I know it's okay to tilt a plasma and a lcd but what about a dlp? I own a Samsung 61" DLP model HL-S6167W. I is a quite nice tv. The problem is the room it has a non vented gas insert gas log fire place that's in the back of the room which really takes the much of the room space and screws it up size wise. So here's what I was thinking making use of unsused, area making room more large and efficient in its size:

Buy a ventless gas insert. Close the opening that nakes it hollow with fire rated brick. Pack it full of insulation to keep the hollowness of it from retaining the heat. Build a fairly deep/thick mantle to house my center channel and have he face of it framed/removeable and covered in grill cloth (hide center channel, and is extra storage place for games) Also the top of it would be where the tv sets on. And I could anchor it (top/rear) to the brick via chain to connect to the tv chassy (SP?). I would make 2 cable troths going from the tv and center channel thru the hollow space (would be then closed off so heat wouldn't stagnate into the fireplace) to the built in cabinets beside it. The mantle would have to be kida deep, but the base of the fireplace sticks out kind of far anyway - 18".

The built it cabinets on either side of it rattle during bass, so they'd be replaced with custom cabinets built out of 2- 3/4" layers of MDF sprayed with heat resistant black spraypaint. Of course there would be many 2" diameter rounded holes through the rear of the cabinet shelves for cable routing. The shelving part of it would be open -for ventillation-, and the lower yard of it would be closed cabinets. The shelves/cabinetry would allow me time to remove the sheetrock behind the existing cabinets to make a staggered stud system, and fill it full of fiberglass roll insulation- currently it has no insulation on the outer walls and this is the northeast corner of my home. One more opportunity would be for the installation of 2 dedicated circuits with larger wiring.

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Thanks for reading this so far but here is my final point...does it hurt to tilt a dlp with a colorwheel? Meaning you it put strain on the engines motor at all? Reason I am asking is the box it came in said this side up, do not lie on face....

I tilted my HLR-5087W by putting 1 inch blocks of wood under the rear feet some 4 years ago.

I do the same thing on my HLS7178, so that the viewing angle is dead-on from the most used seat on the couch.

Awesome! I was thinking about doing this because our brand new cabinet my wife had to have is just a little too high. Tilting it forward a bit would put the viewing angle right in the sweetspot!