Need info on LCD TV wall mounts?

[lago]

I have a 55” rear-projection TV that is on its last legs and will soon be replaced with 52” Sony LCD TV. Our entertainment center was designed around the big box TV. As a result, I will have to make some changes to mount the new TV.

The entertainment center is 27” deep where the new TV will be placed. I am planning on using 3/4” plywood to make a recessed wall about 7”-8” deep and mount the TV with a wall mount so that it will be flush with the face frame of the cabinet. Final depth will depend on the wall mount.

I will have about 2” of clearance on the sides and top of the TV. The bottom will be open down to the floor, about 24”.

Not having installed one of these before, how are the TV’s mounted to the wall. Will I have any problems with the 2” clearance? Just would like to have a better idea before I pick up the plywood and start cutting.

Ken

[Uncle Cracker]

There are wall brackets made for this very purpose. Just about any place that sells the TV's sells these also. A bit pricey, but are probably a better idea than cobbling something together. Don't scrimp, because if the TV drops, it's done... The brackets provide the necessary spacing from the wall to allow for cooling (very important), and some allow for adjustment of the tilt angle as well. The bases that come with most flat screens are removable, and serve no purpose in a wall mount installation. Most brackets are intended to be screwed directly to wall studs, so if you are putting a false back in your entertainment center, you will most likely have to provide stud-like framing behind the panel to support the bracket and TV.

[Woodboy]

Wall mounted LCD

The retailers that sell TV's make a great deal of markup on accessory cables and mounting hardware. I have been amazed what they try to charge for patch cables, wall mounts, etc.

I purchased a nice custom wall mount bracket for a large LCD at Costco and found it to be competitively priced with the internet options I found. Much easier installation than anything I could of fabricated.

[tribalwind]

i used to draw up niche-mount plans like this all day long,
i may have some for sony52's in my cad-library on another hard drive,
i'll take a look for you. basically the bracket mounts onto 3/4" ply which mounts to studs,covered in drywall of course...
2" clearance around all sides is spot-on. that was typically minimum for ventilation purposes...gotta make sure to offset the bracket to match where teh mounting hols are on back of tv for the adapter plate.

the mounts we used were pricey,(these clients had mega-bucks)
we used CHIEF and Omnimount mostly.
www.omnimount.com
http://www.chiefmfg.com/search_resul...CategoryID=103

[Thalermade]

Buy your mounting bracket before you build. Think about access needed to the back, bottom or sides of your new TV. Cables need space to turn and plug in. Some As Uncle Cracker mentioned, the wall mounts are designed to be attached to wooden studs.

(A warning for owners of newer homes to make sure wall studs are wood and not aluminum. Some houses, like mine, have both - with the aluminum being used on non-load bearing walls.)

Look at monoprice.com

Have fun,
Russ

[tribalwind]

here is 1 detail i have for a sony 52" . its a KDL-52xbr5...if your models similar the dimensions tend to stay the same(and insides/guts get updated)

[Kristofor]

As others have mentioned, the in-store prices are crazy for a lot of the wall mounts. At least check online first (www.monoprice.com or other places). For an articulating and tilting mount it may be worth paying a premium (though I didn't for either of my flatscreens) but if you're looking for a non-moving mount there's just not very much engineering involved to justify paying 3-5x as much.

Edit: If you didn't already know, there are some standard VESA bolt-hole arangements on the back of these flat pannel units. Being standardized means that you don't need to buy a Sony brand mount or worry about having to cobble together the hookup and worry about how secure it will be. Part of the wall mount will attach to the wall (plywood piece in your description) then the other part of the mount is secured to the TV and it's attached to the wall mounted component and secured.

Kristofor.