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I bought a new house. The TV connections are above the fireplace mantle. Where should I put my TiVo box? suggestions? Ideas?
Where to put a TiVo with an above the mantle TV mount
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Possibly, if it's a Bolt box, hidden behind the television? https://www.amazon.com/HIDEit-Bolt-...eywords=tivo+bolt+mount&qid=1569428598&sr=8-3
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I also recently bought a house we had built. The builder installed power, cable, ethernet and an hdmi cable for connecting the tv above the mantle.
My Tivo is mounted in a regular Entertainment cabinet to the left of the fireplace where the other end of the hdmi cable exits. This works very well, but of course is easier to setup while building the house.
In one of our bedrooms we simply mounted a Tivo Mini to the back of the wall hung HDTV with the front of the mini pointed at the ceiling. Infrared signals bounce nicely off the ceiling and control the "hidden" mini without problem.
If there is room behind your TV, this could possibly be done with a Tivo Roamio or Bolt.
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My Tivo is mounted in a regular Entertainment cabinet to the left of the fireplace where the other end of the hdmi cable exits. This works very well, but of course is easier to setup while building the house.
In one of our bedrooms we simply mounted a Tivo Mini to the back of the wall hung HDTV with the front of the mini pointed at the ceiling. Infrared signals bounce nicely off the ceiling and control the "hidden" mini without problem.
If there is room behind your TV, this could possibly be done with a Tivo Roamio or Bolt.
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Perhaps you could indicate what all the TV connections are above the fireplace?
We might be able to give more useful suggestions...
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Cable, power and speaker connection.
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I see on some websites that people attach a cable box to the back of the TV. Is that an option? What about using a TiVo Mini instead of a full size box?
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You still haven't posted the type of TiVo. Also, speaker wires?
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Yes Speaker wires. The question was what are the connections hanging out of the wall. Power, cable, and speaker wires.
I have to premieres, and one Roamio plus.
Fish an HDMI (2 of them) in their to where you want the Tivo.
You'll also need a new cable outlet for the Tivo.
I suggest a pull down tv mount like the above. You see the TV above fireplace looks amazing and cables are hidden. The model above is called TMO100A
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That wiring is deficient. You need HDMI from wherever all your equipment resides to the TV. Because the AVR and UHD-BD player have to go somewhere, too, even if the TV is smart and doesn't need a Roku/ATV/FireTV and you don't have game consoles or other sources.
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I used HideIt mounts for devices to like the TiVo bolt to hide behind my wall mounted tv. It was easy to install and perfectly fit the bolt.
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Many times it's the ONLY place in a room to put a TV. While I would make every effort to not create/design a room where that's the only place a TV could go, when that's what you have, you make lemonade.
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A friend bought a new house a couple of years ago and I helped him move in. They have a living room fireplace but the room is not too big so I told him straight up don't install a TV above it as tempting as it is as you will feel like first row in movie theatre.
He installed one there anyway and took only a day to realize it was a mistake. I think it's ok for a really big room where you are sitting at least 15-20 feet away and the line of site doesn't strain your neck.
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It's not right for any room.
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Dont you get a stiff neck looking that far up at the tv after awhile ??
Isn't there also the issue that the heat from a fireplace is the last thing you would want near a sophisticated piece of electronics?
Due to global warming and concerns about air pollution, nobody actually lights a fire in a fireplace any more.
Still, putting a TV over a fireplace is a bad idea.
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