Having the TV over the fireplace may also "kill" your neck. Point that out to her. Tell her to sit on the couch and look at the space above the fireplace for an hour.

Ideally the TV should be positioned so your seated eye level (head straight forward, not looking up) falls 1/3 of the way up the screen.

Nearly every receiver allows for individual speakers to be turned off (except the main left and right). When speakers are missing their content is mixed into the other ones. So if the center channel is set to "none" the audio destined for it, will be mixed equally into the left and right instead.


Pioneer PDP-5020FD, Marantz SR6011
Axiom M5HP, VP160HP, QS8
Sony PS4, surround backs
-Chris