I know, not really a home repair question, but I don't know of a
better place for this.

Surprise! For Christmas, I now have a beautiful 47" flat screen TV.
This is to replace my 10 year old 36" JVC that sat in an attractive,
but bulky, Ethan Allen entertainment center with closing doors.

Now, here's the problem. Every entertainment center or TV stand that I
can find is just as big as my old Ethan Allen piece! What's the point
of a slim TV, if it takes up just as much room as the old big one?

I've seen the automated lift stands, and even though they're still
huge, at least they hide the TV away. But shoot, I'm not wanting to
spend $2000 on it!

Have any of you guys crossed this hurdle? What solutions did you come
up with?

On Dec 24, 6:01*am, jwcarlton wrote:
I know, not really a home repair question, but I don't know of a
better place for this.

Surprise! For Christmas, I now have a beautiful 47" flat screen TV.
This is to replace my 10 year old 36" JVC that sat in an attractive,
but bulky, Ethan Allen entertainment center with closing doors.

Now, here's the problem. Every entertainment center or TV stand that I
can find is just as big as my old Ethan Allen piece! What's the point
of a slim TV, if it takes up just as much room as the old big one?

I've seen the automated lift stands, and even though they're still
huge, at least they hide the TV away. But shoot, I'm not wanting to
spend $2000 on it!

Have any of you guys crossed this hurdle? What solutions did you come
up with?

I hung it on the wall

jwcarlton wrote:


Have any of you guys crossed this hurdle? What solutions did you come
up with?


I wall mount mine. I have partner that I can wholesale a 110LB
mount for about $30 . It solid wd.my 46" plasma.

G. Morgan wrote:
jwcarlton wrote:

Have any of you guys crossed this hurdle? What solutions did you come
up with?


I wall mount mine. I have partner that I can wholesale a 110LB
mount for about $30 . It solid wd.my 46" plasma.

Have a link to their site?

LouB wrote:

G. Morgan wrote:
jwcarlton wrote:

Have any of you guys crossed this hurdle? What solutions did you come
up with?


I wall mount mine. I have partner that I can wholesale a 110LB
mount for about $30 . It solid wd.my 46" plasma.

Have a link to their site?

Sure...

http://www.monoprice.com/products/su...09&cp_id=10828

On Dec 24, 9:45*am, G. Morgan wrote:
LouB wrote:
G. Morgan wrote:
jwcarlton wrote:

Have any of you guys crossed this hurdle? What solutions did you come
up with?

I wall mount mine. *I have partner that I can wholesale a 110LB
mount for about $30 . *It solid wd.my 46" plasma.

Have a link to their site?

Sure...

http://www.monoprice.com/products/su...09&cp_id=10828

How can you buy a wall-mount without actually seeing how it mounts to
the wall and how the tv will mount to the wall mount?

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"hr(bob) " wrote
I wall mount mine. I have partner that I can wholesale a 110LB
mount for about $30 . It solid wd.my 46" plasma.

Have a link to their site?

Sure...

http://www.monoprice.com/products/su...09&cp_id=10828

How can you buy a wall-mount without actually seeing how it mounts to
the wall and how the tv will mount to the wall mount?


All TV's meet some standard for the mounts. They are interchangeable for
any brand.

As for mounting to the wall, I'd want to have big ass screws into a stud. I
think they have provisions for that also.

"hr(bob) " wrote:

How can you buy a wall-mount without actually seeing how it mounts to
the wall and how the tv will mount to the wall mount?

Wall mounts are designed to mount to the wall either by means of a drywall
anchor or screws into the stud. The TVs use standard VESA spacing connectors on
the back that mate with the mount.

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"jwcarlton" wrote

Surprise! For Christmas, I now have a beautiful 47" flat screen TV.
This is to replace my 10 year old 36" JVC that sat in an attractive,
but bulky, Ethan Allen entertainment center with closing doors.

Now, here's the problem. Every entertainment center or TV stand that I
can find is just as big as my old Ethan Allen piece! What's the point
of a slim TV, if it takes up just as much room as the old big one?

Have any of you guys crossed this hurdle? What solutions did you come
up with?

I built my own. Actually, I built one for my old TV, but I'm still using it
for this one. The factory pedestal for the TV is 10" deep, but my stand is
20". It does not look all that bad and I have two drawers on the bottom for
storage of CD's and VCR tapes that will probably never be used again. If
I was to build another for this TV, I'd probably make it 15 to 18 inches.
Having it set back a bit offers a little protection from people walking by.

