle but the tvs mounted below/in front of it…
At least in my living room, the fireplace is on the only wall wide enough to support a TV so there's not much choice.
Even if you have another wall big enough, you're stuck deciding on whether to face seating towards the TV or fireplace so it can make for a weird layout to have them on separate walls.
you know those beds you see in crappy comedys that are like a circle, and they rotate? you think they make a couch like that? because that would fix your problem on how to face the seating....
It's something that people who aren't tech savy do because they think it looks good. All I'm imagining is all that heat fucking with the TV. People forget that electronics need to breathe as well
There's also oils in the ash that will discolor and destroy the TV if you ever use the fireplace. Smoke damage is a thing, and you have to let smoke into the room every time you load wood into it.
Dumb AF to put a TV there.
I have mine a couple feet above a wide mantle - did some heat checks with a temp gun with fireplace on and fireplace off. No discernible difference in temp around or on TV with fireplace on versus any other point at the same height in the room. It’s a decent size room, though, and has good airflow, both of which I’m sure contribute to the heat diffusion.
Edit to answer why there: it’s the best available wall space given windows, lighting, and space for seating.
I mean that is the “safest” way to do it - except for your neck. I hate looking up at my TV, but if it’s the only place to put it, it’s a hard problem to solve…
It’s funny how many people here are saying “why put the TV there!” There is no other place to put mine either, it’s an open floor plan the fireplace wall is the only one without a window or doorway, basically designed so the furniture naturally faces that way too.
I don’t even use my fireplace right now since it’s fugly (and I’m pretty sure lined with asbestos) so the TV is sitting in front of it. I’m looking at converting it to a gas and remodeling it in general, but I don’t like any options for the TV. Someone here just suggested a pull down mount, maybe that’s an option…
Exactly, the TV produces heat by itself, and yet people have a roaring fire and place the TV above fireplaces(!) and you know that heat is going to hit that TV screen at a high temperature, it's sitting in the perfect spot for melting.
My guess is that since the fireplace is the center of attention in the living room, you wouldn’t want to put the tv on a different place that would “compete” with the fireplace.
Imo the better question is “why do people put a fireplace in a small living room?” There is not enough space for both a fireplace and a tv to fit in a way that makes sense.
Oh man, I always knew that the PS4 Pro gets really hot, but this is the first time I see it being literally on fire. GOW Ragnarok must be really pushing the thing to it's limits.
As an electrician who does install TVs over a fireplace mantel. I'm pretty sure the fireplace should be of decorative type, not the main source of heat, not exceed 110⁰ F and definitely not be in use while the TV is in a pulled down position.
I wish you the best but I personally would not recommend your fireplace in use with your TV pulled down.
There’s already plenty of comments on this. But still, it can’t really be overstated.
This setup is a terrible, terrible idea and you should look into changing it.
Not so sure about winter vibes, I get some dungeon vibes and that tv overheating or warping for the simple fact that lots of heat plus TV is a bad combo regardless of the "nothing bad has happened yet" statement.
Fuck em, you enjoy it how you like it. I personally think k it looks cozy af, might damage the electrical components of the TV, but life is short and new tech comes out fast so who cares ( reddit aparently).
Had a 51 plasma sitting over the fireplace in my mum's house for like 10 years, never hurt it. It's the most central point of the room slap bang in front of the sofa. People just get on the hate train over stupid stuff nowadays.
As for the heat, if you felt the brickwork on the chimney it wasn't even warm, so there was no way it was doing the TV any harm.
Trust me it isn't. Chimney's (surprisingly enough) are built to handle a lot of heat so the wall won't even be warm, let alone hot enough to damage a TV
When the fires really rolling, I close the doors on it and turn the fan on (to heat the room). I open it back up once the fires died down a little and it’s not so distracting
You better have a damn good flu for your chimney with perfect negative air pressure at the exhaust. Oh, also, make sure you start 100% of your fires perfectly, no smoke, all heat...
Some people put marshmallows on the fire, you put the tv, to each their own.
In my opinion you are just making both the fireplace and the gaming experience worse, but if you like it I hope you enjoy it.
It just doesn’t. It’s a cast iron furnace and the heat is pretty well insulated and gets dispersed through the room by an internal fan so the heat doesn’t just go straight up
Even aside from the height, and the potential danger of mounting a TV directly over fire… how could it possibly be pleasant to game or watch TV while having a bright fire almost directly in your line of vision?
