VideoSecu MW380B5 Full Motion Articulating TV Wall Mount Bracket for Most 37"-70" LED LCD UHD Plasma HDTV Up to 125 lbs with 684x400 600x400 400x400 150x100mm, Dual Arm Pulls Out Up to 14" AW9
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Size: 37-70" TV MW380B5
Features
- Articulating arm TV wall mount fits 37" 40" 42" 46" 47" 50" 52" 55" 58" 60" 62" 63" 65" 70" LCD LED Plasma display; Mounting hole pattern compatible from 150x100 200x200 300x300 300x200 400x200 400x300 400x400 600x400 684x300 684x400mm
- Supports display up to 125 lbs; Adjustable tilt +5/-12 degrees and swivel 160 degrees side-to-side for comfortable viewing angle
- Arm fold less than 3" or extend 14" from wall ; +/-3 degrees Post-installation level adjustment allows the TV to perfectly level
- Easy installation and adjustment
- Fit 16 inch apart wood studs; Free HDMI cable and standard mounting screws included
Mounting Type: Wall Mount
Movement Type: Articulating
Brand: VideoSecu
Material: Alloy Steel
TV Size: 70 Inches
Color: black
Minimum Compatible Size: 37 Inches
Compatible Devices: Televisions
Maximum Tilt Angle: 12 Degrees
Product Dimensions: 30 x 9.1 x 3.9 inches
Item Weight: 12.62 pounds
Item model number: FBA_MW380B
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: No
Date First Available: April 14, 2006
Manufacturer: VideoSecu
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For the price, this is awesome. Even disregarding the price, I have no issues, although I'm not naive enough to think that a $300+ mount wouldn't be better. But I had no desire to spend that kind of money, and now that I've purchased, installed, and lived with this mount, I'm extremely glad I chose it. For the record, since Amazon sometimes lists reviews for related products under all such products, here is what I am reviewing, per the current description: VideoSecu Articulating Full Motion TV Wall Mount for 32"-65" LED LCD Plasma TVs with VESA up to 600x400 mm, Dual Arm pulls out up to 25 Inch, with Leveling Adjustments, Bonus 10 ft HDMI Cable A37. (Suggestion to VideoSecu marketing: come up with a shorter name for this, like "V6500". There are so many variations of mounts by each manufacturer, it's VERY confusing!) I chose this mount for 3 reasons: 1. It supports the weight. My TV is heavy. It's a 60" Panasonic plasma. Thankfully, it's brand new, meaning lighter than the 60s were a few years ago, but it still weighs 69.5# without the stand. Additionally I added shelf brackets, a shelf, and a heavy (13.5#) Pioneer SP-C22 center speaker), and I'm up around 90#. (More about that below: you might want to consider doing this yourself). I wanted a bracket that was rated for way more than that, both because I wanted a margin of safety, and in case I upgrade in a few years to a larger set (seems inevitable, right?!). This one says it will support up to 150 pounds, and after installing it, I definitely believe it! It's solid! 2. It articulates. I wanted it to extend out from the wall, primarily to bring the screen closer to us. After all, the closer the screen is to you, the larger it appears. You could buy a 60" TV and mount it on the wall 12 feet away, or watch a 30" that's 6 feet away, and you'd have the exact same viewing angle. So I wanted my TV as close to us as I could get without it sitting in the middle of the room. The extended arms allow us to do that. We have it extended all the way out, both arms straight and parallel. I'll admit it was unnerving at first. I kept imagining it pulling out of the wall, or the arms cracking, or something, and my $1500 TV crashing down on my $500 receiver, the Blu-ray player, and cable box. But it's not going anywhere. Doesn't even sag. Well, if it does, it's imperceptible, and you can adjust the angle anyway, so if it sagged a tiny bit, it's not an issue. By the way, you will want to loosen this up a bit, preferably before you mount it, but I did it after it was mounted, and it worked out OK. I used WD-40 on all the joints on the arms, and loosened the bolts a little bit. Otherwise, you won't be able to move the arms in and out at all. Which is a good thing. It shows how darned solidly this thing is constructed. Once I let the WD-40 settle in a bit and loosened the nuts just enough, I could get the arms to extend and retract with reasonable force. I doubt I'll do that much, but if I want to retract the TV, I can do so. It won't go flush up against the wall, but will get as close as I need it to. If I wanted it flush, I wouldn't have gone to the expense and trouble to buy an articulating mount! And I still have my little TV stand below it on the floor with the receiver, DVR, and Blu-ray, so it's not like I'm going to gain usable floor space by having it flush against the wall anyway. But one thing this mount does EASILY that I do use already is to move the TV from side to side. If my wife and I are both watching, it's aimed straight ahead, basically aimed in between us. But yesterday I watched a football game I'd recorded last weekend, and I aimed the TV directly at my seat. I can literally push the TV from right to left with pressure from a couple fingers; it's that easy and smooth. 3. Cost. I found some really impressive articulating mounts that would do what I wanted and were reviewed extremely highly. They also cost $300 or more. FAIL. I didn't want to hear from my wife how she'd rather use that money for curtains, furniture, or whatever, so I kept looking and researching and finally settled on this mount. I'm glad to say my due diligence was rewarded. This was an excellent choice, and I don't feel like I compromised quality at all. It gets the job done perfectly. After I was done, the TV was ever so slightly slanted; left side 1/4 to 1/2 inch higher than right. Hardly noticeable (I had to point it out to my wife). But after you mount the bracket to the wall and get your TV on to the bracket, it's unlikely that you'll be 100% level. No problem. There are three very heavy duty leveling bolts on the center of the mount where it holds the TV. You loosen the right and left slightly with the included Allen wrench