Positioning Of Led Tv

Paperhouse

23-12-2014

I'll soon be buying an LED TV to replace my trusted 10 year old CRT TV.

The CRT has sood next to a radiator without problem, but can an LED be subjected to such heat?

Thanks in advance and merry Christmas to all.

grahamlthompson

23-12-2014

Where you can find figures for max ambient temperature limits 40C is usually specified.

Example

http://reviews.bestbuy.com/answers/3...2&sort=recenta

Nigel Goodwin

23-12-2014

Originally Posted by Paperhouse:
“I'll soon be buying an LED TV to replace my trusted 10 year old CRT TV.

The CRT has sood next to a radiator without problem, but can an LED be subjected to such heat?
”

Shouldn't be any different to a CRT set, and because of it's MUCH thinner nature is likely to probably be further away?.

call100

23-12-2014

Next to, as opposed to in front of or above, shouldn't pose any problems.

Paperhouse

23-12-2014

Originally Posted by call100:
“Next to, as opposed to in front of or above, shouldn't pose any problems.”

More like 'at 45 degrees to'.

call100

23-12-2014

Should be ok. Plenty of space around it. As someone else said, if your CRT was OK, you shouldn't have a problem.
The chap next door has his above a radiator and he's had no problems......yet.... Although I wouldn't do it myself.

bobcar

23-12-2014

Originally Posted by call100:
“Should be ok. Plenty of space around it. As someone else said, if your CRT was OK, you shouldn't have a problem.
The chap next door has his above a radiator and he's had no problems......yet.... Although I wouldn't do it myself.”

If the radiator had a shelf above it that would help deflect the airflow so the TV should be a bit cooler than without it.

call100

23-12-2014

Originally Posted by bobcar:
“If the radiator had a shelf above it that would help deflect the airflow so the TV should be a bit cooler than without it.”

This is true, however, he doesn't have a shelf. I've suggested it might be a good idea, but, he has yet to act on it.

Lidtop2013

25-12-2014

Should be ok as LCD runs cooler anyway.

Could you not just turn the radiator down abit?

White-Knight

25-12-2014

With any electrical item, the hotter it gets, the shorter the lifespan.

Electronics live longest when kept cool. eg. My 5 year old Humax HDR is still going strong. Something I attribute to the fact that I took the hard drive out into an external box so the PSU is under less load and the hard drive doesn't generate any heat.

The shelf idea is a good one. Better still is re-site it if possible.

Nigel Goodwin

26-12-2014

Originally Posted by White-Knight:
“Electronics live longest when kept cool. eg. My 5 year old Humax HDR is still going strong. Something I attribute to the fact that I took the hard drive out into an external box so the PSU is under less load and the hard drive doesn't generate any heat.”

As long as it was fitted with decent quality PSU capacitors (Humax did fit the same crappy ones as Thomson in some production) then it's not really a concern - it's normally the cheap crappy capacitors which die due to heat.

However, assuming yours does have the CapXon capacitors, moving the drive (and it's PSU) externally would considerably increase their life.

drillbit

29-12-2014

the viewing angle with a crt is much better,

with an led the colours tend to flush out and fade

call100

29-12-2014

Originally Posted by drillbit:
“the viewing angle with a crt is much better,

with an led the colours tend to flush out and fade”

Embrace the now.....Nobody sits at weird angles to the TV anymore.......

Nigel Goodwin

30-12-2014

Originally Posted by drillbit:
“the viewing angle with a crt is much better,

with an led the colours tend to flush out and fade”

You need to look at some decent quality LCD's

Viewing angles are wider than you could possibly require, to the extent nothing would be watchable.