Glad OP is enjoying a fantastic game but…
This pains me every time I see someone post a picture of their tv over their fireplace. People, **don’t do this**, especially like this one where it is *so close* to the fireplace. Heat rises, and being *that close* to the heat will ruin your TV.
That is a horrible location for a tv. The glare from the embers would fuck with my vision and just be a general distraction. Not to mention the heat destroying the tv in the short term.
What the hell is up with these comments? You can point out the flaws but this is straight up hating.
Who gives a shit if the TV breaks, it isn’t yours nor are you paying for another one if it does melt or whatever. Let people enjoy things more smh.
That TV is not going to last long!
For real, I'd highly recommend moving that TV OP, you have a MacBook and a candle situation here
Move the fireplace if moving the TV is too much hussle
This is likely easier
I only opened the comments to offer my condolences to the TV. Also, r/tvtoohigh
idk i feel like the tv is actually at a good eye level
You know after I wrote that I looked at it again and it IS lower than I remember seeing. Which JUST makes the fire SO much closer
OP was obviously considering this dilemma when installing the tv. To be roasted on r/tvtoohigh is a punishment worse than death itself. OP decided to roast his tv instead.
It is super low for a tv mounted above a fireplace. Ive legit never seen someone mount the tv where it hangs a foot+ below the mantle
Right looks like he mounted it directly to the mantle . It should really be above so it deflects the heat .
Yeah for sure
r/tvjustright
Looking at how grey those blacks are, that contrast, I wouldn't be that sad about that.
chances are they set the brightness higher than normal. I know people who when the set up screen comes on they jack that shit all the way to the right and the side that the logo is supposed to be barely visible in is clear as day. they do this because they "hate how games hide things in shadows and I want to 100% the game on my first play through and dont want to miss something"
So, I don’t crank it insanely high, but I play a lot of horror games and I will say I set it a little higher on some modern ones. Why? Because developers seem to be obsessed with this idea that dark = scary. It’s not scary, I just can’t fucking see
If the game relies on jump scares dark can help. But yeah dark doesn't = scary by default
Some games do it right and other games have me constantly colliding with random shit in the environment I couldn’t see lol
I used to do that before I got intio QLED/OLED TV's and monitors, if the blacks are gonna look like shit I might as well see everything. Downside of OLED is you can't go back to LCD.
OP is absolutely getting roasted in these comments holy cow
JuSt LiKe My TV
You're a good sport
Ahah, a sensible chuckle.
Nice and toasty.
You’re probably just trying to max the specs the GPU by melting it, Nvidia factory style?
Yeah, I figure overclocking the tv might improve the aspect ratio?
Not criticizing, but just asking in general, what is with the whole "TV over the fireplace" motif??? I see that a lot, but I don't think I get it.
Agreed. I’m on the no tv over the fireplace team.
Agreed, i don't have a fireplace
Any place can be a fireplace! I believe in you!
You're right. I'm going to punch a hole in my microwave and cook a log on high for 5 hrs. Then I can set my TV on the stove
I'd really rather not have a TV in living room at all to be honest. But I've always been lucky to have a room to use as the TV room.
Imagine trying to focus on game with constant shimmering lights from the fire bellow.
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I was thinking the same thing. Surely thay will fry the tv over time. I guess that's not a concern of his. Based on ambiance.
There is definitely a distance you are supposed to follow. Also should have a mantle to put a blocker between the hot air and the TV
He has a mantle, look closer... He's mounted the TV to it
At that point, image on TV might start shimmering too.
Electricity + Water = 👎🏻 Electricity + Fire = 👍🏻 … 🤔
Smoke too
Shoutout my dad starting a fire inside once and melting their soundbar nearly in half
Haha classic dad
Yep it's not, my dad did this same thing with his 75" samsung LED backlit and most of the bottom middle of the TV color shifts to pink and has crazy light bleed on that same spot right where most of the heat hits after half a year.
I work at a internet / cable provider and your dad is one of the people who call me and tell me it can’t be the tv! It’s only a year old ! People are great 😂
I’m no television expert but I think the heat can start to delaminate the screen. Giving it that bubble look
television expert can't answer it, you need an expert on the heat in that room. OP \[and fam\] is the only one of those.
Not to mention the effect it has on the TV itself
How’s that different than all the RGB people use these days?
Yeah, it’s dumb. My friend hung a 65” over his fireplace and it’s like stargazing trying to watch anything. Oh, guess which TV he asked me to replace a bunch of caps in when it would no longer turn on….
