82' is the diagonal measurement of the screen. For instance, an 82' TV is not 82' in width. When searching for the right size TV stand, pay close attention to dimensions of the TV. Fast delivery to your door on TV stands made by Transdeco, AVTEQ, AVFI, Walker Edison, Cheif, OmniMount, Plateau, Crimson, Sanus and more. Great observation by YH! This is what we recommend broken down into simple math.TV stands for large flat screens ship free. Or conversely, to calculate the maximum size TV Stand that would retain the same proportions of overhang, you would need to multiply the the TV width by 1.25 (e.g.

So to keep this proportion of 20% overhang to 80% TV, you would need to multiply the TV stand width by 0.8 to get the maximum width TV. To note that in the example given of a 60 inch stand with 6 inch “overhang” on each side, the total amount of overhang is about 20% of the TV width (10% on each side). If you still have any questions always feel free to leave us a comment.Be sure to check out our line of solid wood, Amish made TV stands ! Also take advantage of our filter to help narrow down the exact TV stand that works for you. When centered on a 60 inch TV stand you are left with roughly 6 inches worth of space on each side of the TV stand.Hopefully this helps clear up some confusion about our wording of “overhang” for the TV stand. You can see in the example that with a 55 inch TV the true width is 48 inches. This will leave space between the TV and the edge of the TV stand.

This is why we like to make it a big point to get the true width of the TV as it is typically less than the screen size.A lot of TVs are going to be roughly 7 to 10 inches less than the screen size. Most TVs are measured diagonally of the screen meaning the true width is actually less. We like to recommend having the TV centered on the stand.

Here you can see an ideal set up for the TV on the TV stand.

Tv stands for 65 inch flat screen