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Improving the Viewing Angle

My brother Todd and his family upgraded their living situation recently by buying a larger home in their current neighborhood. The new house provided several upgrades over their first home but also a few challenges, so they brought in a contractor to spruce up the property a bit.

One of the relatively minor upgrades was finding a proper mounting approach for their family room television. The 65-inch flat-screen had been on a TV stand in their prior home, but in the newer home Todd wanted it mounted in a niche above the fireplace.

During a quick walkthrough of the property prior to their move in, Todd casually pointed out this TV location, and I said, “Oh no, you don't want to put a TV up there; it's a terrible viewing angle. Unless… you get yourself a MantelMount pull-down TV mount.”

With a MantelMount, I

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