Consider having one built by a local woodworker hobbyist. It won't be as
cheap as some store bough drek, but it will be what you want. My cost for
the oak and hardware was more than the cost of a commercial stand, but it is
what I want.

Meantime, enjoy the new TV. I do hope you've gotten the HD box and are
using it to the fullest potential. I know a few people that are not
bothering. Shame.

jwcarlton wrote the following:
I know, not really a home repair question, but I don't know of a
better place for this.

Surprise! For Christmas, I now have a beautiful 47" flat screen TV.
This is to replace my 10 year old 36" JVC that sat in an attractive,
but bulky, Ethan Allen entertainment center with closing doors.

Now, here's the problem. Every entertainment center or TV stand that I
can find is just as big as my old Ethan Allen piece! What's the point
of a slim TV, if it takes up just as much room as the old big one?

I've seen the automated lift stands, and even though they're still
huge, at least they hide the TV away. But shoot, I'm not wanting to
spend $2000 on it!

Have any of you guys crossed this hurdle? What solutions did you come
up with?


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Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
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"jwcarlton" wrote in message
...
I know, not really a home repair question, but I don't know of a
better place for this.

Surprise! For Christmas, I now have a beautiful 47" flat screen TV.
This is to replace my 10 year old 36" JVC that sat in an attractive,
but bulky, Ethan Allen entertainment center with closing doors.

Now, here's the problem. Every entertainment center or TV stand that I
can find is just as big as my old Ethan Allen piece! What's the point
of a slim TV, if it takes up just as much room as the old big one?

I've seen the automated lift stands, and even though they're still
huge, at least they hide the TV away. But shoot, I'm not wanting to
spend $2000 on it!

Have any of you guys crossed this hurdle? What solutions did you come
up with?

In most cases the other components of a complete system still need the same
amount of depth.

I have not replaced our larger TV because I can not get a large enough
screen in the old cabinet and I paid way too much for it to not use it. I
would move it to the bedroom but there is no way I can get it up the steps.

Colbyt

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"Colbyt" wrote

I have not replaced our larger TV because I can not get a large enough
screen in the old cabinet and I paid way too much for it to not use it. I
would move it to the bedroom but there is no way I can get it up the
steps.

Your day of reckoning may come when your present TV finally dies. A fellow
at work had a similar situation. One day he borrowed the Sawzall and put the
new TV in place.

Yes, mounting to wall seems best solution any more, but what to do
with wiring and additional equipment?

I've seen a kind of enclosure that hides the wire that fastens against
the wall, seems simple enough for those that don't want to tear up
their walls running wire and cable, or in older houses with
plaster/lathe that would be almost unopossible without a lot of work,
but they seem only large enough to hold one maybe two wires --- other
alternatives?


Where to place cable box or dvr equipment, within wires/cable reach?
[without having some kind of stand right there or built into wall]

Again, running wires and cable some where seems inevitable?

On Fri, 24 Dec 2010 11:33:09 -0600, leonard hofstadter
wrote:

Yes, mounting to wall seems best solution any more, but what to do
with wiring and additional equipment?

I've seen a kind of enclosure that hides the wire that fastens against
the wall, seems simple enough for those that don't want to tear up
their walls running wire and cable, or in older houses with
plaster/lathe that would be almost unopossible without a lot of work,
but they seem only large enough to hold one maybe two wires --- other
alternatives?


Where to place cable box or dvr equipment, within wires/cable reach?
[without having some kind of stand right there or built into wall]

Again, running wires and cable some where seems inevitable?

I use velcro tie wraps. They are reusable. They also work great for
cable management inside computers.

In places that won't be seen, I use small screws to screw the tie
wraps to the back of the furniture.

http://www.google.com/search?q=cable+management

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"leonard hofstadter" wrote in message
...
Yes, mounting to wall seems best solution any more, but what to do with
wiring and additional equipment?

I've seen a kind of enclosure that hides the wire that fastens against the
wall, seems simple enough for those that don't want to tear up their walls
running wire and cable, or in older houses with plaster/lathe that would
be almost unopossible without a lot of work, but they seem only large
enough to hold one maybe two wires --- other alternatives?


