Here are some latest pics of the installed TV and how its mounted. I did indeed have to lower the wall mount point in order to properly accommodate the tv's lower than anticipated VESA location.
With new hole mounts drilled into the 4inchx6inch (cough ..cough wood posts) wall studs and lag bolts. I then moved on to the installation of Black Velvet Cloth which I adhered to a 3/8th inch backer board cutout to fit the back recess and surrounding walls.
To be honest, I wasn't keen with the flat black paint performance day or night... and also wasn't keen on adhering cloth directly to the Sheetrock. So I deemed it necessary for any future need to get back inside the wall for any reason, as its easily removed and re-installed without issue this way.
I rarely pull the TV out from the wall TBH, but when it is fully extended.. it's extremely captivating and not unpleasant to me at all.
The pictures cant really capture the distance from eyeball to screen but its in the neighborhood of 8.5ft-9ft.
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The black velvet really helps to keep the focus on the TV and provided some black space to give it a bit more pop.
The sub-woofer is quite heavy and buries its short stubby legs deep in the carpet and since its a bottom breather it didn't seem to have as much clearance left after settling. I propped the legs back up using some small wood squares I had handy but I suspect its float on the carpet and pad may have some performance impact to the subs output overall. I am open to suggestions/feedback if you had a similar experience .. What's a better solution?... perhaps something more solid for it to sit on? Spikes wont easily penetrate this carpet and the thick sealed pad underneath.. at least not without some permanent damage to the carpet?
The audio cabinet mounted under the bar was in need of some serious cable management and a rack to stack equipment. After some searching I settled on this metal meshed shoe rack that allows excellent venting of the equipment in the cabinet. As a bonus the shoe rack also featured sloped shelves which helps one having to get on their knees to see the equipment led screen and a led strip in the works to light it up for easier navigation as well.
So whats left to address?
1) Mount this led bar in the cabinet
2) DIY rig of some kinda of triggered auto-on cabinet venting upon power up of the equipment. (I currently have to leave the doors propped open all the time) .
3) Possibly put something of heavier mass under the subwoofer so its not floating on the carpet? (meybe/meybe not) May have zero effect on it.
Thanks for looking.. and hope you find something here of interest.. as the post says.
It was a long haul but its finished for now.
Happy 2021 Everyone - Lets hope it's a better year for us all.
I.K.