and can fine tune the level, then retighten the bolts. One thing that was very impressive about the mount was the array of hardware included. I have a head start on opening my own hardware store now. They include so many screws, bolts, washers, and what not, for all the various types of TVs and wall fastening situations, that you'll have lots of stuff left. I fastened mine to a brick wall, and they included fasteners for that as well as mounting into studs. I was so paranoid that I went to the hardware store and bought two other kinds of fasteners. My mount is attached to my wall with 8 screws, 3 on the left top, 3 on right top, and one on each of the bottom corners. I KNOW it's overkill, but I've had so much experience with Murphy's Law over the years that I didn't want to tempt fate. The only way I'll ever have a malfunction is if the TV and mount are so heavy they pull the brick wall down! And obviously that's not going to happen. OK, last thing. I wanted my center channel speaker to be right above the TV, flush with the screen, and movable with the TV. In other words, if I swung the TV to the side, I wanted the center speaker to still be right smack in the middle of the TV, just above it. I think above works better for sound than below for two reasons: 1. Faces tend to be in the upper portion of the screen so voices seem to be sourced better if the speaker is above rather than below the TV. 2. My right and left channel speaker towers are on the floor, so they're below the TV. Since the center channel content (voices) is also coming out of the right and left channels, the combination of the three speakers seems to average right about dead center of the screen. You get used to anything, but I didn't want to go to all this expense and trouble and then be annoyed by having the voices seem to be coming from somewhere other than the actors' mouths! So how did I do this? I went to the hardware store and bought shelf hardware. To be clear on what I'm talking about, search Amazon for "Knape & Vogt adjustable standard" and somewhere on the first screen you should see an inexpensive wall standard: an extruded U-shape with slots. If you can find a black one, BUY IT! I couldn't, and wasn't willing to settle for something that didn't match the black of the VideoSecu mount. For that matter, my TV, DVR, Blu-ray, receiver, AND my old TV stand are all black, as are my two subwoofers and all of my speakers and speaker stands for the surround and rear speakers. So black it had to be. So I bought white ones (the only one of the three that was already painted; I wasn't thrilled with the idea of having to prime them). And I bought a can of spray paint and painted everything black. I got a standard, which I sawed into two short pieces, and drilled holes as needed. I bought two shelf brackets. Search Amazon for "Knape & Vogt Mfg Co 6" White Shelf Bracket for 80 Standard". I bought 8" ones, and they come in other sizes. Figure out how deep you need. I probably would have been fine with 6", but I went with 8". Then buy or make a short shelf in the appropriate size. The standards will be just under 20" on center once they're attached to the VideoSecu mount. The shortest shelf they sold at the hardware store was 24", and it's perfect for my center channel speaker. I spray painted the standards, the brackets, and the shelf semi-flat black. If you can find black, that would be awesome and a lot less work, but good luck with that. Black shelves don't seem to be an interior decorator favorite. Who knew? The shelf thing took some thinking, engineering, and trial and error, but I'm very happy with it. The two shelf standards are cut to 9" lengths. If you look at the picture of the VideoSecu mount, you'll see that the two standards on it have holes in the top half and slots in the bottom half. This is how you attach your TV to the mount, with bolts that are included with the hardware set that is included with the mount. After I test mounted the bracket to the TV and saw where the bolts would be, I positioned the shelf standards above the bolt (and make sure they're also above the slots where the TV standard fits onto the mount rails. I didn't the first time and the bolts I used to fasten my shelf standard to the mount standard were in the way, so I had to cut my shelf standards shorter and redrill a couple holes. Save yourself that ordeal and pretest everything before you start cutting and drilling.) In case this isn't clear yet, the shelf standard fits inside the mount standard. The U of the mount standard is facing the wall, away from the TV. The U of the shelf standard is the opposite; it faces the back of the TV. They're narrower than the mount standard and fit fine inside. You'll hardly notice them once it's all assembled. The only thing left is to figure out how to fasten the two standards together. I measured and spent a lot of time shopping for bolts, washers, and nuts. Fun guy time. I'll take shopping for hardware over clothes any day! I recommend you use three bolts per standard. It's a very short standard, and I'm sure two bolts will hold just fine, but here's why I recommend three: However heavy your speaker is--mine is 13.5#, plus shelf and brackets probably make it 15-16#--it's light enough that one good bolt on each side would hold it just fine, I'm sure. But.... to keep it vertical and steady, you'll certainly want at least two bolts, one at the top and one at the bottom. But what if for some reason the top one failed. Vibration worked the nut loose, or you just got a bad piece of hardware. Whatever. The weight of the speaker is going to put pressure on the shelf and shelf bracket to want to pull the top of the shelf standard away from the mount standard. If it succeeded in doing so, I can imagine a chain reaction of failures as the shelf standard might bend or break, or the speaker slides off and comes crashing onto whatever's below. Yeah, I know I'm paranoid. But I prefer to have a middle bolt on each standard, so that there is no single point of failure for either standard. If the top one failed, the middle one would still keep the two standards securely fastened to each other. I hope that's clear and hope it helps a few people solve a problem that I'm sure wasn't unique to me: namely, where to put your center speaker if you're using this mount. If it's not clear, ask away and I'll try to help you.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2013 by Kevin Bastian