Where to place cable box or dvr equipment, within wires/cable reach?
[without having some kind of stand right there or built into wall]

Again, running wires and cable some where seems inevitable?

Just be sure to mount the TV at a comfortable height. I've seen some that
are too high and make it uncomfortable for viewing more than a few minutes.
The same height as a stand is about right

You can easily make a box to hide the cables running down from the TV. It
can be painted to match the wall or stained to match any furniture under it.
It can be wood, it can be cardboard or metal. Check to see if you can get
an RF remote for your box. I have one with DirecTV and it makes life
simpler. You don't have to point it at the box, you just have to be within
100' or so. The box can even be inside a cabinet.

On Fri, 24 Dec 2010 01:01:17 -0800 (PST), jwcarlton
wrote:

I know, not really a home repair question, but I don't know of a
better place for this.

Surprise! For Christmas, I now have a beautiful 47" flat screen TV.
This is to replace my 10 year old 36" JVC that sat in an attractive,
but bulky, Ethan Allen entertainment center with closing doors.

Now, here's the problem. Every entertainment center or TV stand that I
can find is just as big as my old Ethan Allen piece! What's the point
of a slim TV, if it takes up just as much room as the old big one?

I've seen the automated lift stands, and even though they're still
huge, at least they hide the TV away. But shoot, I'm not wanting to
spend $2000 on it!

Have any of you guys crossed this hurdle? What solutions did you come
up with?

Though we don't have a wide-screen, we've thought about it.
Since it would go where our bulky entertainment center is now, we
decided we will get rid of the entertainment center.
They weren't made for wide-screens.
It might make a decent tool/parts shed, but it's too bulky even for
that. I always hated that thing, but my wife wanted the shelves to
display curios and other crap.
It easily handled the stereo gear too.

We won't hang the TV on the wall.
Put it on a buffet/credenza deal and frame that on either side with
"matching" curio cabinets.
Stereo gear is going - we just never turn it on anymore.
The buffet/credenza has space for DVD player and other TV gear.
That's one idea anyway.
We don't feel we have to conceal the TV screen.
What's the point? We don't live like James Bond or a nemesis of his.

--Vic

On Dec 24, 9:53*am, Vic Smith wrote:
On Fri, 24 Dec 2010 01:01:17 -0800 (PST), jwcarlton





wrote:
I know, not really a home repair question, but I don't know of a
better place for this.

Surprise! For Christmas, I now have a beautiful 47" flat screen TV.
This is to replace my 10 year old 36" JVC that sat in an attractive,
but bulky, Ethan Allen entertainment center with closing doors.

Now, here's the problem. Every entertainment center or TV stand that I
can find is just as big as my old Ethan Allen piece! What's the point
of a slim TV, if it takes up just as much room as the old big one?

I've seen the automated lift stands, and even though they're still
huge, at least they hide the TV away. But shoot, I'm not wanting to
spend $2000 on it!

Have any of you guys crossed this hurdle? What solutions did you come
up with?

Though we don't have a wide-screen, we've thought about it.
Since it would go where our bulky entertainment center is now, we
decided we will get rid of the entertainment center.
They weren't made for wide-screens.
It might make a decent tool/parts shed, but it's too bulky even for
that. *I always hated that thing, but my wife wanted the shelves to
display curios and other crap.
It easily handled the stereo gear too.

We won't hang the TV on the wall.
Put it on a buffet/credenza deal and frame that on either side with
"matching" curio cabinets.
Stereo gear is going - we just never turn it on anymore.
The buffet/credenza has space for DVD player and other TV gear.
That's one idea anyway.
We don't feel we have to conceal the TV screen.
What's the point? *We don't live like James Bond or a nemesis of his.

--Vic- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

My 46" is sitting on a wood cabinet that has a swivel top. Tivo,
Blue Ray, Amp, are in
the lower portion. Looks great to me. Got it several years ago at
BestBuy. I would not
want the TV on the wall because sitting on a sofa it's more
comfortable to be viewing it lower.

wrote:
On Dec 24, 9:53 am, Vic wrote:
On Fri, 24 Dec 2010 01:01:17 -0800 (PST), jwcarlton





wrote:
I know, not really a home repair question, but I don't know of a
better place for this.

Surprise! For Christmas, I now have a beautiful 47" flat screen TV.
This is to replace my 10 year old 36" JVC that sat in an attractive,
but bulky, Ethan Allen entertainment center with closing doors.

