On 1/7/2019 1:49 PM, Wade Garrett wrote:
On 1/7/19 1:20 PM, Frank wrote:
On 1/7/2019 9:13 AM, Bill Gill wrote:
On 1/6/2019 10:41 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
I want to wall mount our 55" TV.Â* I see mounts from $12 to $60.Â* 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.Â* How do you put
them together?Â* I will have help lifting it in place.

I also know exactly where the studs are.Â* 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.Â* No guessing there.

Not really any of my business, but is there a good reason to
hang your TV on the wall?Â* As far as I can see this is basically
a fashion statement.Â* I personally like to have more
flexibility.Â* 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.Â* And after moving a
wall mount I would have to patch the wall.

Bill


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

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.


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.