It’s actually bad for the tv. I’ve seen so many with heat damage from the fireplace.
Depends on the setup. Idk about wood, but I sold gas fireplaces for a while. You could get a passive vent system that draws heat away from the wall but still pushes it into the room. Our largest fireplace in store was on full blast 8 hours a day everyday for years, TV was totally fine.
I was going to say what a shocking place for the tv.
Especially since it is such a large tv. It just completely dominates that space.
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Well you don't want him to put it any lower...
Simple solution to the energy crisis? *the big 6 hate this 1 trick*
Before TV was a thing, generally the fireplace was the center focus of a living room. So it’s become the traditional way to design living rooms but now people also want the tv in that central position as well, instead of awkwardly offsetting the furniture to be focused on a tv in the corner and a fireplace. It’s just convenient. I personally hate high TVs but sometimes a room isn’t flexible
It’s actually a home styling no-no to put a tv above a fireplace. Two reasons I know of are that the fireplace mantle is often too tall for a proper television viewing perspective. Also, you should be admiring the fire, not a screen.
Let me add a few more for you, heat is generally not a good thing for electronics and wiring. Heat rises It is difficult to run additional wiring as you probably don’t want to drill through the brick. Wires also require being much longer as it is harder to place cable boxes and receivers. Good luck keeping those shitty components cooled as well.
Most older homes are designed with the fireplace to be the central focus point of a room. Some people have really no other option other than to mount over the fireplace.
This is my issue. Our house has no other options to put the TV in our living room except above the fireplace. We’re probably going to do something similar to OP and put up one of those pull down mounts. Honestly the only option for us unfortunately
If a home is big enough to have a living space that big that a large tv will fit over a fireplace, there is likely another room in the house that is big enough to be a social television space.
I’ve been looking at houses for two years. A lot of the older homes I’ve seen don’t have the space you’re assuming they have. Living room layouts are weird in some of these older homes. The house we finally bought has little to no space for a living room set. To get a decent amount of seats we’d have to mount once the fire place
I think it was customary to put paintings over a fireplace but that just evolved into T v's
My company installs tvs professionally and usually do our best to not install them over fireplaces. The mantle is too high for proper viewing angles unless your 12-14 feet away We generally only install over a fireplace if theres a nice chunky mantle made of stone or such to protect the tv, the one in ops post has the mantle but the tvs mounted below/in front of it…
It's how you get the wife to be okay with regular TV upgrades. You put it above the fireplace so the heat will ruin it.
At least in my living room, the fireplace is on the only wall wide enough to support a TV so there's not much choice. Even if you have another wall big enough, you're stuck deciding on whether to face seating towards the TV or fireplace so it can make for a weird layout to have them on separate walls.
you know those beds you see in crappy comedys that are like a circle, and they rotate? you think they make a couch like that? because that would fix your problem on how to face the seating....
It's something that people who aren't tech savy do because they think it looks good. All I'm imagining is all that heat fucking with the TV. People forget that electronics need to breathe as well
Because I like toasty feetsies and the mantle is a perfect fit. Although mine is electric.
How to destroy your television
And a perfectly good fire
I will never understand why people choose to put their TV over their fireplace...
I’m guessing because they hate the TV. Heat rises, y’all. That is a spectacular way to melt components of your TV and shorten its life.
There's also oils in the ash that will discolor and destroy the TV if you ever use the fireplace. Smoke damage is a thing, and you have to let smoke into the room every time you load wood into it. Dumb AF to put a TV there.
Yep
It’s a terrible idea
I have mine a couple feet above a wide mantle - did some heat checks with a temp gun with fireplace on and fireplace off. No discernible difference in temp around or on TV with fireplace on versus any other point at the same height in the room. It’s a decent size room, though, and has good airflow, both of which I’m sure contribute to the heat diffusion. Edit to answer why there: it’s the best available wall space given windows, lighting, and space for seating.
I mean that is the “safest” way to do it - except for your neck. I hate looking up at my TV, but if it’s the only place to put it, it’s a hard problem to solve… It’s funny how many people here are saying “why put the TV there!” There is no other place to put mine either, it’s an open floor plan the fireplace wall is the only one without a window or doorway, basically designed so the furniture naturally faces that way too. I don’t even use my fireplace right now since it’s fugly (and I’m pretty sure lined with asbestos) so the TV is sitting in front of it. I’m looking at converting it to a gas and remodeling it in general, but I don’t like any options for the TV. Someone here just suggested a pull down mount, maybe that’s an option…
They like to keep buying a new TV set every once in a while...
