thank you for taking time to do this for a noob like me. appreciate you.

so you are saying you have the ir lamps pointed up towards the ceiling and not straight/level.

also thanks for the photo - lol guess which one i bought -- actually bought two -

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BWXGCJYK?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

i have about 5 ish feet from the couch to the tele and have a wider width so i bought two and will try and point one forward the tele and behind me.

so you did not mount them on the wall, you just sit them on the floor propped up?