HELP! LCD/Plasma Mounting

[rscosworth]

Guys,

My move is going ahead and should be in my new place in 3/4 months.

The living room is shown below and im looking for a place to mount my TV, it will be 37". The room is laid out as follows, top wall (chimney breast/gas fire), left hand wall will have 2 seater, bottom wall will have 3 seater, and the right hand wall is a window.

Where do you think is the best place to mount my TV?



Wall or floor and where?
Cheers

[Monkeyarms]

option 1
mount above fire on chimeny breast. this would need consideration on how hot fire gets, how often/at all fire gets used. Also viewing distance and tv height will come into play here. If the tv is quite high, and you quite close this could be an uncomfortable arrangment.

option 2
mount tv on left hand wall, and put 2 seater upto right hand wall infront of window. you may see too much light reflection as tv is directly opposite window, but blinds/curtains should sort it.

option 3
floor standing. i hate floor standing flat panel TVs, so i wont suggest anything, but you can pretty much place it in any corner or up to any wall, i suppose.