First off, before I bought this I read many reviews and did a lot of research. What I have found in research on so many items is that you have to believe a review in which someone has the same views, skills and knowledge as yourself or that you can believe through reading the content of their review. I have read many things that just did not bother me or that were really not a big issue at all that some people complained about. Keep that in mind. Pros - This mount was first of all GREAT VALUE. If you are looking for something that is becoming a national landmark, this is not a design for the ages. It is simple, doesn't look terrible by all means and very functional. - Some people have complained abut how hard it was to get to the handle to lock it down, to keep the display from tilting forward on its own. I don't get the issue here, it was quite easy. I mounted my TV around 7 ft in the air, above some book cases that I have against the wall in my computer room. I simply set the tv on the mount, latched the two safety devices (one on each side) to make sure the screen didn't pop off and tightened the tilt by pulling the screen out to full extension. You have full access to get to it, nothing stopping you. I don't get that gripe. My tilt holds without issue. - The fit on the crossbars it tight, maybe too tight but that is good for keeping things snug. For me to get the safety latches in place, I literally had to get the big mallet out and beat the crap out of them. The seal on the pieces that mount to the TV were so tight to the cross bars that I could not get them into the final resting position without a good whack, and I have some gorilla grip going on. You have to squeeze real tight with the little latch pushed up to try to get in place and whack it with a mallet. It is super snug which means super safe imo. Seriously, I have a guitar players grip; people with less hand strength might have issues here. Be smart and out think the hardware. It could have been manufacturing not being so precise but if you see it, you know what to do. - Sturdy. I am a big dude and I put some weight against it, no budging. I used a piece of poplar 2 x 8 at 3 ft long to help with centering and support. I believe the mount was something like 6"in height on the base, it was real easy then to get it where I wanted it. 6 large lag screws from the local box store, forget the screws that came with it. I do not like "pretty" black screws when i read that many have had issues with them. I went with "trusted" screws I have used before. Drilled pilots in the wood, then sunk one in the far left through a stud. Stud finders are terrible, so I went into the basement to see which side of the stud the outlet was on that was close by. Did some math for the metal box, drywall ring and then the stud. then measured off this to mark my wall at 16" centers. After sinking the left top, I rolled the wood up without scratching the wall and popped a 24" level on top. When level, I sank the bottom right and brought it tight. Then sank the other 4 and tightened the top left snug. I used a mini impact from my dual DeWalt set; it is better to use a mini impact than a true drill as it will snug everything better. I then used the same formula; marked my top left, pilot. Sink the lag into the frame snug, not too tight.Bottom right using a smaller torpedo level. Snug, then tight watching my level. Then I sank 6 more screws. No reason to be shy here and the cost of time and material is nothing. - Mounting the TV itself was easy. I have a Samsung KU7000 and it has a slightly curved back, yet the TV came with spacers to bring everything flat that worked just fine with the mount. Once the guides were on, I simply had to get the beast on there. I did have my wife help me on this one because of the height of the TV and the sheer size. It was not really hard to get on but I did notice that if you could not get a good view to see where to set it, you push the arms back and end up fighting yourself. Lean back over the edge and look when you are in position. My side went in but she struggled; no worries. Let the one side hang in and just lift the other side enough to drop in place. Hammer the safety latches down and you are gold. I used 2 heavy gauge cable ties through the holes to make sure they do not come out but I can tell you by the pressure, they are going no where. - Cable management. It is quite stiff to get the sides spread out, but it works to keep your cables away from the moving parts of the arms. Warning: if you have a lot of I/O, you might feel some pain here. I only hooked up a cable box, dvd player and ps3 to the TV. This brings 3x hdmi, 1 power cable and I ran cat 6 in as well. This amount of cable is overload already for these little wire ways but they did work for my needs. You may have more cables. - Some people reported their TV sliding as there is no mechanism to keep it centered. Maybe they changed something in the design but i saw nothing like that. No lean, no drooping. It just works. Maybe if you have an uber old plasma, the weight may take more of a toll on the mount. I was good and needed no cable ties, tape or any gadget to keep the TV in the same place. Cons - Cheap screws. Other than the threaded bolts, I would not use them. I was going to get newer ones anyway because of the length added by the 2x8 but they were cheap. - Ok, this is getting low but it is something that hacks me off to no end; if you are going to sell a product here, have someone proof read your instructions book in English before you print it. If I see grammatical errors or even typos, that tells me that some guy is printing this out in his garage and his friend is assembling these in the back yard. Professionalism starts with what people see and although I did chuckle a bit that they had no one to catch these errors, it looks bad. I was able to get past all the failures in the manual but guess what? I build stuff, huge manufacturing plants. Some people may not and will get confused and lost, then angry. Fix it.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2017 by Kevin