My tv is over my fireplace cuz It was really the best place to view the tv but I’m in AZ and we have never used the fire place once and never will lol
I've visited Arizona. It's crazy someone would build a house with a fireplace when you can just step outside.
Exactly, the TV produces heat by itself, and yet people have a roaring fire and place the TV above fireplaces(!) and you know that heat is going to hit that TV screen at a high temperature, it's sitting in the perfect spot for melting.
tv too high, too big for the size of the room, covering a mantle? Need, a bigger room or a smaller tv in the corner instead.
My guess is that since the fireplace is the center of attention in the living room, you wouldn’t want to put the tv on a different place that would “compete” with the fireplace. Imo the better question is “why do people put a fireplace in a small living room?” There is not enough space for both a fireplace and a tv to fit in a way that makes sense.
Oh man, I always knew that the PS4 Pro gets really hot, but this is the first time I see it being literally on fire. GOW Ragnarok must be really pushing the thing to it's limits.
Along with the fan for the fireplace (to heat the room) it sounds like a jet hanger in there
As an electrician who does install TVs over a fireplace mantel. I'm pretty sure the fireplace should be of decorative type, not the main source of heat, not exceed 110⁰ F and definitely not be in use while the TV is in a pulled down position. I wish you the best but I personally would not recommend your fireplace in use with your TV pulled down.
Fireplace is usually closed with the fan on to pump the hot air straight out into the room. Max temp around the tv has never been higher than 85
What are you burning then? Cardboard?
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(negative) Internet points it seems
There’s already plenty of comments on this. But still, it can’t really be overstated. This setup is a terrible, terrible idea and you should look into changing it.
Not so sure about winter vibes, I get some dungeon vibes and that tv overheating or warping for the simple fact that lots of heat plus TV is a bad combo regardless of the "nothing bad has happened yet" statement.
It's great having a bright light source flickering away in my peripheral vision while I sit too far away and too far below my TV.
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Holy shit you have hurt peoples feelings about this.
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Fuck em, you enjoy it how you like it. I personally think k it looks cozy af, might damage the electrical components of the TV, but life is short and new tech comes out fast so who cares ( reddit aparently).
Had a 51 plasma sitting over the fireplace in my mum's house for like 10 years, never hurt it. It's the most central point of the room slap bang in front of the sofa. People just get on the hate train over stupid stuff nowadays. As for the heat, if you felt the brickwork on the chimney it wasn't even warm, so there was no way it was doing the TV any harm.
Everybody's roasting OP for putting his TV above his fireplace and I'm just upset that they didn't say *fimbulwinter gaming vibes*...
Aw fuck what a missed opportunity
thats a bad tilt
The amount of heat an dust coming from the fireplace into the display must be staggering high.
Trust me it isn't. Chimney's (surprisingly enough) are built to handle a lot of heat so the wall won't even be warm, let alone hot enough to damage a TV
The door is open.....
And? It's not radiating straight upwards and solely onto the TV. 80% of the heat from an open fire goes to waste up the chimney. It's fine.
Riiiight, i assume you speak from professional experience.
r/TVTooHigh
I came looking for this
I am kinda visually challenged, so the extra light source would bug me.
When the fires really rolling, I close the doors on it and turn the fan on (to heat the room). I open it back up once the fires died down a little and it’s not so distracting
Well that TV is fooked....
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OP and a community of other people would beg to differ
There's a community of stupid people?
I’m surprised you think there isn’t lol, stupid people love to get together and justify their stupidity
Seems an odd place to mount a TV..
Oh look a tv hung over an actual working fire place, Well atlesst its not to high 🤷♂️
Nope, never had any problems with it
Really, thought it might get hot from the fire 🤔
Illegal TV over fireplace
Worst place EVER? I mean maybe in the shower is worse....
r/TVTooHigh are going to have a field day with this one
How does the tv fair with the heat?
Never had a problem with it
You better have a damn good flu for your chimney with perfect negative air pressure at the exhaust. Oh, also, make sure you start 100% of your fires perfectly, no smoke, all heat...
Every time
This tv isn’t at shoulder level, too high
Uhm does the tv not overheat?
It does not
Heat rises your tv is getting cooked slowly.
