CAN MY FIREPLACE DAMAGE MY TV?

I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF A TV BEING DAMAGED FROM BEING MOUNTED ABOVE A FIREPLACE. I CAN IMAGINE

THAT IT MAY BE POSSIBLE, IF THE FIREPLACE DOES NOT HAVE A MANTLE AND THE TV IS TILTED DOWN, OVER A PERIOD OF TIME THE

HEAT AND/OR SMOKE RESIDUE COULD HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE TV SCREEN, BUT I BET THE TV WOULD DIE OF OLD AGE LONG BEFORE

THAT HAPPENED. OF COURSE, IF THE FIREPLACE IS DEFECTIVE OR MALFUNCTIONING IN SOME WAY IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY, BUT IN THAT

CASE I WOULD BE MORE WORRIED ABOUT MY HOUSE BURNING DOWN. 

 ONE THING TO LOOK FOR IS IF THE AREA JUST ABOVE THE FIREPLACE OPENING HAS A VISIBLE BLACK DISCOLORATION ON IT. IF THAT'S THE CASE I PERSONALLY WOULD PROBABLY JUST NEVER USE THE FIREPLACE AGAIN, BUT THERE ARE CERTAINLY OTHER OPTIONS FOR PROTECTING THE TV WHEN THE FIREPLACE IS BEING USED.