After reading this article I'm a bit concerned where I would put the Switch dock... I hadn't thought about the space I need for docking/undocking the Switch: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/03/how-does-nintendo-switch-actually-stack-up-at-a-party/

"Sadly in the early going, every time I've connected the dock to a new TV, it has been a pain to find a good place to put it. You have to be able to pull the Switch tablet out from the top, so any entertainment center that blocks reaching above to place and remove a full, flat tablet is a no-go. Worse, you can't always expect to dock the system and then tuck it into an out-of-reach spot during party play. For example, some of 1-2 Switch's mini-games ask you to pull the tablet out and hold it in your hands. The dock also forces cords through only one of its sides. If your cords need to run to the left, you can't just spin the dock backward because it's trickier to insert the Switch hardware backward into the dock (you end up wasting inches of cord redirecting them). Depending on the TV and power setup where you are, those inches can be precious to lose."

The cradle of my Wii U tablet ain't near my TV... but it didn't need a HDMI connection to my TV. If I would put the dock directly in front of my TV, it would cover a part of that display, since the TV stand ain't high enough.

The shelves below my TV (where all my other consoles have their place) are high enough for a Switch dock + inserted Switch, but not high enough for the switching process (inserting the Switch into the dock or pulling it out of the dock)... and I don't want to pull the whole dock out of the shelf every time to dock/undock the Switch.

So have you found a good place for your Switch dock? Where did you place it? Below, above, in front, behind, left or right of your TV? Farther away with a long HDMI cable? Pictures of your setup are welcome!

Not really. It sits next to my monitors. I would love to put it behind them but then it's a hassle to charge the joycons.

My TV is mounted on the wall and thus it sits easy enough on the top of the entertainment center, like you see in the commercials.

FYI, the cords can come out the back, not just the side. The article is wrong on that account.

I am thinking of moving it though. My entertainment center is pretty empty so I can put it anywhere I want. Basically the only thing on/in my entertainment center is a Switch, a couple photos, and a One S. Then the controllers in one of the drawers. But I have a giant open square area below the little shelf that holds my One S. Nothing is there. Might just put it there. It would be easy enough to put switch in and out of the dock.

Mine is just sitting on my tv stand (tv on wall). My other electronics are in the shelves on the stand and the switch dock is on top like the glorious center piece it is.

I left it back at the store and it will stay there for a few more years

Mine sits on top of my ps4 pro so... the access isn't that bad.

Yep, smack dab in the center on mine. Had a lightsaber there to begin with. Switch took its place.

Though when I get a soundbar, gonna have to move it. The soundbar is going to be sitting there. Not gonna bother mounting soundbar. They look dumb imo mounted, since they sitck out further than tv. But be dumb to have a nice soundbar and then put shit in front of it obstructing the sound.

So I will need to find a new place eventually. As said above, big square open space below I can put it.  My center looks like below, except remove the second shelf in the center. There is just the one that has the one S. So I have a huge open square with nothing in right now.

It's either sitting next to the tv in the living room on top of the av cabinet, or halfway along the wall in my game room on the box psvr came in with a longer hdmi cable to avoid joy-con disconnecting issues. Moving all the bits back and forth is far from ideal.


Kids are playing now, so it's in the living room. It's crowded, lego dimensions is on the other side on top, ps3 and ps4 and wiiU are on the bottom shelf, dvd/cd player, ps2 and pvr on the middle shelf. Top shelf center speaker and controllers. So it's sitting in front of the VHS player. No more room.

Can't you just tilt it a bit when you get the tablet in or out the dock?

I usually put my consoels under the side of my tv since they're flat but with the Switch I put it where my Wii U gamepad was