Wall mount TV

I want to wall mount our 55" TV. I see mounts from $12 to $60. I don't want or need articulating, just flat and maybe the ability to tilt.

I see you mount on the wall and a part on the TV. How do you put them together? I will have help lifting it in place.

I also know exactly where the studs are. I have a photo of the framed wall when it was being built and a stud is to the right of a box on the wall. No guessing there.

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Ed Pawlowski
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Depending on the mount, the brackets that are bolted to the back of the screen hook onto the upper wall bracket and the bottom swings into place. The last video wall I put together had a flat rod that locked the bottom into place with the option to padlock it so the TV was secure.

The other screens I maintain have a spring latch mechanism that "clicks" the bottom bracket into place.

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Idlehands

Ed Pawlowski snipped-for-privacy@snet.xxx wrote

But horizontal articulating does make it easier to mount the TV and can be handy to change a cable etc too.

You attach the mount to the wall. Pull the plate that bolts onto the back of the TV out, screw it onto the TV, push the TV back against the wall. Tilt it to the angle you want.

Yeah, its too big to do alone.

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Rod Speed

You can usually hang these TVs up there yourself because they are not that heavy but it is easier with 2 people. They just hook on top and snap in on the bottom.

Reply to
gfretwell

+1

That's how the ones I have worked too. There was a small cord in the back that you later pull to release the latch so it comes off. There is flexibility on the spacing of the verticles on the wall so that you can be on joists.

Ed should also consider how to run the power cord and cables. There are wall boxes you can put in behind it that have a receptacle and coax, plus an opening to run HDMI, or whatever through. HD has them.

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trader_4

Not really any of my business, but is there a good reason to hang your TV on the wall? As far as I can see this is basically a fashion statement. I personally like to have more flexibility. I haven't moved my TV in 20 years, but if it was hung on the wall it would be much more difficult to move than if was set on some kind of stand. And after moving a wall mount I would have to patch the wall.

Bill

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Bill Gill

So you like vacuuming around the stand and dusting behind the screen like you've been doing to the past 20 years because you might want to move it some day?

Reply to
rbowman

My TV is 46". I had no trouble installing the wall mount stuff and lifting the TV in place. With 55" you might need help. You just lift the TV up and set it on the brackets. Some brackets come with places for pad locks.

Another poster declared wall mounting is a fad. BS. The TV can't fall over and it takes less room attached to the wall. So, looks better, saves space, works better, a perfect DIY improvement.

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Dan Espen

Mostly I agree, but. . . I have a nice 2 drawer stand that I built from oak a few years back to fit a 32" HD TV. Now we have a 55" and it overhangs the sides.

There is no other place to put the TV but against this one wall so moving is not a consideration. It would also be more comfortable to have it about 9" higher. It will be safer too, no chance to knock it over. No, it is not above a fireplace that is way too high.

The stand will now hold the cable box, Amazon box, speaker bar.

As for moving, I won't be. We just moved here a couple of weeks ago so holes in the wall will be my kids problem when the undertaker removes me.

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Ed Pawlowski

The builder put them in. There is a receptacle and a wiring box.

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Ed Pawlowski

Do you have an HD TV? These things are fairly light and amenable to put on the wall. I could scarcely lift my old CRT.

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invalid unparseable

The current crop of LEDs aren't very heavy but I've got two 10 year old Panasonic plasma sets (50" and 42") that would give you half a hernia if you tried to heft them yourself, especially the 50".

I wouldn't mind getting some new ones, but those old dogs- which are usually on a lot of hours each day- still work perfectly! Never had a hiccup.

Main downside is I live in the Deep South and they throw a lot of heat. Nice during the short, generally mild winter- not so nice the rest of the year.

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Wade Garrett

The problem isnt the heavy, its that with something that big its hard to hold it up and screw the screws in at the same time and keep it in place so the screws can go into the holes without a crossed thread.

Not all of them are done like that.

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Rod Speed

Total BS. Try reading the other posts.

I've never seen one that wasn't designed in two pieces, it would be the most stupid thing and no one would buy it when the stores are all full of the right ones.

Reply to
trader_4

I guess there is a matter of the time frame and I don't know it and don't know when they first became available. Google tells me that sets and broadcasting HD came out in 1998.

Might have been 5 years since I got all HD TV's and as Ed responded they keep getting lighter, bigger and cheaper. I do remember even years ago you could not even give away or have a charity accept a perfectly functioning CRT TV.

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invalid unparseable

Try watching the youtube someone posted.

Yes, but you still have that screw problem when connecting the two pieces with some.

Having fun thrashing that straw man ?

Reply to
Rod Speed

Buy one that does. They seem to be the most common.

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gfretwell

I like the swing-out models for access to the rear of the TV. Here's the unit I bought .. $ 99. Canuck dollars.

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The audio-video stores charge much more for models that aren't any better. This one comes with heavy plastic hollow wall anchors - use your wall studs whenever you can. John T.

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hubops

Most of them work much like a "french cleat" with a retainer screw to keep them from being knocked off.

How heavy is your TV?

I made the mistake of buying a cabinet to hold my 52 inch plasma

-said it was good for 70 inch tv - andin small print "53 lbs" -- - - - Duh - the Panasonic plasma weighs 235 - - - - -

I wouldn't hang THAT on a 12 dollar wall bracket ---- I'd think twice - real hard - about hanging it at all-------

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Clare Snyder

Having a problem now with English? WTF? There is no screw problem, no screws are required to put the two halves together on the wall. Geez.

I'm trashing you, fool.

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trader_4

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