Covering a TV behind your speakers?


I just read on another site a guy asking what difference it would make covering his TV while playing music. His picture shows a decent system but it must be in the basement. It can't be more than 12' wide. No sound treatments to be seen. I'm going through a divorce and will have to move to a much smaller one person house. I've been lucky for 30 years having my expossed basement listening room, 20' x 24', naturally almost perfect as far as sound goes.  I have been reading here and other sites trying to learn about treatments. Never heard the TV thing before. A few people responded to the guy's post that they hang drapes over the TV. I would think since current TV screens are not glass but whatever they are made of now they wouldn't cause a problem. Looking forward hearing from the experts here.

golden210

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A sound absorbing panel that covers our flatscreen tv improves the sound of my system. Haven’t tried a diffuser panel.
I use a commercial acoustic panel leaning at a slight angle in front of our 42” tv, during a listening session; and remove it to a space between the wall and a small cabinet when not in use. 
The tv sits on top of an open -shelf component stand approx 24” high; Magnepan speakers positioned in a plane 24” in front of the tv.