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I have a 50" flat screen and the only thing I can think of is don't put it on the wall; put it in a cabinet (have to be a big one!!) I love this group for the ideas about using less space and living more simply but I am a failure at decorating and I know it. I could get rid of the big flat screen but the hubby would go with it. Hey.......nah

Our esteemed legislators in CA are set to ban certain large screen TV's. Beware USA, what starts in CA sometimes ends up in the rest of the country:

From LA Times:
California appears poised to be first to ban power-guzzling big-screen TVs
Industry lobbying efforts appear to elicit little sympathy from the state Energy Commission, which may vote as soon as Nov. 4.
October 14, 2009|Marc Lifsher

SACRAMENTO — The influential lobby group Consumer Electronics Assn. is fighting what appears to be a losing battle to dissuade California regulators from passing the nation's first ban on energy-hungry big-screen televisions.

On Tuesday, executives and consultants for the Arlington, Va., trade group asked members of the California Energy Commission to instead let consumers use their wallets to decide whether they want to buy the most energy-saving new models of liquid-crystal display and plasma high-definition TVs.

"Voluntary efforts are succeeding without regulations," said Doug Johnson, the association's senior director for technology policy. Too much government interference could hamstring industry innovation and prove expensive to manufacturers and consumers, he warned.

But those pleas didn't appear to elicit much support from commissioners at a public hearing on the proposed rules that would set maximum energy-consumption standards for televisions to be phased in over two years beginning in January 2011. A vote could come as early as Nov. 4.

The association's views weren't shared by everyone in the TV business. Representatives of some TV makers, including top-seller Vizio Inc. of Irvine, said they would have little trouble complying with tighter state standards without substantially increasing prices.

"We're comfortable with our ability to meet the proposed levels and implementation dates," said Kenneth R. Lowe, Vizio's co-founder and vice president.

Last month, the commission formally unveiled its proposal to require manufacturers to limit television energy consumption in a way that has been done with refrigerators, air conditioners and dozens of other products since the 1970s.

"We would not propose TV efficiency standards if we thought there was any evidence in the record that they will hurt the economy," said Commissioner Julia Levin, who has been in charge of the two-year rule-making procedure. "This will actually save consumers money and help the California economy grow and create new clean, sustainable jobs."

Tightening efficiency ratings by using new technology and materials should result in "zero increase in cost to consumers," said Harinder Singh, an Energy Commission staffer on the TV regulation project.

California's estimated 35 million TVs and related electronic devices account for about 10% of all household electricity consumption, the Energy Commission staff reported. But manufacturers quickly are coming up with new technologies that are making even 50-inch-screen models much more economical to operate.

As I live in a small house, with only a living room, I refinished a small solid wood armoire to put the TV and various electronics in.



When in use, it is open. I keep the doors closed when the tv is off. The drawer is handy for cables, booklets, etc. I have a spinner tower for all cds, dvds, computer programs, etc. It holds everything in one place that used to be scattered about collecting dust and uses about 1 sq foot of floor space.

It's so well hidden, that I can't find it in this foto. ?

I think using slide cabinet doors is a good way of concealing the black monster.

I have two flat screen, 37-inch HDTVs...in armoires.

The picture was fine...it just didn't photograph well: that's Wisconsin football from last year...

Cali

LCD'S use far less energy than the old CRT's. so if CA is thinking of baning them, it's the CRTs, not the LCD's. Everyone should switch to LCD's just for the energy saving --if nothing else.

Our TV is in the small bonus room, not the living room. Never will it be in the living room, ever, ever, ever. The living room will be for people, not machines.

I love small TV but would like to get the flat screen ones. They seem so much smaller. I have 3 TVs--the big black kind and they are ugly.

Ours is a plasma HD but I'd still like it to be in a cabinet.

Horsesfly you didn't hide the post deep enough! I saw it.
Remember our motto in the group, less is more.

OK I love the HD picture on the new TV's.
If they are electricity guzzlers then they should be banned.

But who in their right mind "needs" a 50 inch TV?

We used to be happy with 19 inches of OK picture quality. As long as I could see Wally on "Leave it to Beaver" then I was a happy girl. We were happy with OK.

We are buying the advertising?
Bigger is not better! More does not make people happier!

AHHHH!!!