I purchased this mount for a new Sony Bravia we bought for our master bedroom. Problems (noted below) made it impractical for my master bedroom, however, I did install it in a spare bedroom with a 32" LCD flatscreen and it is absolutely awesome in there...here are the pros and cons as I found them: The Pros: 1) Very stable unit when mounted to studs 2) Unit is already assembled, only have to bolt to wall and attatch to television (which is great because there are a lot of moving parts). Not to worry, this unit arrives fully assembled. 3) All hardware for mounting is included (including lag bolts for wall studs, 8mm screws for attaching TV (fit my Bravia), and many other spacers, washers, various hardware which some installations may require. I suspect most are like me...all you need are the 4 lag bolts to attach it to your wall studs, and 4 screws to attach to the back of your flatscreen television. 4) This might sound insignificant, but it was most appreciated by me: all hardware is sealed in individual "compartments" of shrinkwrap, which you can "unroll", and each "compartment" is labeled as to the contents. In other words, you don't get a big bag of mixed screws, washers, spacers, and other hardware that you have to sort through to find the screw that looks 'most like the picture in the instruction book'. Anyone who has had the fun of assembling something that was packaged that way will instantly know what I'm talking about. 5) This unit operates exactly as described in it's advertising. It is tight, smooth, has no "rattly components", no "slop" in the movement of the folding arms; it moves where you push it, and it stays put when you let go...it does not "drift" or "sway" when you let go of it. You will have no lack of confidence that it will support the load (provided you installed it properly...more about that in the "cons" section to come, and provided you have a reasonable load weight with your television). Older or heavier TV's (i.e., those in the 60-80 lb. range) might put a strain on things, but I kind of doubt that even those would if properly installed. Bear in mind that the farther your tv is pulled from the wall, the more stress is placed on the bolts holding the mount to the wall (the effects of leverage). Even so, by any measure, this mount is quite rugged. 6) The price is mindblowing, especially when you receive the unit. I think I paid about $65 for this from Amazon, so my expectations were not very high due to the price. Wrong...this is a heavy duty, heavy metal unit. I looked at it closely...I could not find anything to complain about regarding the quality of fit 'n finish. 7) I've read other reviews here that warned of inferior quality lag bolts being included with the mount, but I did not have this problem. I suspect this happened with some because they tried to drive these heavy, long lagbolts into their studs with a screwgun. Now I admit that the hex-heads of these lag bolts do have a "phillips" orifice in the tops of them, but heavy duty lags such as this cannot be driven with a screwgun. The torque will cause the screwdriver to strip the phillips "holes" in the bolt every time. Pre-drill the hole (and be sure it's in a stud...look at the "shavings" that come out on the bit to make sure there is wood there and not just sheetrock powder). Then drive the lagbolts in with a ratcheted socket set or similar. Take care not to pre-drill the hole too big...the lag bolts have to be tight in the wood. But DO pre-drill because bolts this size may split the stud, and you won't have nuthin' if that happens. :-) Cons: 1) The first and worst negative is that the backing plate (the plate that bolts the mechanism to the wall) is not long enough. That plate is about 17" long. Seems like no big deal, but it can be and it was for me. You see, most folks have drywall or sheetrocked walls with the studs running 16" on center. Meaning that the wall is hollow sheetrock except for a stud every 16 inches. Now, this unit MUST be lag-bolted to 2 studs, with 2 lag bolts in each stud. Sounds ok, right...well, depends. If you are centering your TV mount in your wall, and a stud happens to fall dead center at that point, then it is not possible for you to bolt it to 2 studs. Unless of course you want to move it over sideways and position it off-center of your wall (and your TV will be off center too). That is the reason I could not use this unit in our master bedroom. Studs weren't in the right place. If the backplate were longer (which it is with many other brands), then it could easily reach 2 studs and allow adequate bolting. When messing with this kind of weight (the TV and this heavy mount), it would be foolish to trust sheetrock achors. When you pull out this unit from the wall with a TV attached, there must be tremendous stress on the backplate as gravit tries to pry it from the wall. This was the "worst" feature as far as I was concerned, but things worked out fine in my spare bedroom...studs happened to be in the right place, so it wasn't an issue in that room. 2) The weight of this mount is extremely heavy. Like freaky-heavy. This is both good and bad I guess because it is definitely heavy-duty stuff. It's a non issue except for the extra weight stress placed on the bolts attaching it to the wall. Please be sure you hit studs dead-center with each lag bolt, or you may hear a "crash" and find that the bolts have pulled from the wall...your beloved flatscreen TV on the floor broken and bleeding. 