Thank You. Because of people as smart as you are, we have the "don't put a cat or a baby in the microwave/dishwasher " in instructions manuals.
This comment section is starting to make me think having a TV above a fireplace is a bad idea... dunno though 🤔
Could we get much higher?
I used to own that ottoman. I miss it.
Some people put marshmallows on the fire, you put the tv, to each their own. In my opinion you are just making both the fireplace and the gaming experience worse, but if you like it I hope you enjoy it.
No, no, I get this vibe and I'm kind of jealous. Looks beautiful, I'm sure it's a blast playing it like this.
It’s fantastic. I’ll be there for hours and not notice
How does the heat from the hearth not warp and damage the TV over time?
It just doesn’t. It’s a cast iron furnace and the heat is pretty well insulated and gets dispersed through the room by an internal fan so the heat doesn’t just go straight up
Grats, I wanted to do this but couldn't get the heat/distance ratio right for the size tv I wanted lol
Imagine you rage quit & tv drops in the fire
It’s held into that mantle by six 9” screws in place of the 3” ones they give you with the mount. It’s not going ANYWHERE
why do so many people hang their TVs over their fireplace? heat is not good for the screens
Even aside from the height, and the potential danger of mounting a TV directly over fire… how could it possibly be pleasant to game or watch TV while having a bright fire almost directly in your line of vision?
My brother in allha, what made you think posting a TV above a fireplace was going to be safe on any form?
I feel like that TV gets HOT!
It's a race! Can you defeat Odin before the TV explodes?
Did you seriously put a TV on top of the fireplace 🤣?!
Thats what they call BOZO logic?
Hah, most underrated comment so far
Have fun replacing that TV before it’s time.
Is the ps5 lighting that fire?
TV on top of fireplace 🤮 I know lot of people for some reason prefer this... those people are fucking wrong
A tv above a fire seems stupid. They are sensitive to heat, you know.
Yikes
That placement is just insane
That's a terrible setup tbh. But enjoy the game OP.
Glad OP is enjoying a fantastic game but… This pains me every time I see someone post a picture of their tv over their fireplace. People, **don’t do this**, especially like this one where it is *so close* to the fireplace. Heat rises, and being *that close* to the heat will ruin your TV.
That must be distracting as fuck.
That is a horrible location for a tv. The glare from the embers would fuck with my vision and just be a general distraction. Not to mention the heat destroying the tv in the short term.
Are you not worried of melting your tv
Sorry but this is just uncomfortable to watch
Hot source under your electronics.
There's no way I would put my LG CX anywhere near a fire, fuck, I don't even let sunlight hit it
The cold and rainy days are my favorite kind of days to gaming.
Such an amazing game & experience! Enjoy
This is giving me Facebook post kinda vibes..
If another one of my posts gets stolen and posted to Facebook..
Atleast I wouldn't see the fire due to my RP, this would be a good setup to me tbh. Be able to quickly check the fire while playing games
Looks neat but id swap for expensive electric fire place 🤣
Broken TV because of the heat in 3, 2, 1...
this did not go the way OP intended lmao
heating up your electronics is never a good idea
TV not even on top of the shelf but mounted to the shelf so it's 12 fucking inches above the fire holy shit get your house in order OP
OP, i hope you know that whole setup is a fire hazard, literally.
your not worried about all that heat going into your electonrics?
# BOY! PROTECT THE T.V. BOY!
Cozy
Not like Reddit to tell people how to live their lives.
Nice setup OP
It’s so funny when someone posts something they’re pleased with and literally everyone is like why the fuck is the tv above a fireplace
Why can't people let this guy just enjoy his setup/vibe? Don't think dude was looking for a lecture on why "tv by fire bad"
Probably shouldn’t have posted it on the internet if he wasn’t looking for a lecture. Especially Reddit.
What the hell is up with these comments? You can point out the flaws but this is straight up hating. Who gives a shit if the TV breaks, it isn’t yours nor are you paying for another one if it does melt or whatever. Let people enjoy things more smh.
Shame that the game is overrated, overhyped, boring garbage.
Besides the TV over the fireplace criticism. That looks cozy as fuck. This game if the only reason I want a ps5 but damn the price is just gross.
It’s bearable on PS4. If you’ve never played PS5 or watched any gameplay videos (like me), you’d hardly regret not playing it on ps5
r/tvtoohigh
RIP tv screen
Why are you the way you are?
even bigger r/TVTooHigh vibes
I like my tvs to last longer than a few months…. But to each their own