Advertisement Reddit's "r/TVtooHigh" is focused on criticizing people who mount their televisions too high. The comments are absolutely brutal, roasting any TVs mounted above eye level. And don't even get them started on mounting a TV above a fireplace.
The ideal place to mount a television — at least according to most experts — is so it's at eye level while you're sitting on the couch. Samsung suggests mounting it 42 inches from the floor, which would be the target sightline for a 5-foot-6-inch adult who's sitting down. Not everyone does this, of course.
And the people who don't are the target of scorn and derision from one of the most intense corners of the internet: Reddit's r/TVTooHigh . Advertisement There are some places on the internet we know are dens of trolling and cruelty: 4chan. Certain Discords.
Snark subreddits. Nextdoor comments. The replies on X to anything Elon Musk posts.
But this one subreddit dedicated to discussing television mounting is one of the most furious pits of vipers I've encountered. And I absolutely love it. The subreddit has more than 250,000 members and a mix of posts from people seeking real advice about whether their TV placement is right (it almost never is) — or posting photos of laughably high TVs they found either in real life or online.
A recent post shows a photo someone found of a real-estate listing where a television is mounted so high it touches the ceiling. "It's tv shaped crown moulding," suggests one Redditor. "The mental.
