I'd have thought even with newer flat screens the main outlay on power
would be the light.
Some of the early decoder chips were rather power hungry, but then to drive
a screen those chips are as well.
I'm surprised if the back made of plastic is the only thing holding it up
though. ;having a poke at one here suggests to me that the mounting holes
are part of some kind of internal structure, just protruding through the
much thinner case parts. Obviously designs differ.

I think maybe you are being a bit optimistic to expect ordinary wall
mounting to support something subjected to such treatment but I'd have
thought the inside of the caravan or motor home might have been the
failure point not the mounting on the tv.
Brian

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We have (had) a standard 20" Sony TV in our motor home, mounted on the
wall.

It has been fine for a number of years but now I notice that the plastic
around the VESA mount has broken in one corner and the split is spreading.

In retrospect it might have been sensible to keep the TV off the wall
except when in use, to avoid the stress due to bumps and lumps on the road
and camp site. However......

My options seem to be:

(1) Remove the back, repair and reinforce.

(2) Replace with new.

In either case the same problem will still be there - if it is mounted on
the wall there is more likely stress than if it is in the home on a lounge
wall.

So even a new screen might need reinforcing.

[I have noted that I have PC monitors of the desired size with VESA mounts
on the back, so a DVB-T2 STB and a computer monitor might be more
practical than a new TV.]

On the other hand the original TV is a heavy old bugger and our newest TV
(Samsung) seems a lot lighter.

Anyhoo....has anyone had need to reinforce the back of a TV or monitor? I
assume that this would have to be done from the inside, but perhaps if
using something like fibreglass matting it might be possible from the
outside? The big problem is likely to be not covering up the ventilation
holes; this doesn't seem to be a problem with PC monitors, only the TV. I
assume removing the decoder bits and having them in a separate STB makes
the screen a lot less power hungry and much cooler.

Cheers


Dave R

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