On Mon, 7 Jan 2019 13:46:59 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 1/7/2019 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.* 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.

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


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.

I bought an HD TV that has a 16:9 CRT. It was in the $1000 range when
flat screens were still in the $2500 and up range. It weighed 185 pounds.

After a lightening strike nearby, I needed a new TV and bought a 47" for
$828 and watched the price come down every month by at least $50. Now
it would be in the $325 range.
We replaced a 26 inch CRT with a new 40 inch Plasma for $2800 around
Christmas 2008. Had to throw away the "entertainment unit" it fit in
too,and we replaced it with a lowe cabinet with an electric fireplace
in it. I could buy a 50 inch LED 4K for less than 1/4 that today - -

Had another 26 inch CRT in the basement - in a semi-built-in cabinet.
When it died I had to look high and low for a flatscreen that would
fit the opening. Not too many that would fit!!!.

Then a customer decided they needed a 70inch TV with 4 HDMI inputs to
replace their 2006 50 or 52 inch Panasonic Plasma - and I scored the
plasma for $150 - about half what a cheap LCD TV would cost new.

HEAVY PIG!!!!! and no way it would fit in the old cabinet. It sat on
top for a few years until I decided the old cabinet had to go and I
bought another electric fireplace cabinet for the basement - the one
rated for a 50-some lb 72 inch TV

Had to re-enforce it to hold the 235 lb plasma - - -