TV Cabinet Size for Your TV
55, 65 & 75-Inch Console Sizing (2026)

Why the diagonal misleads

TVs are sold by their diagonal, but a cabinet is drawn in width, height and depth. A 65-inch TV is not that length of anything you can put a tape measure against on the wall; it is the corner-to-corner length of the lit screen. The figures that matter for the cabinet are the width of the TV body, the width between its stand feet if it will sit on the cabinet, and the depth of the stand.

This page is only about sizing. What a console costs per foot, what a floating cabinet can hang from and how cables are routed are covered in ClickBina's TV cabinet cost guide, and the styles are in the TV cabinet design gallery. Read those once the size is settled.

The measurements to take before anything is drawn

Use the dimensions of the TV you will own for the next few years, not the one you have now. ClickBina's cost guide lists buying the console before deciding the TV size as a common mistake; the console follows the screen.

Screen width: the 0.87 rule

Almost every TV sold today has a 16:9 screen. For that shape, the screen width is about 0.87 times the diagonal and the screen height about 0.49 times the diagonal. That is simple geometry, and it matches the worked example that SMPTE uses and ClickBina's cost guide quotes: a 60-inch 16:9 screen is 1.33 m wide and 0.75 m high.

The body of the TV adds a thin bezel, so the spec-sheet width is a little more than the screen width. Use the rule to compare sizes in a shop; use the spec sheet for the drawing.

How long the console should be

A console looks right when it is visibly wider than the TV on both sides, so the screen reads as sitting on or above a base rather than overhanging it. Two hard limits apply: the console must be at least as wide as the stand feet span if the TV stands on it, and it must leave walking space and door swings clear at both ends.

• TV on the cabinet: the top must be wider than the feet and deep enough for the stand, with margin so the TV cannot be knocked off the edge.
• TV on the wall: the console can be longer and slimmer; it frames the screen rather than carrying it.
• Soundbar: if it sits in front of the TV feet, check it does not block the screen or the IR sensor.
• Odd walls: a console that runs to a corner or under a window can be longer than the TV needs, which is fine as long as it stays centred on the screen.

The cost guide's typical floating console is 6 to 8 feet long. Convert the TV width from centimetres to feet (divide by about 30.5) and compare it with the wall before choosing a length.

How high: screen centre at seated eye level

ClickBina's design gallery gives the rule that matters: keep the screen centre close to seated eye level. A tall console with a TV standing on top can push the screen too high, and a wall-mounted TV fixed to line up with a feature wall often ends up higher still.

1. Sit where you normally watch and have someone mark your eye height on the TV wall.
2. For a TV on the cabinet, subtract half the TV's height and the stand height from that mark; that is the console top height to aim for.
3. For a wall-mounted TV, centre the screen on the mark and set the console below it, leaving a clear gap for the soundbar if there is one.
4. Check the mark from the dining table or other seats you use, and settle on a compromise before the bracket goes up.

How deep: devices, soundbar and cables

Depth is set by what lives inside the cabinet, not by the TV. A slim console looks light but may not close over a media box with its cables plugged in. Measure the deepest device with its plugs in place, then allow room behind it for the cables to bend and for air to move; boxes, routers and game consoles give off heat.

ClickBina's TV, Astro and satellite points guide explains where the TV, data and power points should sit relative to the screen and the cabinet, which affects how much depth the cable route needs.

Sofa distance and screen size

The cabinet size and the seating distance go together. ClickBina's living room design guide puts a comfortable distance between the TV wall and the sofa at typically 2.5 to 4 metres depending on TV size. The cost guide adds the standards view: SMPTE's 60-inch example gives an optimal viewing distance of 2.25 m to 2.4 m.

If the sofa sits much further back than that, a bigger screen will help more than a bigger console. If it sits closer, a very large TV on a long console can dominate a small condo living room.

What the length means for the price

Custom consoles are priced per foot run, the length along the wall, so every foot you add for a bigger TV adds to the bill. These figures are from ClickBina's TV cabinet cost guide (indicative 2026, Klang Valley):

A full-height wall unit around a large TV is priced as a feature-wall job instead; see the TV feature wall cost guide.

Sizing checklist for your drawing

• TV model and its width, height, stand feet span and stand depth from the spec sheet.
• Wall-mounted or standing on the cabinet.
• Console length, with the margin either side marked on the drawing.
• Console top height, worked back from your seated eye level.
• Internal depth of the device shelf, measured with cables plugged in.
• Socket positions and back-panel cut-outs.
• Soundbar position and its clearance from the screen.

How ClickBina can help

We build custom TV cabinets as part of our custom cabinet and carpentry work, from floating consoles to full-height wall units. WhatsApp us your TV size, whether it will be wall-mounted, your wall width and the devices you need to store, and we will size the console around the screen before quoting per foot run.

ClickBina is an experienced KL & Selangor contractor for whole-house refurbishment and trade coordination. We reply within the hour, and the price we agree is a flat price with no hidden charges.

Sources & methodology

• ClickBina TV cabinet cost guide — per-foot prices, the typical console length, the SMPTE 60-inch worked example and the console-before-TV mistake.
• ClickBina TV cabinet design gallery — screen centre at seated eye level.
• ClickBina living room design guide — TV wall to sofa distance.
• 16:9 screen geometry — arithmetic checked against the SMPTE example in the cost guide; no external source quoted.

How we estimated prices: every RM figure on this page is quoted unchanged from the ClickBina guide named above; they are indicative Klang Valley ranges for 2026, not fixed rates.