Plasma wall brackets

[theboyfold]

Can anybody on here suggest a wall bracket for a Panasonic TH42PV500. It's going to be mounted on the chimney breast (Which I'm guessing is a good place as that wall should be one of the strongest)

I've seen this mount, but not sure of the quality of the brand, and want to keep costs as low as possible.

How useful are the tilting type? And do they push the screen a lot further from the wall?

[Plotloss]

That'll be fine.

That mount has a depth face to wall of 71mm, flat to wall mounts are usually 45mm or so so there isnt a massive difference, all things considered.

[theboyfold]

I'm guessing the quality is much of a muchness? I've had a look at the high street (Curry's etc) websites and they want £100+ for something similar.

[Plotloss]

Yep, your plasma weighs around 25kgs so well within capacity, I've not heard of a bracket failing.

If you're going over a fireplace though, consider the height, often its too high.

Any wall will be fine.

[theboyfold]

Plotloss said:

If you're going over a fireplace though, consider the height, often its too high.

that's what I'm trying to knock together in Photoshop now, how it will look. Seems too low, but for a natural viewing height it should be that low. It's going to be about 6 inches higher than the stand (Panasonic's own) it's currently on.

Trying to work out if it looks odd or not by slightly covering up the fireplace

[Plotloss]

Centre about 1m-1.2m off the floor is about right, for most people/sofa combinations.

[mchoody]

Hi, we use these guys quite a lot, decent quality for the price and never let me down. (ps, I don't work for them!!)

http://www.theplasmacentre.com

[theboyfold]

mchoody said:

Hi, we use these guys quite a lot, decent quality for the price and never let me down. (ps, I don't work for them!!)

http://www.theplasmacentre.com

Prices look good there, thanks for that.

[theboyfold]

Plotloss

Would you mind offering any thoughts as to what to do in this situation with the fireplace?

I'm thinking of building a false part to the front of the chimney breast, which will allow me to hide the cables and will make the screen look like it's a little closer to the wall.

I'm just not sure what to do with the fireplace at the moment as to get the screen at the right height it needs to overlap the fireplace by some margin, and it looks a little odd.

The right hand side of the chimney is going to be used for the kit rack, and the tank to the left has gone.
Currently:


Rough mock up showing screen 1100mm to centre and slightly reduced fireplace:

[mel]

The prices for those things really are a con, I see several hundred a month leave the factory for around £15ea, and they're far better quality than the one shown!

[Plotloss]

TBF

Yeah false chimneys are a popular fitment.

A couple of things.

Consider ventilation, make sure the top is open and there is a fair amount (25mm or so) around the screen.

Also when measuring, consider the loss that the plaster finish will put back on the hole. You wouldnt believe the amount of people who forget and then the television wont fit. I'm not saying you will but dont, just for clarity.

[Zod]

Having put up a Panasonic last year, I'll just warn that the one I bought has a stupid arrangement for the HDMI sockets with their facing straight back rather than down and being insufficiently recessed, so that with a flush to wall bracket I had to add some washers to allow the cables to fit (it's a real pisser when the TV crushes the plug of an in-wall HDMI cable). It also has an layout with the two vertical bars of the bracket being much closer together than on any other TV I have seen.

Good TV though, despite all that.

[Plotloss]

Zod said:

Having put up a Panasonic last year, I'll just warn that the one I bought has a stupid arrangement for the HDMI sockets with their facing straight back rather than down and being insufficiently recessed, so that with a flush to wall bracket I had to add some washers to allow the cables to fit (it's a real pisser when the TV crushes the plug of an in-wall HDMI cable). It also has an layout with the two vertical bars of the bracket being much closer together than on any other TV I have seen.

Good TV though, despite all that.

Right angle HDMI M>F adaptor?

[theboyfold]

Plotloss said:

Also when measuring, consider the loss that the plaster finish will put back on the hole. You wouldnt believe the amount of people who forget and then the television wont fit. I'm not saying you will but dont, just for clarity.

So you mean make the hole larger and then some additional for the plaster? That's good advice!

What would you do in my case with the fireplace though? Would you leave it so the screen looks like it's over lapping or build the false breast so it makes the opening to the fireplace smaller and puts a few inches of wall between the bottom of the screen and top of the fireplace?

[Plotloss]

Flush it out floor to ceiling, otherwise whenever you look at it, it will probably annoy you.

[Zod]

Plotloss said:

Zod said:

Having put up a Panasonic last year, I'll just warn that the one I bought has a stupid arrangement for the HDMI sockets with their facing straight back rather than down and being insufficiently recessed, so that with a flush to wall bracket I had to add some washers to allow the cables to fit (it's a real pisser when the TV crushes the plug of an in-wall HDMI cable). It also has an layout with the two vertical bars of the bracket being much closer together than on any other TV I have seen.

Good TV though, despite all that.

Right angle HDMI M>F adaptor?

I went with the option of very short (10 cm) HDMI extenders, but still needed the washers.

[Plotloss]

90deg adaptors will remove the requirement for the washers, should you wish to revisit down the line.

[theboyfold]

Plotloss said:

Flush it out floor to ceiling, otherwise whenever you look at it, it will probably annoy you.

Remove it totally? Could lead to issues with the centre speaker as it's quite deep. It's a B&W CC6 and not really made for wall mounting.

I guess I could make the hole the right sort of size for the speaker...

[Plotloss]

Sorry I was answering a totally different question that you hadnt asked.

What about building a gasket for it? So it sits in the same hole but the excess is covered?

[steve_amv8]

I've used CPC in the past .... http://cpc.farnell.com/

I bought one to mount a 50" Samsung plasma in the office - worked fine, looks fine and is still on the wall!

Your TV appears to be 40kg so maybe something like this at £45?
http://cpc.farnell.com/barkan/40/vesa-bracket-fixe...

.... or ....
http://cpc.farnell.com/barkan/60/wall-bracket-plas... although this is probably a bit over the top for your needs as it hold 85kg!