Hey- I've been thinking about this a lot. I know it's not encouraged let's say but we miss not having a tv and may incorporate one in the reno. Here are some discussions on same : )

http://ths.gardenweb.com//forums/load/kitchbath/msg101129562250.html

https://www.houzz.com/magazine/glued-to-the-tube-14-ways-to-put-a-tv-in-the-kitchen-stsetivw-vs~353457-to-the-Tube--14-Ways-to-Put-a-TV-in-the-Kitchen

http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/kitchbath/msg0110425031675.html

http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/kitchbath/msg0111010430112.html

Our TV is located over the fridge. Pocket doors come out when we want to hide it.

nhbaskets- Can you see it ok up there? One of the cabinet guys said above the fridge is too high. In your set up it looks fine though!

Mine is over our double ovens. It took me awhile to get used to it there, I found myself looking at the oven instead of the TV.

Fishes--No problem seeing it when seated at the island. We also have a peninsula not in the picture that it can be viewed from. I tend to just listen while cooking.

Mine is above the pantry door. You can see it from the island seating.

We do have a TV in the kitchen. DH insisted on having one there. I rarely use it, but he likes to watch the news when he has breakfast. It's in this beverage area between kitchen and dining area.

Here's our tv. It's handy for DD8 to watch cartoons over breakfast, or for DH and I to watch HGTV on Sunday mornings while he makes pancakes.

Here's ours:

Long view from LR:

Ours is above the fridge like nhbaskets is. Our cabinets are deep brown so it's pretty inconspicuous when turned off, so we don't have doors. We have a door on the side to access the back half of the cabinet. We put a rack of wire drawers from Container Store there to make it more useful.

We put a really old TV in the corner in my parent's kitchen. I think it is almost 25 years old. Hooked up to satellite. TV sometimes is on the fritz, so their Christmas present will probably be a small flat screen to replace it (if it lasts that long).

Although the kitchen opens up to the great room, the TV in there is a big DLP. It just makes more sense for them to turn on the small tv in the morning before work to have while they are making/eating breakfast.

Check out this modern Zenith!

My kitchen tv is in the living room, viewable enough at an angle to suffice. I'm curious though about those of you who have flat panels way up high. When I got a similarly sized LED for my office, I had to place it at eye level or else it was way too dark.

Mine is in the middle of the tall cabinet there. The cabinet was actually spec'd to the TV size. There are rollaway doors on either side, but 99.99% of the time they are just left open.

I have my kitchen on order so I can't share any pictures yet but i decided to use the hafele motorized drop down bracket. I ordered one of my wall cabinets with a little bit less depth to accomodate the unit so the TV will be hidden up behind the cabinet and you use a remote control to have it come on down. On the inside of the cabinet I will be able to remove the back to service the TV if need be (but hopefully that won't be the case). The top of the cabinet will be full depth and the bottom section will be partial depth so I will use this cabinet for glasses, mugs, etc.

Thanks everyone!

mamadadapaige- i had no idea you were doing another kitchen, you had CP before, right? your kitchen is what inspired me to contact CP. I wish I could envision what your unit would look like. Maybe I can do something like this too...

Thanks!

hi kamkar,
thanks for the nice compliment. yes, we did move from the other house. CP cabinets were very nice indeed - I hope you will love them.

I am going to post a link to a youtube video of the tv lift in action. i couldn't devote any counterspace to the tv ... i had considered putting it above the fridge but it would be a little high especially considering that i am kinda short. i went to the kitchen and bath industry show this year and saw this lift in action at the hafele both - they didn't have a tv on it - some cool spice rack, I think. I spoke to the really smart engineer from the cabinetry company I am using and he engineered the cabinet for me - drew a cad drawing for me to look at - it is a really good option for me and I am excited about it. i asked for the removable back panel inside the cabinet as I can only imagine the nightmare of trying to do maintenance of any sort that might crop up. In the youtube video they show the cabinet with no interior back wall - I wouldn't like this - the way I am going to do it I think will be better.

I can email you the cad drawing if you want to share it with CP.

oh by the way, the lift is actually meant to pop up - so by turning it upside down to have it descend you decrease by 50% the weight capacity it can hold. So rather than 110 pounds, this can carry 55 pounds. not a problem for a kitchen sized flat screen

Here is a link that might be useful: You tube video of tv lift

I had one mounted in a piece of Onyx, which I then had the stone guy cut and finish to look as if it was broken. We put it above the cabinet we had made to store dog food, which is right next to the dog sofa. I figured if I can't make it go away, I may as well make it look like art. Excuse the missing cabinet pulls...and the dogs.

Our kitchen faces a garden/atrium area, and there is really nowhere in the kitchen to put a TV. The living room is to the left of the kitchen, and we used to have the big TV sort of canted in the corner. You could see it fairly well from the kitchen. But we have since changed the LR around and the TV is no longer visible from the kitchen. I can still hear it, but I miss being able to look over and see it.

Ours is also above our fridge.

It's a small tv (the square shape dates my kitchen!) which is fine since I tend to listen more than watch. But it's large enough so that I can catch a replay or particularly interesting story. Above the fridge is ideal for us because it can be turned toward the prep area or dining area (or in between for both, but not the best view for either.) We rarely stand below it and have to look up. The line of sight is fine from where we view it.

We used regular doors because I wanted to maximize storage and didn't want to lose any width to pocket doors. When the tv is out, it's in front of the door and I don't notice the door at all. I was also interested in saving $ where I could.

{{!gwi}}

I actually pre-wired for a TV in the kitchen but have never felt the need to put one in there. What I did put in the spot, and absolutely love, is a large digital photo frame. I highly recommend one of these for anyone that's never tried one and has the counter space to spare.

I'm actually on my 3rd. Started with an 8", decided that wasn't big enough and went to a 12", and recently decided I wanted to go even bigger! I linked the one I just bought below, which seems to be upper end of the reasonable price/performance curve before price takes a steep jump.

Here is a link that might be useful: 15