Good taste versus high tech

MY husband and I applauded your July 14 article, “What Channel Has The Renoir?” and Deborah Needleman’s on-target salvo at the tacky placement of a plasma TV above the fireplace. We’ve jokingly referred to the practice as one aspect of the emerging style of “Early American Ugly” -- a victory of high tech over good taste -- though another reader [Letters, July 21] obviously feels the need to justify placing their TV above the fireplace by claiming how important it is in their lives. Hey guys, it’s tacky. If you’re gonna do it, just deal with it.

BILLIE JO MASON-MOHR

Moorpark