3) In "closed position", the unit sticks out from the wall quite a bit. May not be an issue (wasn't for me); but here is the issue...when you press the TV against the wall (the wallmount unit fully collapsed), there is still quite a "gap" between the wall and the back of your TV. My flatscreen TV is about 4 inches thick...add another 3 or 4 inches to that, and you will see that your television will be about 7 inches from the wall when in "closed" position. We leave ours partially extended and slanted all the time, so this is a non-issue for me. Might be for you though...it shows when you walk into a room and see the "side view" of the TV against the wall...and it's sticking way out from the wall. Well, that's about it for my review. I hope it helps someone. The short version is, if you can use a studfinder and locate your studs you will be able to "see" where you will have to mount this unit. If it happily works out to be where you want it, great deal! If not, then you could be in trouble. I understand that in the event you return this, it will cost about $20 shipping and you'll be charged a $20 "re-stocking fee". So a good idea to check the feasibility before you order it. If the placement works out, you'll have yourself a heckuva deal on a very cool articulating wall mount.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2012 by Brian The Lion
This is simply an excellent full motion wall mount. I started to buy another one but saw this one when I was placing my order. I saw all the excellent reviews and liked the full motion that this one offered. I just received it today and put it up in about 15 minutes. I am no expert but I have put up others. I had previously ordered three others from Amazon, two for computer monitors and a bigger mount for a larger TV. I did not take it apart to mount it; just had my wife help me to hold it up. I think this is the easiest way to do it if you have two people. While it is heavy, it is not really that heavy for two people. (loved the comment from one reviewer who laughed when someone said it was too heavy; and he and his young daughter put it up). And you will not struggle with two people either. However, one person could probably do it, if you wanted to take it apart. But then you would have to hold the TV in place to reconnect it which I believe would involve much more effort. I did take one apart in the past for a larger TV but that mount was massive and I was so glad I chose that option. I used a stud finder to find the wall studs. I then attached the bars that hook to the back of the television (they are separate from the mount and packed in a plastic wrap). The company provided all different sizes of bolts and the first ones I tried fit perfectly. After securing the bars to the back of the TV, I had my wife figured where she wanted the height to be. Then I measured from the bottom of the TV to the first (bottom) hook so that I could get the correct height (which in my case was 12 inches). My wife wanted the TV about 50 inches from the floor. I measured 50 inches from the floor and then measured up 12 more inches to get the bottom of the TV to set at roughly 50 inches. I then marked the studs again and put a small nail in the wall to make sure I hit a solid piece of wood. I then took another nail and did the same thing on the other side (16 inches over). I placed a level to rest on the nails and moved one of the nails until I was perfectly level. My wife and I lifted the mount up to make sure that the holes lined up with the nails, which they did. We put the mount back down on the floor, I removed the nails and I drilled pilot holes for the lag bolts. I then used a 1/2 inch drive ratchet and drove the lag bolts about half way in. I removed the lag bolts and my wife and I again held the mount up and placed the lag bolts back in to the holes and tightened up those bolts (bottom of mount). I checked level again and it was perfect. I told my wife that I did not need her anymore and did the same thing with the top bolts as the mount was already in place and tightened to the wall. If it leans out too much, you could have another person hold it in place while you put those top bolts. Doing it that way, the mount was very easy to do and it was perfectly level. (so I did not have to make any other adjustments). The next thing we did was attempt to put the TV on the mount. We have an older plasma TV and it weighs almost 80 pounds. My wife had a little problem with that and so we had our daughter help and put it right in place. The nice thing is there is a little locking tab on the bottom hook that snaps right in place securing the hook from moving or lifting off the bar. I did read some negative reviews on the provided lag bolts breaking and was very leery about using them. I think that the problem with any lag bolt that breaks could be that a proper pilot hole is not drilled before tightening it (but not always, as poor quality bolts can break because of their quality). My wife thought they were fine and while I did have some lag bolts on hand, most were not very long. I decided to use three of the ones provided and one large lag bolt I had. I put the larger (slightly thicker) lag bolt in the top just in case there was a problem with the other bolts. In the end, I did not have any problems with tightening the bolts and none of them broke. I know I have only had it up a short period of time, but I am really impressed with this mount and wanted to rate it because I thought it deserved the good ratings it has received from others. My TV is an older Panasonic 42 inch plasma but weighs a good bit; and I did not see much sag when we placed it on the mount. As to the performance, the mount extends way out and moves very easily (something someone else complained of). I did not have to put any type of lubricant on it and I believe that some may have received a bad unit with the few negative reviews concerning the movement. Other than the excellent and more expensive mount I used for a larger television, this mount is one of the best I have used. Very easy to set up, nice locking and moving features and priced right. So glad I chose this mount and thanks to all that reviewed it and helped me to make the right decision.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2014 by Martino
Super happy with the motion, angles, and tilt this mount provides.
Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2023 by Miercoles
8/28/2017 UPDATE: The review and the pictures below are accurate for the TV mount I purchased on 01/26/2015. From the comments I am getting for the past 6 months, it seems that the seller might have changed the product since, and my review and pictures might not match the current product. That is not under my control, seller should have created a new listing for the new product but chose instead to use the same listing because of the 19000+ reviews posted. So please don't blame it on me, I'm just a customer that wrote a review to the product I received back in 2015. Original review written on 03/02/2015: Bought it to mount 3 LED TVs (2x65", 1x50") in an office, chose this model mostly because of the lockable feature. I didn't use the included lag bolts because of the poor quality complaints in previous reviews. I didn't want to take the chance to strip the included bolts so I bought 5/16-9 2-1/2 lag bolts from Lowes (item 63396) and a box of 1/4" Toggler bolts (Lowes item 118084). On one of the 65" TVs and the 50" TV, the 2x4 studs were spaced perfectly and I was able to mount them using 4 lag bolts each. On the other 65" TV, the stud was about 2" off center so I put 2 lag bolts in the stud and 4 toggler bolts in the left and right most holes. I put my entire weight (200 lbs) on each mount half way extended and they held up just fine. Here are the pros and cons: Pros: 1. Good quality mount 2. Ability to adjust the horizontal leveling (plus/minus 6 deg) 3. Lockable mount with 5 mm holes. Most pad locks you can find in stores have 6 mm shackle diameter, but I found the Master Lock 131Q has 5 mm locks and it fit just right. 4. 10 ft HDMI cable included 5. Long arms give you the option of moving the TV in almost any position. Cons: 1. There is nothing to stop the TV from sliding from one way to the other on the two horizontal bars. That would screw up the horizontal alignment every time the TV is moved. Not sure how they didn't think about this. I used some black duct tape to prevent that. I could have drilled holes in the horizontal bars and put some screws in but duck tape was faster. 2. I wish I could have been able to use zip ties to route the cable on the wall side from the lower side to the upper side or the mount, but there are no holes to get the zip ties in. Very happy with the purchase overall, would buy again in a heartbeat. You can see how it looks with a 65" TV attached in the pictures below. [...].
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Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2015 by Waves Waves
If I ever need another wall mount like this I would get the same one without hesitation! I put my 37" TV on this wall mount with no trouble at all. I put mine up to the left of a corner so I could turn my TV about 60 degrees to get it catty cornered. (I believe the documentation states that you can safely turn the monitor a full 90 degrees.) Taking the mounting plate off to get your holes drilled and the plate totally level was something that I decided to do based on reading a few reviews where people said it was difficult to bolt this contraption to the wall and get it level due to the weight of it and how awkward it can be, even with two people. Another reason to do it this way is that even though this wall mount has a simple leveling system for the monitor it is better from an engineering perspective to get the mounting plate totally level by itself first and have a good foundation at the start than being close and having to adjust things to compensate later. For me knowing that the whole assembly is bearing the weight of my investment as evenly as possible was a major factor, as it was engineered to do. This was ESPECIALLY true given that I was doing an offset mounting and if I were dealing with an especially heavy monitor it would have been even more of a reason. The "tricks" that I found were as follows: 1) Take the mount apart and lube all the long bolts/articulation points with White Lithium grease, taking care to carefully clean everything off when you re-assemble it because it will get a little messy. This will let you adjust the monitor a lot easier later on since they had no lubrication that I could find. If you plan to regularly move things around after the fact this will be a bonus. 2) Get your own lag bolts and washers, (1x4" by 3" I believe) this kit comes with lag screws, but a solid head is always significantly stronger than a screw type head. (Considering how much TV's cost I decided that less than $5.00 worth of bolts and washers was cheap insurance!) 3) Unbolt the plate from the rest of the mount when you are installing it because that will make it a lot easier to get it on the wall AND totally plumb and level. Keep in mind that you have hex head bolts and four washers for each bolt on the plate, a small ring type and a recessed one on the bolt head as well as the nut side. Do not lose them of this mount will not work properly and may fail early. 4) Have a good set of hex wrenches ready! You will need them to adjust the monitor level because it wont come adjusted for horizontal level and if you unbolt the mounting plate the bolts have hex heads on one side. 5) Bolt in to studs if you do not have this going in to concrete, or a good 2 by cross brace; Your monitor is probably heavy if this bracket is what you are going to get and bracket itself is a very solid BEAST!!! 6) Mind the arrows pointing to the "up" side. In retrospect what I might have done differently was to get some 1" lag bolts of the same thickness I was using to quickly mount up the plate to verify the plumb and level. After that taking down the plate and reassembling it on the ground would have been simple, followed by putting it on the wall with one corner bolted up, followed by rotating it up and bolting up the other three sides, checking things as I went. ADDED 6/20/2017: After having lived with this bracket for about 6 years I can safely say that it is performing without a hitch and all the praise I had is still holding true. Outstanding product and a great price, ESPECIALLY if you compare it to what this bracket would cost in a major store.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2012 by Jay Greenblatt
