luckily this is just a 32; i had a 70 from the same brand with the same INSANELY FUCKING STUPID STAND DESIGN that i had to find something for…literally at the most extreme edges of the thing, what the fuck is this? this is so fucking stupid, it cannot be meaningfully cheaper than a proper design and it looks fucking dumb as hell and surely this has pissed off 90% of people that wanted a TV and want to put it on a little stand like a normal fucking person right??

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    Centre stands need to be way more sturdy to hold it up. You can buy aftermarket VESA centre stands though if you can’t wall mount it.

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      Exactly. I think an aftermarket VESA mount is pretty much required these days for modern TVs, that’s the bad news. The good news is that there are plenty of options (center base, wall, swivel, etc), some very affordable, and they should last for multiple TV generations (check VESA pattern, weight limits).

      But I get that these tiny, wide feet can be mind boggling at first, since TVs all used to have center stands for decades. Finally, TVs got too large, the cost savings and stability from two tiny feet won out over the alternative of the large, heavy single center base.

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    Putting a giant TV on a tiny stand is not normal… Be mildly infuriated at yourself, not the manufacturer

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      Yep, the included feet are just something you might be able to use until you get a real mount.

      If you really want the TV to stand on furniture, buy a proper vesa mounted stand (they can be very cheap) and maybe even a proper TV table.

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    Op didn’t check the specs on the item he bought and is upset it’s not perfectly tailored to his individual tastes.

    You love to see it.

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      Show me the affordable TV made in the last 5 years that doesn’t require a stand at least 90% as wide as the TV is

      Don’t say it’s for stability, you could move the feet to be 1/3 of the way in and it’ll be exactly as stable because it isn’t tipping over sideways. Don’t say it’s for a sound bar, this is a TCL, that’s the cheapest “I’m looking for a new TV but make minimum wage” brand you can find

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    The wider the TV gets, the more stable a two-feet-at-the-ends design becomes compared to a single central foot.

    Plus if you need anything else, VESA mounts are super-standard and you just get whatever you need then use it on every Tv you buy.

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      For those that live in apartments, there are VESA stands that mount to the back of your furniture, and others that use a clamp for tables, so you don’t have to put holes in your walls. I use one on my desk for a fairly wide monitor.

      If you’re unfamiliar with VESA mounts, just take note of which of the two standards your device uses. These are going to be either 75x75mm or 100x100mm. Verify with a ruler, don’t rely on the literature to be accurate.

      If you wanna be mega-bougie about it, you can get just the mounting plate, and there is couple hardware available to pair it with aluminum extrusion, if you really like that 2040/2080 extrusion.

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      Have my tv mounted on a VESA monitor arm.

      The sloped design made it a bit hard to attach the plate but it worked well enough.

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      I wish higher end TVs had the option to buy without the stand. They always have beefy center stands in the box even though everyone mounts high end TVs.

      Now I’m just stuck with a 50lbs stand that I have no use for.

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    OP blaming their shitty decisions on others. Why are you buying something without knowing its dimensions?

    Fuck I hate people like this. The answer btw is pretty obvious. From a weight distribution perspective it’s easiest to have two feet as wide apart as possible.

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        This is not bad design, it’s just common sense.

        People are way too entitled is the problem and assume that their bad planning/thinking automatically means something is badly designed. Blame anyone but themselves.

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          People very upset that a company which exists to make money has used the cheaper option for the part of a TV that 80% of buyers will leave in the box anyway.

          I saw a comment suggesting that it must only be $5 to add a proper stand. TCL made 30million TVs last year so that’s a substantial bonus for whoever made that choice.

          Breaking news! Budget TV has budget parts!

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      I have the same TV and built a custom stand for it. Doesn’t change the fact that the included stand is a bad design.

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        This is not bad design, it’s just common sense.

        People are way too entitled is the problem and assume that their bad planning/thinking automatically means something is badly designed. Blame anyone but themselves.

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      well good thing they’re a professional company with professional engineers, glad they’re taking the easy route

      i bought it because i was at the store and thought ‘damn a bedroom tv would be nice’ and it was black friday. it’s only 32" i hope it fits on the table, and if not i can rig something up, but either way, god fucking dammit these new legs are terrible design because now i have to think about this instead of them just having a damn stand in the center like everyone used to

      was sort of what i was thinking

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        So take it back? If you put it back in the packaging and said “hey, this doesn’t fit where I want it”, they should take it back. I’ve never dealt with a store that wouldn’t.

        I could see this if you ordered it online, sight unseen. Like, if the website were text-based and had no pictures and the description was “It’s a TV”. But you were at a physical store…

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          He knew the dimensions of the place where the TV was supposed to go.

          He went to the store, saw the TV, he saw the box with a picture of it.

          So he brought it home, unpacked it, placed it where it was obviously not going to be able to go.

          Then he plugged it in and turned it on.

          And instead of just putting it back in its packaging and bringing it back to the store and admit defeat. Or order a new piece of furniture Amazkea.

          He instead went on here to fucking complain.

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            They gambled on an eyeball measurement from memory and lost. It’s not that deep.

            They don’t need to return it because it can still be mounted on a stand or wall. And maybe they want to watch crooked Netflix in the meantime.

            …And they complained on mildly infuriating, which seems appropriate because it’s not that big of a deal.

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      “weight distribution”… They weight practically nothing, and even old heavy ass CRTs sat on narrow platform mounts

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        Well I guess they just so it to annoy people then. There’s no other reasons why they’d do this right?

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          Cost cutting. When huge TVs only cost a few hundred dollars and everything else has gotten super expensive, they have to cut corners

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            Why is it cutting corners though?

            Ideally you’d have the option for both a central stand and the two sides in the one box, but then that’s being wasteful and bad for the environment.

            There really isn’t a good option here. In that case I’d say it’s on the consumer to figure out beforehand what the stand is and decide whether they like it or not, not on the company to magically know what stand the consumer needs.

            Many companies do shitty things but this stand issue really is a non-issue.

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    How do you not do research on the dimensions of anything before buying something big like a TV?

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      Mate I’ll have done a 3D reconstruction of the room accurate to the mm to test everything out. I’m only slightly exaggerating, I literally did exactly that when planning my new office/studio, had the room in 3D long before we got the house, built everything myself, custom desk, acoustic treatment, etc.

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          They’re like $150 and fit on a dresser. How much remodeling are you going to do for it

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            It just takes a single measurement to avoid this… Measure/estimate width of the cabinet, look at the TV width, look at pictures of the TV. Then, if the TV is wider than the platform and has wide legs, don’t buy something that probably won’t fit.

            I agree with the others, OP rushed to buy this on black friday without enough thought and now regrets that decision.

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    How dare the tv manufacturers and homesense not discuss each other the exact width of possibility you would purchase both products.

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    Even then just a piece of wood cut to size to lay on top wouldn’t hurt. Table looks scratched up pretty bad as it is anyways so it’s not like appearance is your game here.

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    I don’t understand why most of the commenters are against you, i find the change from center stands to edge stands annoying. Especially since it seems difficult find smaller TVs nowadays