Now, here's the problem. Every entertainment center or TV stand that I
can find is just as big as my old Ethan Allen piece! What's the point
of a slim TV, if it takes up just as much room as the old big one?

I've seen the automated lift stands, and even though they're still
huge, at least they hide the TV away. But shoot, I'm not wanting to
spend $2000 on it!

Have any of you guys crossed this hurdle? What solutions did you come
up with?

Though we don't have a wide-screen, we've thought about it.
Since it would go where our bulky entertainment center is now, we
decided we will get rid of the entertainment center.
They weren't made for wide-screens.
It might make a decent tool/parts shed, but it's too bulky even for
that. I always hated that thing, but my wife wanted the shelves to
display curios and other crap.
It easily handled the stereo gear too.

We won't hang the TV on the wall.
Put it on a buffet/credenza deal and frame that on either side with
"matching" curio cabinets.
Stereo gear is going - we just never turn it on anymore.
The buffet/credenza has space for DVD player and other TV gear.
That's one idea anyway.
We don't feel we have to conceal the TV screen.
What's the point? We don't live like James Bond or a nemesis of his.

--Vic- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

My 46" is sitting on a wood cabinet that has a swivel top. Tivo,
Blue Ray, Amp, are in
the lower portion. Looks great to me. Got it several years ago at
BestBuy. I would not
want the TV on the wall because sitting on a sofa it's more
comfortable to be viewing it lower.
Hi,
Our 62" is sitting on a stand made for the purpose. It has room for all
the components needed for home theater and wireless karaoke. 7.1 a/v
amp, cable top box, Blue ray DVD player, etc. All controlled by one
remote control. Big picture w/o good sound system is unthinkable.

On Dec 24, 9:53*am, Vic Smith wrote:
On Fri, 24 Dec 2010 01:01:17 -0800 (PST), jwcarlton

Stereo gear is going - we just never turn it on anymore.

What's the point? *We don't live like James Bond or a nemesis of his.

--Vic

Unless it was a very cheesy stereo (no offence meant), why wouldnt you
just plug the audio output of the TV into the aux IN of the TV instead
of using the el-cheapo "stereo" speakers in the TV?

On the other point, our 37" just sticks a bit out of the side of the
older wall unit 'pointing' in the general direction of where we sit.
We decided to do it that way instead of using an extending wall hanger
and have it fit OVER the whole old aperture in the old unit

On Fri, 24 Dec 2010 07:31:44 -0800 (PST), myfathersson
wrote:

On Dec 24, 9:53Â*am, Vic Smith wrote:
On Fri, 24 Dec 2010 01:01:17 -0800 (PST), jwcarlton

Stereo gear is going - we just never turn it on anymore.

What's the point? Â*We don't live like James Bond or a nemesis of his.

--Vic

Unless it was a very cheesy stereo (no offence meant), why wouldnt you
just plug the audio output of the TV into the aux IN of the TV instead
of using the el-cheapo "stereo" speakers in the TV?

On the other point, our 37" just sticks a bit out of the side of the
older wall unit 'pointing' in the general direction of where we sit.
We decided to do it that way instead of using an extending wall hanger
and have it fit OVER the whole old aperture in the old unit

The stereo gear is "decent" Sony. Maybe $1500 15 years ago, about
$500 being 5 speakers.
But the carousel CD player went south after a couple years.
And the twin deck cassette reco/play?
What were we thinking?! Never even used that!
Maybe it came as part of the package.
Anyway, we'll keep the amp/radio, which is real good, and 3 small
speakers, so we can have "decent" TV sound.
The 2 big floor speakers are just too - big.
I'll miss the their bass, but sometimes you just compromise.
Our living room is pretty small, and those big speakers don't fit with
what my wife wants. I won't miss them, and somebody else will get
good use from them.

--Vic


"Vic Smith" wrote
Anyway, we'll keep the amp/radio, which is real good, and 3 small
speakers, so we can have "decent" TV sound.
The 2 big floor speakers are just too - big.
I'll miss the their bass, but sometimes you just compromise.
Our living room is pretty small, and those big speakers don't fit with
what my wife wants. I won't miss them, and somebody else will get
good use from them.