I purchased this mount to use with my brand new Hisense 55H9B2 curved 4K LED TV. I was a little worried that this mount would not work with a curved TV, or that for the price, this might be flimsy and unable to hold a 55 inch TV. However, once the box arrived, all of my fears were removed. Needless to say, this is one beast of a mount. This is some heavy stamped steel. Heavy enough that there was no way that I was going to be able to mount this thing on the wall by myself, let alone hold it up on the wall with one hand and mark where my pilot holes needed to go. I originally selected this mount due to it being 19 inches wide, wide enought to allow me to mount the TV to two studs. My wife and I just had a house built, and the builder assured me that there would be two studs centered over the fireplace. Well, that was not the case, so I ended up mounting a 2 x 8 across the three studs in the wall so that I could center the TV. This ended up being fine (albeit, not looking as clean as I originally wanted behind the TV), since it meant that I could put 6 lag screws through the mount instead of 4. I ended up taking the arms off of the wall mounting bracket, which made the job a whole lot easier. There is a steel insert and washer that is located at each point where the arms mount to the bracket, for a total of 4 sets. Just make sure you are aware of this so you don't accidentally end up dropping and losing an insert or a washer. Once I got the bracket marked up and mounted. It was fairly simple to hold up the rest of the mount and reattach the inserts and washers to the arms, and then reinsert the steel bolts. After reassembling everything, I installed the mounting brackets to the back of the TV. With this being a curved TV, I was worried, since the back is curved as well. Luckily, there were bolts that were of the correct length, as well as spacers that allowed the mounting brackets to clear the back of the TV easily. Once installed, my wife and I lifted the TV and placed it on the mount. Once on the mount, I adjusted the TV using a level to make sure that it was horizontal, and then I adjusted the forward angle to make sure to remove any glare from the overhead light or windows when seated on the couch. All in all, I am extremely happy with this mount. We have an open concept living room that flows through the dining room and into the kitchen. With this mount, I can turn the TV and see it from in the kitchen, which will come in very handy the next time I am cooking a big meal and want to watch something while I am prepping. If I had to have one complaint (which would reduce this score to a 4.5 out of 5 stars, if that were an option), it would be that the TV slides left and right on the mounting arms very easily. While this is great since you can position the TV to be centered on the wall, versus centered on the mount, it is a little tiresome to have to recenter the TV every time you touch it, since it slides so easily. To remedy this, I took two small red C-Clamps, and placed them onto the mounting arms, so that it is locked into place. You can see this in the attached picture. All in all, I am extremely happy with this mount, and I will be sure to purchase this mount again in the future for any additional TVs that I need to mount in my home.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2016 by Cody Lee Cody Lee
Packaging: The mount came well packaged. Not only was it in its own product box, but that box was inside another box just a size larger so that it fit in flush, but in addition, that box was inside an Amazon shipping box and lined with packing paper. So there was no complaints as far as packaging was concerned. The mount itself as well as all of the mounting hardware and accessories were packaged inside the product box as well, easily located. The Mount: The mount itself is extremely heavy duty (and just plain heavy), at certain points in order to mount it properly I was supporting it on my shoulders extended while I tried to ratchet down the lag bolts. The Mounting process/instructions: This is where some concerns were introduced. As with some of the others, I chose to go to my local home improvement store and pick up some higher quality lag bolts (5/16" x 3"), rather than run the risk of snapping off the included bolts. Unfortunately I actually managed to snap off one of my own purchased bolts as well, but that's not the mount's fault. The instructions mentioned an 'included level' which mine did not come with, not attached to the mount itself or as a separate product, so you should be sure to have your own level. I used a small magnetic one that I already have that made ensuring the mount was level while I screwed it in a much easier process. The real concerns were mounting the TV ON to the mount. The mount came with standoffs and machine bolts designated for different size TVs and different depths. Unfortunately none of these were 'quite' right for my 55" LG 55LM6200 (2012 LG model year), so I imagine all of the current generation LG TVs might run into this issue. With the included standoffs the long bolts were too long, and the short bolts didnt thread in far enough for me to feel comfortable with how secure my mount would