Hi All,

Had a bit of a browse for this Q in the group but couldn't find a
decent answer.

I want to secure a 26" LCD screen to a partition wall, only thing is
that I dont reckon the wall can handle this. I've got the option of
drilling right through the whole wall to the other side if necesary.

Would this work if I put a large metal plate on one side of the wall,
drilled through the plate and whole partition to the other side, then
into the wall TV wall mount.

Or will the problem be more the downward force of the TV?

Thanks for any input

Tom

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Bouffont writes
Hi All,

Had a bit of a browse for this Q in the group but couldn't find a
decent answer.

I want to secure a 26" LCD screen to a partition wall, only thing is
that I dont reckon the wall can handle this. I've got the option of
drilling right through the whole wall to the other side if necesary.

Would this work if I put a large metal plate on one side of the wall,
drilled through the plate and whole partition to the other side, then
into the wall TV wall mount.

Or will the problem be more the downward force of the TV?

How much does it weigh? The wall should be able to handle it no problem
if you can fix to one of the vertical studs inside the wall. If not you
might be able to cut out a piece of plasterboard behind where the TV is
going and inset a piece of ply fixed across 2 studs.

if it was a 26" CRT on a bracket it might be a different story.
--
Tim Mitchell

"Bouffont" wrote in message
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Hi All,

Had a bit of a browse for this Q in the group but couldn't find a
decent answer.

I want to secure a 26" LCD screen to a partition wall, only thing is
that I dont reckon the wall can handle this. I've got the option of
drilling right through the whole wall to the other side if necesary.

Would this work if I put a large metal plate on one side of the wall,
drilled through the plate and whole partition to the other side, then
into the wall TV wall mount.

Or will the problem be more the downward force of the TV?

Thanks for any input

Tom


You'd be better finding the studs within the wall and fixing to them. An
electronic stud detector should help here.

Bouffont wrote:
Hi All,

Had a bit of a browse for this Q in the group but couldn't find a
decent answer.

I want to secure a 26" LCD screen to a partition wall, only thing is
that I dont reckon the wall can handle this. I've got the option of
drilling right through the whole wall to the other side if necesary.

Would this work if I put a large metal plate on one side of the wall,
drilled through the plate and whole partition to the other side, then
into the wall TV wall mount.

Or will the problem be more the downward force of the TV?

Thanks for any input

Tom


I would have thought the wall would handle that load easily if it is
attached to a stud. If you want to attach it to the plasterboard though
it might be a different matter. If you are willing to risk it there are
numerous plasterboard fixings that IME are pretty good. Personally I
would probably mount a sheet of ply on the wall attached to 2 or more
studs in two places (2 per stud that - is not 2 total). Then attach your
LCD screen to the ply. Perhaps a bit over kill but it won't fall down.

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Bouffont wrote:
I want to secure a 26" LCD screen to a partition wall, only thing is
that I dont reckon the wall can handle this. I've got the option of
drilling right through the whole wall to the other side if necesary.

Find the studs and fix a board to these. Fix the mountings to that.

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"Bouffont" wrote in message
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Hi All,

Had a bit of a browse for this Q in the group but couldn't find a
decent answer.

I want to secure a 26" LCD screen to a partition wall,

I would go for the studs as others have suggested.

Can you tell me what mount you went for, as I will be getting the same size
LCD for my conservatory soon!

Sparks...

Sparks wrote:

Can you tell me what mount you went for, as I will be getting the same size
LCD for my conservatory soon!

Are large LCD panels sufficiently tolerant to temperature extremes these
days to be happy in a conservatory?
I know the small ones seem to do OK in cars

Lee
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Sparks wrote:

Can you tell me what mount you went for, as I will be getting the same
size LCD for my conservatory soon!

Are large LCD panels sufficiently tolerant to temperature extremes these
days to be happy in a conservatory?

Well, there is two radiators in there, so it doesn't get bloody freezing!

Apologies for veering slightly off course here.

I've been looking for an LCD of about 19" with integrated Freeview.

My local dealers insist that there's no demand so they don't make them,
but I point out that they are starting to turn off the analogue signal
and you can't sensibly balance a set-top receiver on top of a wall
mounted LCD TV, therefore an integrated one is what I want.

I know that Toshiba do one. Does anybody know of others ?


Now back to the topic ....
.... I'm not at all sure about how well current LCDs cope with very
high temperatures. A neighbour was very distressed last year to find
that the LCD screen on his laptop had ceased to work properly after he
left it in his conservatory for the afternoon. Fortunately as it
cooled, it seemed to be OK again and now appears none the worse for
it's adventure.

Wow, amazingly quick replies, thanks all!!

I'll let you all know how it goes (and what mount I go for Sparks!)

Thanks all!

Tom

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writes
Apologies for veering slightly off course here.

