Electric fireplace TV stands for 65-inch TVs

A 65-inch television is about 56.7 inches wide, not 65. The 65 is the diagonal. So the console you want is somewhere around 58 to 62 inches — wide enough to show a few inches either side of the screen, not so wide that the television looks stranded. Most consoles marketed for a 65-inch TV are 70 inches, which is roughly thirteen inches wider than the set.

Look at these listings and you will see 65 used for two completely different measurements, sometimes in the same product title. The Walker Edison Chloe is sold as "65 Inch, 60 inch", which reads like a contradiction until you know the convention.

• The maximum television size. A diagonal measurement of the largest screen the console is rated to carry. This is usually the first number in the title.
• The width of the console itself. The actual piece of furniture, measured across. This is the number that decides whether it fits your wall.

So "65 Inch, 60 inch" means a 60-inch-wide console rated for a 65-inch television. Read it the other way round and you will order furniture ten inches narrower than you expected.

Screen sizes are diagonals, and almost all televisions are 16:9. That fixes the relationship between the diagonal and the width, so the real figure is arithmetic rather than a guess.

Quick picks: consoles for a 65-inch TV

Ranked. The running cost column is computed from each unit's rated wattage, not quoted from a manufacturer. Tap a row for the full write-up.

#	Product	Best for	Cost per hour	Price
1	Walker Edison Chloe 60" Reeded TV Stand with Fireplace InsertA 60-inch console for a television about 56.7 inches wide — enough overhang to look deliberate, without dominating the room.	The closest thing to a correct match	27.5¢1,500 W · 5,118 BTU	$314.99 · View on Amazon
2	AMERLIFE 59" Fireplace TV Stand with Sliding Barn DoorsSliding barn doors with magnets that hold them open while the fireplace runs — a small detail that shows someone used one.	Storage, and hiding the clutter	27.5¢1,500 W · 5,118 BTU	$259.99 · View on Amazon
3	No photo Walker Edison Simple 70" 2-Door TV Stand with FireplaceSeventy inches of console rated for TVs up to 75. Oversized for a 65 today, and exactly right if you plan to upgrade.	If a bigger television is coming	27.5¢1,500 W · 5,118 BTU	Check price on Amazon →
4	No photo Walker Edison Reema 70" Reeded TV Stand with FireplaceAn 18-inch freestanding insert in a 70-inch reeded console — more fire than the others, in a body sized well past a 65-inch TV.	The largest insert of the group	27.5¢1,500 W · 5,118 BTU	Check price on Amazon →
—	No photo Walker Edison Open Storage 70" Fireplace TV Stand (BB70FP18CL)A 70-inch console rated for televisions up to 85 inches. With a 65 on top it looks like furniture waiting for a bigger screen.Skip this one	Nothing, with a 65-inch television	27.5¢1,500 W · 5,118 BTU	Check price on Amazon →

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Width gets all the attention and height causes most of the regret. These consoles range from 23.25 to 30.7 inches tall in this roundup alone — a difference of more than seven inches, which moves the center of a 65-inch screen by the same amount.

The rule of thumb worth applying: sit where you actually sit, and measure the height of your eye from the floor. The center of the screen should land near that height. Add roughly sixteen inches — half the height of a 65-inch panel — to the console height, and see where it comes out. A 30.7-inch console puts the center around 47 inches; a 23.25-inch console puts it around 39. Most seated eye levels are somewhere between.

This is the part of the category where we have to be careful, and we would rather say so than paper over it. Neither Walker Edison nor AMERLIFE publishes a wattage or BTU figure for the inserts in these consoles. We are not going to print a number the manufacturer has not.

Treat that table as a planning assumption rather than a specification for these particular units, and check the rating plate when it arrives. Everything else on this site quotes a manufacturer figure; these do not have one. Do TV stands give off heat covers what to expect in practice.

1. Measure your television, not its box. The diagonal is marketing; the width is what sits on the furniture.
2. Check the console width against the wall, not just against the TV. A console wider than the alcove is a returns problem.
3. Measure your seated eye height and work out where the center of the screen lands.
4. Check the insert is removable if you want the console to outlive it. The Chloe's is.
5. Plug it straight into a wall socket, never an extension lead run behind the furniture. See are they safe.