The way to go these days is surround sound. A subwoofer and 5 to 9 small
speakers. I bought a Yamaha receiver that allows me to play the TV on the
downstairs family room and still play CDs on the speakers upstairs. I have
one of those 2 cassette players too, but I've not even hooked it into this
system.

Before you run out and pay a lot of money for HDMI cables, check on Amazon
or ebay. I paid about $4 for mine. from Amazon. Retailers get from $15 to
$60 for them.

jwcarlton wrote:

Now, here's the problem. Every entertainment center or TV stand that I
can find is just as big as my old Ethan Allen piece! What's the point
of a slim TV, if it takes up just as much room as the old big one?

The old style armoires appear to be on their way out as entertainment centers
for just the reason you cited - there's no need to have a 24" deep cabinet for a
TV that's only 1" deep. We needed one for a bedroom that had a 24" wall niche
and were able to buy one for $300 that was retailing for $1200.

I've seen the automated lift stands, and even though they're still
huge, at least they hide the TV away. But shoot, I'm not wanting to
spend $2000 on it!

Have any of you guys crossed this hurdle? What solutions did you come
up with?

The popular solution these days is to buy a wall mount. They come in different
flavors ranging from bolt to the wall to full articulating. The articulating
ones remind me too much of a cheap motel room though.

I think I prefer the low cabinet with a center mast that hides the cables up to
a TV mount.

On Fri, 24 Dec 2010 01:01:17 -0800 (PST), jwcarlton
wrote:

I know, not really a home repair question, but I don't know of a
better place for this.

Surprise! For Christmas, I now have a beautiful 47" flat screen TV.
This is to replace my 10 year old 36" JVC that sat in an attractive,
but bulky, Ethan Allen entertainment center with closing doors.

Now, here's the problem. Every entertainment center or TV stand that I
can find is just as big as my old Ethan Allen piece! What's the point
of a slim TV, if it takes up just as much room as the old big one?

Um, have you considered how deep a 47" CRT TV would be? Even that 36" TV is a
lot deeper than an entertainment unit needs to be today.

I've seen the automated lift stands, and even though they're still
huge, at least they hide the TV away. But shoot, I'm not wanting to
spend $2000 on it!

I'm with you there, and that doesn't solve your "problem" anyway.

Have any of you guys crossed this hurdle? What solutions did you come
up with?

I have the stand. It's actually pulled away from the wall far enough to walk
behind it to get to the built-in book cases (and CD/DVD storage) along the
wall.

On Dec 24, 1:01*am, jwcarlton wrote:
I know, not really a home repair question, but I don't know of a
better place for this.

Surprise! For Christmas, I now have a beautiful 47" flat screen TV.
This is to replace my 10 year old 36" JVC that sat in an attractive,
but bulky, Ethan Allen entertainment center with closing doors.

Now, here's the problem. Every entertainment center or TV stand that I
can find is just as big as my old Ethan Allen piece! What's the point
of a slim TV, if it takes up just as much room as the old big one?

I've seen the automated lift stands, and even though they're still
huge, at least they hide the TV away. But shoot, I'm not wanting to
spend $2000 on it!

Have any of you guys crossed this hurdle? What solutions did you come
up with?

All the comments are wall mounts of "big-ass" TVs.

That's not an option for my modest 32" bedroom Panasonic flat screen,
because it's on a wheeled stand that backs up to a window.

I am worried, however, about it falling down in an earthquake (I am in
So Cal). The stand that comes with the TV seems so flimsy that a
good jolt would knock it over.

How can I secure the TV, short of running guy wires to all 4 corners
of the stand g?

TIA

HB

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"Higgs Boson" wrote

All the comments are wall mounts of "big-ass" TVs.

That's not an option for my modest 32" bedroom Panasonic flat screen,
because it's on a wheeled stand that backs up to a window.

I am worried, however, about it falling down in an earthquake (I am in
So Cal). The stand that comes with the TV seems so flimsy that a
good jolt would knock it over.

How can I secure the TV, short of running guy wires to all 4 corners
of the stand g?

TIA

HB


At least some of the TVs come with a tether that can be attached to the back
and then to the stand to prevent it tipping forward. I'd consider something
like that as opposed to attaching to the wall since it is on a mobile stand.
I can visualize a cable from the TV clipped to a window rod and someone
wanting to clean and moves the mobile base away, leaving the TV to dangle.
That would hurt!