Roma TV Unit 120cm: screen width, foot span and viewing height

The Roma TV Unit 120cm is listed at 120 x 45 x 55cm, with no further written detail and no labels on those figures, so this post reads them as 120cm wide, 45cm deep and 55cm high and asks you to have us confirm that before you order. It deals with the two checks that decide whether a television unit works: what will stand on it, and how high the picture ends up.

120cm of top, and what your screen actually needs

People size television furniture against the diagonal of the screen, which is the wrong number. What matters is how the set stands up. Two patterns are common: a pair of feet set near the outer edges, or a single central pedestal.

• Two feet. Measure from the outside of one foot to the outside of the other and compare that with 120cm. Feet near the edges of a large screen can be wider apart than you expect.
• Central pedestal. Measure the base plate and the depth of it. A deep plate on a 45cm top can leave very little behind the screen, and nothing in front of it.

If the figures do not work, wall mounting above the unit is the alternative, and it is worth deciding that before delivery so you can find the studs and the socket.

55cm high and the seated eye line

Sitting on an ordinary sofa, your eyes land somewhere around 100cm to 110cm from the floor. The centre of the picture wants to be near that. Add your screen's own stand height to the unit's 55cm and see where the middle of the panel lands: that sum is the figure to judge, and the stand height is not included in the 55cm.

Soundbars, boxes and cables

A soundbar in front of the screen needs its own space on the 120cm top and will raise the bottom of the picture if it sits under it, so measure its height as well as its length. The listing does not mention a cable opening at the back, an open shelf, drawers or doors, so if you have a set-top box, a console or a games machine to house, ask us what the piece provides before you order.

Check your socket position against the 45cm depth too. A unit standing 45cm off the wall often sits in front of the socket, which is fine for access but can decide which end the plugs run to.

Three Roma television units compared

If the wall is short or the television is going into an angle, the Roma Corner TV Unit is the narrower piece. For a wider wall, the Roma TV Unit With Heater adds 30cm of top.

Before you order

The description gives no finish, colour, weight or shelf detail. The photographs on the Roma TV Unit 120cm page show the front far better than the text, and we will confirm anything else by phone. Other pieces from the same range, such as the Roma Coffee Table at 100 x 60 x 47cm, are listed under Mirrored Furniture.