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Refrigerators, stoves, and washing machines are also heavy as hell. Like our plasma TVs, once situated their weights are irrelevant.
by bookofjoe 11mo ago
Refrigerators, stoves, and washing machines are also heavy as hell. Like our plasma TVs, once situated their weights are irrelevant.
- dpark 11mo agoThe weight of something that is typically mounted to a wall seems very relevant. Most TV mounts are not rated to hold the weight of a plasma TV. A poorly installed or insufficient mount could definitely fail. Plasma TVs not mounted to the wall are also concerning for safety reasons. A plasma TV tipped onto a young child would likely cause significant injury above and beyond what an LCD would cause. I loved my plasma but I feel like the weight was a real issue.
- bookofjoe 11mo agoAh, I narrowly focused on my setup, which since inception in 2007 has consisted of my heavy plasma tv sitting atop the bespoke mount — extremely stable and overbuilt — that came with it atop a solid wood low console table. Indeed, if the TV were to tip onto a young child it could cause serious injury; no such youngsters here. As I think more about this, I realize I've never wall-mounted a TV nor would I ever do so: I just prefer them on stands.
- dragonwriter 11mo agoRefrigerators, stoves, and washing machines are rarely suspended from walls or situated on consoles from which they could easily be tipped over; televisions, OTOH...
- bookofjoe 11mo agoSee my response above.