mounting TV on wall

[darren9]

Sorry, I couldn't decide if this should be in the TV or DIY forum.

I'll be hopefully wall mounting my TV shortly. TV is a 42" jobbie. But where do I put my Xbox/Sky player/DVD player?

I thought about a shelf next to it but that will just look turd. Then I considered a stand underneath but that seems to defeat the object of wall mounting it.

What have other people done? Pictures would be great.

[dozen]

How about this?

[headcase]

Here are a couple of mine,


Pana 65" with the Vogels AV system for the bits n pieces



Some Ikea cabinets


Or just sat on the floor waiting to find a suitable cabinet

Edited by headcase on Thursday 27th August 14:04

[darren9]

thanks, I like the look of that Ikea one.

[pikey]

<waits for the BOSE bashing to start with Headcase>

[bogwoppit]

dozen, which speakers are those?

[OldSkoolRS]

bogwoppit said:

dozen, which speakers are those?

I'm guessing at Monitor Audio Radius ones, but I'm sure I'll be corrected if wrong:

Some on this page: http://www.hifigear.co.uk/site/scripts/products.ph...

[headcase]

pikey said:

<waits for the BOSE bashing to start with Headcase>

I dont get the choice, i have to install what the customer buys

[dozen]

They are Monitor Audio Radius 180s L & R and a Radius 225 in the Middle. They are not as good as a big set of floorstanders, but they sound fine and look smart. They also come with all the brackets you need to mount them included in the box.

Obviously you need to run them with a sub.

[bogwoppit]

Look nice, bit out of my price range though unfortunately.

Edited: oops wrong thread

Edited by bogwoppit on Friday 28th August 10:52

[gbbird]

darren9 said:

thanks, I like the look of that Ikea one.

But surely the ikea set up pretty much negates the need for hanging the TV on the wall in the first place. They would have been just as well placing the TV on the unit.

[darren9]

I know its like a vicious circle. I was thinking about mounting it over a fireplace therefore there would be nowhere to have a stand below anyway

[Tiggsy]

gbbird said:

darren9 said:

thanks, I like the look of that Ikea one.

But surely the ikea set up pretty much negates the need for hanging the TV on the wall in the first place. They would have been just as well placing the TV on the unit.

Agree - looks daft. Unless the TV is a monster that needs to be out the way stick it on a unit. Never understood the TV on a wall thing!

[headcase]

Most TV's live in a corner, the idea of the wall thing is so you can have a monster TV in a room that previously would only take a little one It is also 'the look' that people go for, as for the ikea one, the tv could have easily sat on the lower cab, but it looks alot better mounted on the wall.