Customer Reviews

VideoSecu Long Strong Single Arm Articulating Plasma Flat Panel TV Wall Mount for 37-55" with Free 7 ft HDMI cable MP27B 1VN

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I was a little hesitant to try any wall mount for my 50" Samsung DLP (the new thinner style). It is 60 pounds and the first TV I have put on a wall. I was shocked at the $250-$400 price range of the other articulating wall mounts, so I gave this one a try. It has been very solid and I think it is a great value for the price. When extended, it does tilt down a little more than I would like (and you need to be sure to tighten all the moving joints with the hex wrench or else it will tilt more), but the angle still isn't bad - only 10 degrees at the most I would say. The fact that it is stable and is under $150 make it a good value.

This mount sits considerably further off the wall than we anticipated, when the TV is attached. We have a 42" LCD and the entire unit comes off the wall almost a foot. Which is awkward because everything else is mounted into the wall. The mount is nice with it's features, but the weight of the TV also makes the movements hard and cumbersome. It's stiff and hard to use.
I would not buy this product again, but my husband said he would, but only for the price and the titl and swivel options. Easy enough to put up, but not at all what we were hoping for.

I bought this mount and love it! It was soooo easy to set up. Don't let the price scare you away, It is as well built as the ones you buy at the named brand stores. I would recomend this to anyone, and I already have to my freinds. WELL WORTH THE PRICE!!

Good product for the price,Delivery time slower than expected,Snapped 2 bolts driving into stud.The only other issue is that We have a 32"Toshiba and the bracket shows from behind because it is meant to fit Larger Screens as well.All and All Good product. Ken, Maine.

I wanted to mount my LCD TV to the wall, but discovered that the TV I purchased had an unusual mount pattern. I purchased and returned two other wall mounts. This product was perfect.

This is obviously a lot cheaper than most rotating wall mounts for large flat screen TVs. To some extent, you get what you pay for, but it works reasonably well. Installation is a bit challenging due to poorly translated instructions (lots of references to "wind" nuts, which you might think means wing nuts, but there are no wing nuts). Overall, not really high quality materials or engineering either. (One of the the lag bolts broke off in my wall, but I think I'm OK with the other 7.) In particular, be aware that this unit does tend to bend a little forward, maybe 5-10 degrees, due to the weight of the TV - I managed to offset this with some washers. I was only mounting a 37" LCD, this tilt will probably be worse with a bigger/heavier TV.

But, all things considered, at a cost of 1/3 - 1/4 of other similar mounts, not a bad deal. It doesn't have the rotational arc of some units, but it's plenty for most applications. Despite the design deficiencies, it seems very well secured. Once you get it installed correctly it works well and actually looks pretty good too.

First of all, the directions for using this mount are useless. It seems as if they had a standard (non-articulating) mount that they realized no one was buying and added the arm to it. The result is instruction that don't show the arm but just a flat panel mount.
In addition, unlike other similar mounts, the articulating arm piece that attaches to the wall uses 6 screws (2 rows of 3) which makes it impossible for all of the screws to attach to a single stud.
Moreover, when attaching the arm piece to the standard wall piece the giant flat piece of metal is highly visable and unattractive for what I would like to see in a flat panel mount.
To make matters worse, the TV can easily slide from side-to-side on this giant piece of metal, which is not only cumbersome but scary....

If you plan to use as a fixed screen, then it's great,
but if you plan on using the articulate, I don't like it one bit.
I practically gave this unit away. The horizontal piece that is screwed onto the wall (parallel to the floor) and the vertical piece that goes on next is not what I call "secure". It is the vertical piece that takes actual "pressure" exerted by the weight of the TV and the frame, "NOT" the parallel part. The vertical piece holes are only about err 6 inches apart (left and right) so how the hell do you expect me to screw both sides onto a stud (so only one side will be screwed onto the stud) when most studs are around 16" apart? You might think that the pressure is partially distributed to the horizontal piece, but it doesn't (unless you meld the two pieces together, or allow the vertical piece to fit first into the wall, then apply the horizontal piece). This unit is good if you have studs that fit perfectly on the vertical bar, or mount it outside like on concrete or something where you don't have to worry about studs.

I decided to buy this mount because I wanted an articulating Mount for my TV and like most people I was attracted to the price. I really didn't have too much difficulty getting through the directions. The only problem I had was finding the studs and properly measuring distances for the pilot holes.

When the mounting bracket was level and it was time to attach the TV the arm front part that holds the TV was uneven! The piece that is extended with my TV was uneven causing my TV to tilt to the side even though the mounting bracket that attached to the wall was perfectly level! I took the mount off and am going to buy a different mount; most likely at costco.

The arm is extremely difficult to move around. I couldn't believe how much force I had to use to move the TV around. I was afraid that the amount of force required to move the arm around would damage the TV.

My advice would be to avoid this item and pay more for a quality product.