Your smart TV is a vast gateway to endless, immersive entertainment. You can stream your favorite movies and shows, play video games from a console, scroll YouTube, and display artwork and ambient scenery. The smart TV is connected to just about everything, and it’s ready to go at a moment’s notice. The best TV provides colorful and detailed titles that can make you feel like you’re in a different world.
Unfortunately, for all its conveniences and advances, there are some downsides to smart TV as it relates to your health. And it has nothing to do with brain rot (that’s AI’s job). The way in which you set up your TV in your home, and the settings you use to watch your TV, all play a factor in overall health. Here’s what you need to know.
Be mindful of your TV’s position
Set up your smart TV in the perfect spot
Where your smart TV is set up, and where you sit in relation to it, will influence not just your viewing experience, but potential physical discomfort as well. Basically, your smart TV should be arranged so that the middle of the screen sits at about eye level when you are in your TV-viewing position. Ideally, your main viewing spot should be the dead center of the TV screen, both vertically and horizontally.
You want to avoid mounting your TV too high up on a wall or TV…