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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