Hi all,
Within the next month or so, I am going to be moving into a new apartment and have decided to mount my living room LCD on the wall at the new location. The TV itself is nothing special, just a basic 40 inch LCD. Due to the room layout, I have decided to go with an articulating mount in order to achieve more flexibility with respect to viewing locations.
Most articulating mounts surprised me in just how much they caused the TV to stick out from the wall, even in the fully retracted position (several inches). I then began looking at the low profile articulating mounts and found one I especially like. http://www.peerlessmounts.com/dyn/Products/BrowseProduct.aspx/tn/827/u/t/categoryID/195
It is a Peerless mount that extends less than two inches when fully retracted. It seems to fit the bill for what I am looking for. However, there is one problem. On the webpage description, it says this mount is made for slim LED TV's less than two inches thick, whereas my TV is a non-LED of standard LCD thickness. Even similar low profile articulating mounts from other manufacturers have the same strict requirements. I cannot understand why this requirement exists since the mount only attaches to the back of the TV and does not have any kind of lip that the TV must fit into which might create a TV depth limit.
I am thinking that the slim LED requirement may actually be a strong suggestion due to the lower weight limits of low profile mounts. Non low profile mounts are typically more robust and can handle heavier non-LED TV's. Perhaps the LED requirement would stop customers from placing a 55 inch non-LED TV on the mount, which would most likely exceed the maximum weight capability. In my case it should not be a problem; My smaller 40 inch non-LED model is definitely lighter than the maximum weight limit. Therefore, I am thinking my TV should work for this mount, even though it is not LED.
For those of you familiar with TV mounts, please chime in with your thoughts and experience as it relates to this possible issue.
Within the next month or so, I am going to be moving into a new apartment and have decided to mount my living room LCD on the wall at the new location. The TV itself is nothing special, just a basic 40 inch LCD. Due to the room layout, I have decided to go with an articulating mount in order to achieve more flexibility with respect to viewing locations.
Most articulating mounts surprised me in just how much they caused the TV to stick out from the wall, even in the fully retracted position (several inches). I then began looking at the low profile articulating mounts and found one I especially like. http://www.peerlessmounts.com/dyn/Products/BrowseProduct.aspx/tn/827/u/t/categoryID/195
It is a Peerless mount that extends less than two inches when fully retracted. It seems to fit the bill for what I am looking for. However, there is one problem. On the webpage description, it says this mount is made for slim LED TV's less than two inches thick, whereas my TV is a non-LED of standard LCD thickness. Even similar low profile articulating mounts from other manufacturers have the same strict requirements. I cannot understand why this requirement exists since the mount only attaches to the back of the TV and does not have any kind of lip that the TV must fit into which might create a TV depth limit.
I am thinking that the slim LED requirement may actually be a strong suggestion due to the lower weight limits of low profile mounts. Non low profile mounts are typically more robust and can handle heavier non-LED TV's. Perhaps the LED requirement would stop customers from placing a 55 inch non-LED TV on the mount, which would most likely exceed the maximum weight capability. In my case it should not be a problem; My smaller 40 inch non-LED model is definitely lighter than the maximum weight limit. Therefore, I am thinking my TV should work for this mount, even though it is not LED.
For those of you familiar with TV mounts, please chime in with your thoughts and experience as it relates to this possible issue.
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