Dave Stachowiak
John SiracusaDo you have any objects close to your TV that block any portion of the lit-up screen (no matter how small) as viewed from your typical seating position?
Yes
No
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Caleb@siracusa absurd
Steven Op de beeck@siracusa stop with all this madness you are suggesting!
@stevenodb Watch the poll results!
BoxOfRain
Hayley/Dragon🏳️⚧️@boxofrain @siracusa @stevenodb 13% yes at this very moment seems higher than I would expect.
(I’m No, but I know that over Christmas my mum for sure has ornaments that break the outer screen perimeter)
Philip Mallegol-Hansen@siracusa @stevenodb Who are these people!?!
@siracusa
I’m sure your audience for this is somewhat self selecting - but “who does that?”
I’m sure your audience for this is somewhat self selecting - but “who does that?”
A. Lee Bennett Jr.@siracusa I have items that are extremely close, but I can’t stand any minuscule portion of actual lit-up display being obscured.
b-loved dreamer@siracusa my cat sometimes 🥲
Wade@siracusa Of course not. I’m not a monster!
Thomas Sturm@siracusa No! Nononono!
not that coachmike@siracusa What - am I a crazy person?
Eric Goodwin@siracusa what kind of monster puts anything in front of the TV (only partly /s)
Joshua, at Lincolnite@siracusa I voted no but my cat says otherwise
Stephen Hackett@siracusa no, but only because I put an IKEA shelf under my TV to lift it above the soundbar.
Tom Peterson
Quiltation
Tony Sindelar
Tara
Marc Robinson 
FreediverX
David Schuetz ** looking for work **
philmehew
Bo Jordan
Sam Brentnall
Jonathan Perry@siracusa I like to feel that my TV is a hidden artifact in a verdant jungle.
@hipvictor Extra bonus points for also potentially blocking the subtitles.
@siracusa I’m like Indiana Jones uncovering a lost inscription.
Joel@hipvictor @siracusa Indiana jones and the puppy bowl of destiny.
Vincent Bernardi@hipvictor same here. I voted yes mostly because plants.
@hipvictor @siracusa This is criminal.
@hipvictor so is your homepod, that must do wonders to recreating the muffled jungle noises.
@stevenodb there’s a second half of the stereo pair tucked into the other side. So, it’s Dolby atmos certified immersively muffled jungle sounds.
Dr. Joe Sarsero, Ph.D.Same here. Bottom left of TV just slightly obscured by leaf of an indoor plant. I used to move it every time I watched TV but got tired of that.
Sage@siracusa I paid for all those pixels!
VioletBackpack@siracusa I mean, I have young kids, as a practical matter there is often stuff that gets in to that position and sometimes what is playing isn’t that important. But when I watch my movies, no, absolutely not,
Pedro Fernandes@siracusa an Apple “notch” at the bottom and a plant that is annoying when I am sitting on the right side.
What can I say… my wife wins
What can I say… my wife wins
@pfernandes @siracusa If you can't hang it on the wall, I'd at least put something under the feet.
Chris Enns@pfernandes @siracusa do you use the HomePod mini as a speaker for the tv?
hömma@pfernandes @siracusa You can easily solve the situation by buying a second speaker and get halfway OK stereo setup. But I think all the visible cables are a worse offence than the edge of the speaker in the picture.
Alexander L@siracusa The very top of my switch blocks about an inch (maybe even less) of the bottom left corner of my TV (as they both sit on the stand directly). It's almost impossible to even notice, but it does technically do that.
@siracusa My mom puts different seasonal decorations or plants on the table below their TV, and occasionally a tall one will stick up an inch or two into the TV picture. I make her move it every time I’m over there, but bafflingly, it doesn’t bother her at all!
gullevek ☢️ 🇯🇵@siracusa I have kids. Gazillions toys block the view :)
shac ron ₪@siracusa Rarely there will be displays on my media center (usually kid art) that block a tiny bit of the screen. I know it must drive some of you crazy, but it’s really such a tiny fraction of the screen area that it doesn’t obscure anything
Kostas Karayannis@siracusa Voted yes. I hate it. But I’ve lost that battle with my family.
masukomi@kkarayannis @siracusa I get how it can happen, but the idea that anyone would argue to not make the thing go away is 🤯 to me.
dustinbucher@kkarayannis @siracusa I’m sorry that you’ve lost this battle, better luck in the war
Seth@siracusa Depending on what’s set up on my side desk at any given moment I sometimes have a synthesizer or some attached cables off in a corner. Never intentionally though but fairly common.
Jason@siracusa I am no monster!
Tobor@siracusa Blocking the TV is deranged and some kind of weird torture fetish thing. 😂
paladintom@siracusa Yes. The very tops of two HomePod minis for my living room tv. I hated it at first and had every intention of fixing it. It’s been about a year now and I don’t even see it anymore.
Craig Hockenberry@siracusa I keep a drinking glass there.
David Schlaepfer@chockenberry @siracusa You don’t just drink straight from the faucet in front of your tv?
@chockenberry @siracusa every time you get annoyed by it, you drink?
@stevenodb @siracusa EXPLAINS ALOT YOU KNOW
Matt Bonney@siracusa do subtitles count?