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97 of 100 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wall Mount, August 6, 2006
This wall mount is excellent. Don't be confused by the description however. The "horizontal" adjustment is linear, in other words it moves lateraly from side to side rather than rotates. But, this is a good feature if you have to locate studs to get a proper mount. You can adjust the mount to hit the studs by the many mounting holes and then move the screen to adjust to the center. Also, the package of bolts for connecting the flat screen should be tested in the flat screen mounting holes to make sure that you have the right bolts.
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60 of 60 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Confidence-inspiring kit for a novice installer, May 24, 2007
This kit gave me a lot of confidence when I installed the mount. Instructions are very clear and include a lot of details, and the diagrams are excellent. Comes with a list of about 800 different TV models and which hardware to use for each. The hardware itself is a marvel of organization: 14 different labeled pouches so you can find exactly what you need instantly. I did need to purchase a couple of screws, but if you can wait they'll send them to you if you call. The instructions were written by someone whose first language is English. The level of detail of the instructions were down to things like making sure you center the brackets vertically on the TV, and how many threads to engage, and what torque you shouldn't exceed on the screws. Many folks won't need that much info, but if you have very limited experience at doing this type of thing like me, you'll appreciate it.
My point of comparison is a Simplicity kit which I returned when I discovered it was a store return and some of the washers had been bent out of shape. That kit had much less information and detail, and of course not all of the necessary hardware (none of which was labeled). One instruction was to test the screws until you found the right size for your TV but to be careful not to damage the threads on your TV by forcing the wrong size screw!
I installed this bracket for my 40" Sony Bravia KDL-40S2000. Only needed to purchase 2 M5 x 16 machine screws from Home Depot, otherwise I am very pleased with this purchase.
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83 of 88 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Nice unit, once it's mounted, November 7, 2007
This wall mount gives you everything you need to mount a variety of televisions. It comes with a comprehensive set of fasteners that should cover almost any TV. Plus, you can always check their website to make sure.
Once mounted, it gives the opportunity to tilt the TV up or down with ease. You just turn the knobs on both sides. tilt it, and re tighten the knobs. I have mine mounted high, so a good amount of tilt is important.
Mounting the frame is just a matter of screwing it into the wall. Of course, screwing it in may not be trivial, depending on the type of wall. In a typical home, it will be mounted to the wooden studs, and then just bolted in.
It seems simple, but you have to be able to find the studs. I have a good stud finder, and that was not a problem. Then you have to pick the right studs. You can mounting the bracket left or right up to 4 inches from where it would be centered on the studs, and you can move the TV side to side on the bracket to get the location that you want. The amount of movement is limited not by the free space on each side, but by how far you can go and avoid the bracket showing on one side. If the TV is at least 8 inches wider than the bracket, there's no limiting factor, even if you need to move over by a stud.
The next challenge is getting it perfectly level, getting the height correct, so the top or bottom of the TV ends up where you want, and assuring that it's mounted exactly where you want. Measuring the TV, figuring out exactly where you want the bottom or top edge to be, and then measuring up from your edge location by half the height of the TV should put the center of the wall plate exactly where you want.
I was able to get it perfectly level, but it took quite a while to figure out the exact location in all directions, and to check and recheck with a level while doing it. If you are not putting it close to furniture, shelves, or wall edges, you may have more leeway than I did.
The instructions then say to put the bracket parts on the TV, and that's just a matter of screwing it in. They recommend getting the top and the bottom ends centered with respect to the TV. But doing that and being off by a fraction of an inch can undo all the effort that was needed to get the wall plate level. In retrospect, rather than trying for an exact measurement for the brackets, I probably would have been better off getting a close one, and then sliding them up or down so the screws were exactly against the top or bottom of the particular screw holes used.
It would have been nice if, in addition to all the adjustments that this has, it also had a screw to move either side up or down by a fraction of an inch, and with a big enough lip, that would make minor errors disappear.
Mine is close enough to a shelf that even a small height difference from one end to the other of the TV will show, and be difficult to fix. In my case, it was off by only 1/8 inch from one end to another, but it showed.
So in theory, you just mount the plate on the wall, screw the brackets in with two screws each, hang the TV, and tighten the screws. Then you adjust the knobs to get the right tilt, and you're done.
But my TV is heavy, and is mounted over six feet from the floor. Getting it on the plate required four people, and I was not about to take it down to readjust the brackets. So I ended up loosening the screws from behind with my hand under one edge, moving it slightly up or down, and re tightening the screws. Trying to do that with a level is a bit tricky.
This may not be an issue at all for a typical family room where you would strain your neck if you sat within ten feet of the television if it were mounted that high, but regardless, a single person would still have problems making any adjustments to level a TV if it were less than perfect after being mounted.
So if you are mounting it in a typical family room, don't really have an issue if the set is a couple of inches higher or lower, and mount the plate perfectly level, then as long as you keep the brackets level, you're set even if your measurements are not down to fractions of an inch. And if I had merely gone by the bottom of the screw hole I used instead of by the instructions and picture, I would have been fine too. If you are off a bit with the leveling of the plate, and it's easy enough to take your TV down, then moving the brackets will fix that problem too.
The bottom line is that this is probably a breeze in a typical situation, as long as you make sure the plate is level, especially if taking the set on or off is easy for a typical person or couple. But an extra adjustment for moving each side up or down by a fraction would have been nice.
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