I've been looking for an LCD of about 19" with integrated Freeview.

My local dealers insist that there's no demand so they don't make them,
but I point out that they are starting to turn off the analogue signal

Beg pardon that is only in two locations where the government using our
money replaced all the equipment just to say then they can do it, the
whole thing is a con!.

Its not supposed to happen till sometime around 2009 or I bet even
later....

--
Tony Sayer

Lee wrote:
Sparks wrote:

Can you tell me what mount you went for, as I will be getting the same
size LCD for my conservatory soon!


Are large LCD panels sufficiently tolerant to temperature extremes these
days to be happy in a conservatory?
I know the small ones seem to do OK in cars

Lee

Modern LCDs are have a fairly good working temperature range and will
generally recover from being exposed to high(ish) and low temperatures
(they are stored refrigerated after production). What will damage them
irreversibly though is prolonged exposure to sunlight (UV). It will
cause them to turn yellow over time. An LCD left with sun on the screen
will last maybe a year before it starts to look fairly poor.

doozer wrote:

Modern LCDs are have a fairly good working temperature range and will
generally recover from being exposed to high(ish) and low temperatures
(they are stored refrigerated after production). What will damage them
irreversibly though is prolonged exposure to sunlight (UV). It will
cause them to turn yellow over time. An LCD left with sun on the screen
will last maybe a year before it starts to look fairly poor.

The manual for my laptop has dire warnings about direct sunlight being
bad for the screen. I thought they meant heat, I didn't realise they
were sensitive to UV.
I know it sounds obvious that they would be, but I just expected that
they would have had a UV filter incorporated into the panel.

Another good reason not to leave the laptop lid open when not using it
then

Lee
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Email address is valid, but is unlikely to be read.

Lee wrote:
doozer wrote:

Modern LCDs are have a fairly good working temperature range and will
generally recover from being exposed to high(ish) and low temperatures
(they are stored refrigerated after production). What will damage them
irreversibly though is prolonged exposure to sunlight (UV). It will
cause them to turn yellow over time. An LCD left with sun on the
screen will last maybe a year before it starts to look fairly poor.


The manual for my laptop has dire warnings about direct sunlight being
bad for the screen. I thought they meant heat, I didn't realise they
were sensitive to UV.
I know it sounds obvious that they would be, but I just expected that
they would have had a UV filter incorporated into the panel.

Another good reason not to leave the laptop lid open when not using it
then

Lee

They do have a UV filter but as with sun tan lotion it will fail
eventually and turn yellow. UV is very damaging to molecules because the
photons carry enough energy to break bonds and hence degrade the filter
(which is also why UV causes skin cancer in humans).

Bouffont wrote:
Hi All,

Had a bit of a browse for this Q in the group but couldn't find a
decent answer.

I want to secure a 26" LCD screen to a partition wall, only thing is
that I dont reckon the wall can handle this. I've got the option of
drilling right through the whole wall to the other side if necesary.

Would this work if I put a large metal plate on one side of the wall,
drilled through the plate and whole partition to the other side, then
into the wall TV wall mount.

Or will the problem be more the downward force of the TV?

Thanks for any input

Tom

I mounted a 17" widescreen lcd monitor to a plasterboard wall, it was
'inconvenient' to locate it into one of the studs so i decided to try
and mound the bracket directly using plasterboard fixings (bracket
required 6). The monitor was rock solid and hasnt caused me any concern
over the past year or so it has been mounted like that. If it did seem a
bit unstable i would have went for the batten between studs option.

Gerry

wrote:
Apologies for veering slightly off course here.

I've been looking for an LCD of about 19" with integrated Freeview.

My local dealers insist that there's no demand so they don't make them,
but I point out that they are starting to turn off the analogue signal
and you can't sensibly balance a set-top receiver on top of a wall
mounted LCD TV, therefore an integrated one is what I want.

I know that Toshiba do one. Does anybody know of others ?

There's a thread on uk.tech.digital-tv entitled Small Freeview LCD TV
(05/04/2005)which seems to have turned up a few.....

Alan

On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 19:00:50 +0100, "Sparks" wrote:

"Bouffont" wrote in message
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Hi All,

Had a bit of a browse for this Q in the group but couldn't find a
decent answer.

I want to secure a 26" LCD screen to a partition wall,

I would go for the studs as others have suggested.

Can you tell me what mount you went for, as I will be getting the same size
LCD for my conservatory soon!

Sparks...

I got the mount for my Tosh 27" from here...

http://www.chaseavdirect.co.uk/acatalog/LCD-Mounts.html

Lots to choose from.

Actual one I used was...

http://www.chaseavdirect.co.uk/acata...with-Tilt.html

I checked it would be OK with the bigger screen - the weight was
within limits.

Best price I could find