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What confuses me - and this gets worse as the years pass - don't most people hang their tvs now a days?

Why aren't consoles designed to be hung on the wall behind the tv as well?

Same can be said for Apple TV. Most of my tvs, all they have is an Apple TV - it's always a process of zip-tieing it to the back of the tv or tv mount or buy a mount for it on Amazon.

We used to be able to hang modems on the wall also. Looking at my Xfinity router, no way it can be hung on a wall, so it's on random shelf / window sill out of the way.

[edit] Why the down votes? Perfectly legit question isn't it? Those of us that live in apartments and sq ft is limited, why wouldn't you hang a tv on the wall and it's accessories behind it?

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Not sure why you're getting down voted :(

I mount my TVs, but I think it could be a bit of the chicken/egg problem. TV mounts generally aren't designed to fit anything behind them, and many devices aren't designed to be mounted. I suspect this leads to many people saying "why bother with mounting if I'm going to need a cabinet to sit all my devices on, I'll just sit my TV on there too."

I am not sure why you are getting down voted either. Maybe people are thinking of this -> Safe for work picture of PC held from ceiling by strings. https://i.imgur.com/mRrKbnn.jpg

I think your idea is valid BTW.

Hanging the TV on the wall is pretty common where I live, but most wall mounts don't leave any space behind the TV for a device such as a gaming console.

My TV is wall-mounted, but my consoles are either on a shelf above or a cabinet below it.

I think it's because most consoles up till now had an optical media drive, so hanging it flat against a wall, or behind the TV would make insertion of the disk difficult.

3:55 blu ray drive.

They're also selling a cheaper version with one

I don’t know anyone who hangs their tv on the wall, so it’s possible it’s not as common as you think.

Maybe it's a culture / location (country) thing?

Unless we're talking a tv > 60 inches, I don't recall anyone I know or talk to not hanging their tv.

Maybe. I don't think I've ever seen a hanged TV in Europe or Japan.

In Europe, especially in the cities it is much more common to rent and generally you aren't allowed to drill into the walls etc.

As the gamer demographic skews younger and the homeowner demographic is skewing increasingly older - I can see why it isn't a major priority.

I would say it's around 50/50 here in New Zealand.

All my TVs are on the wall, which in some cases has taken a lot of effort ( pipes in the brick wall, replastering, painting etc.. ). And I can just about fit a chromecast, but for newer slim TVs like my OLED LG I would not be able to fit an AppleTV.

Besides I want everything plugged into a receiver, not the TV. So I dont see wall mounting devices makes sense for higher-end setups.

Engineering is a question of conflicting design goals and it seems obvious they've privileged performance over size.

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