I don’t watch a ton of television, so I’ve had a 20″ CRT since college, which has done well by me for that entire time. But when playing Donkey Kong Country earlier this year, I ended up sitting on my coffee table to get close enough to play effectively. That was the push I’d needed to start considering a bigger tv, and then I got a quick freelance job that gave me a bit of “extra” cash to spend. With flat-screen LCDs getting less expensive, I started researching options, and ended up with the LG 42CS570 – not one of the newer smart tvs with internet and all of that, but a good, basic, widescreen tv. You guys, it’s so big. And so shiny. And it weighs less than my previous tv, despite being twice as wide. I’m actually really glad they give you a way to screw it into your tv stand, because I might worry the cats would knock it over.
Anyway, as we know, any new acquisition in my house will somehow become a project – and the tv is no exception; in fact, it’s two projects! Number one: move the antenna into the attic so there are no rabbit ears distracting from my shiny shiny tv. Number two – build a corner tv stand so it looks like it belongs in my living room.
Antenna-moving happened last week – the plan was to stick the antenna in the attic, drop the cable from the attic through the wall, and install a cable connector plate on the wall so all that you see is a nice clean coax connector. Preferably really close to the corner so the tv stand will cover it. This… is actually what happened, but it’s never as simple as it sounds, is it? Continue reading