be. To fix this issue I used the long bolts with the standoffs that came with my TV, and along with those, I used some washers from my own collection to make up the dead space, since it was near what was needed. Finally, when it came to placing the TV on the mount, I found that the TV can basically freely slide from one side of the bars on the mount to the other. I didnt find anything that would prevent this except the weight of the TV and the bar locks on the mount that prevents the TV from being lifted off easily after it is put on. Fortunately it doesnt seem that sliding it is excessively easy, but I wish it had a screw or a stop the could be set to ensure it did not slide. Adjusting: Adjusting the angle of the TV is done fairly easily with the Allen wrench included with the TV. Just be aware that there is a little bit of play once its adjusted. You will want to adjust it just a little bit high so that it settles down to the angle you want. Be aware that the arm angle can be adjusted as well, so while you are mounting it be sure that you are leveling off the back of the mount, not the arm, as it might not be level to start with until you finish mounting the product and level out the front. Function: Once the TV was mounted, the function of the mount has been quite nice, it moves in and out with a little bit of force, without being either too easy or too difficult. I dont know that I would want to pull or push on it everyday though, but it might be ok to do, I think I just would rather not put the force on the TV frame since that is really the easiest way to move it. Conclusion: So with some minor difficulties I've managed to get the TV mounted and have been quite happy with the product... My only concern now is that my girlfriend thinks it is mounted too high... Oh well ;)
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Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2012 by Beradon
The reviews won me over for this mount and after installing it for my 55" LG LED, I'm pretty happy with it too. It's heavy and solidly constructed, the wall will definitely give before this thing does. My parts package was slit open, but I found I was only missing two of the concrete anchors which I didn't need anyway. Anything in there is easily and cheaply replaced at the hardware store. Like others who reviewed this mount with LG TVs, I wasn't happy with the length of either of the M6 screws provided to mount the brackets to the back of the TV. The 16mm was too short and the 30mm too long. A dremel would easily shorten the 30mm, but I didn't have an M6 nut to cleanup the threads, so I picked up a set of 20mm M6 bolts and it seems plenty sturdy. I might have opted for the 25mm screws or cutting down the 30mm if I was mounting a heavy plasma. I also see a lot of reviews replacing the M8 lag screws with 5/16". At first I scoffed at this because if you do the math, an M8 and 5/16" are nearly identical. However, I took the M8 with me to the hardware store while getting the M6 screws and the 2.5"x5/16" steel lag screw felt a bit heavier than what was supplied, so I replaced that too. In the end, all I used from the parts bag where the screws to lock the TV brackets onto the mount and the allen wrench to adjust the angle. I was originally a bit deterred from this mount because of the 19" wall bracket. I know my studs are 16" OC, but I wanted the extra play to center the TV where I wanted. Turns out that there's plenty of room to adjust the TV horizontally with this mount. The TV slides side-to-side about 9" once installed. This also means that my 55" TV gets closer to a right angle to the wall than I was expecting by sliding the mount off center. I noted another review that seemed to be concerned that there are no stops at the end of the bars the TV brackets slide on. In my setup, stops would be unnecessary as the opposite bracket is stopped by the center of the mount long before the far one reaches the end using a 400mm VESA mount pattern. You might need to add stops if you exceed the recommended VESA size. The only nuisances so far are the angle adjustments, both the +/-6 degrees left/right and the +/-15 degrees up/down. There's no positive locking on either of these so they tend to drift as you're tightening them and you really need to crank on them to get them to stay. I'm keeping the allen wrench handy, I think I might be needing it more later. The only other thing on my wishlist would be a longer HDMI cable. Naturally I want to hide the cables by running them behind the wall, but the supplied cable is only 6-7', so by the time you leave extra for sliding and pivoting the TV on the mount and run it through the cable management, into the wall, and out, there's not much left. One final tip, the cable management cover was catching the wall bracket on the bottom section of the arm. I slid a washer between the arm and bracket at each screw hole to keep the bracket tight against the bottom of the arm. This seems to solve it catching or rubbing when retracted.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2012 by aw
Mounted my 60" LG LED TV on this mount into a brick wall. Need this type of mount to allow the TV to clear some protrusions in the brick. While I didn't need as much range of motion that this mount provided, I wanted a very sturdy unit that would put the TV where we wanted it. This mount does the job, and then some. I chose it because of it's weight capacity, the ability to project out from the wall (I only needed 6", it can come out 25"), and the ability to adjust the angle and tilt. I didn't need the sideways swing capability, but now that we have it, we decided we would change the angle some when we had a bigger crowd, since when it's just my wife and I, we sit towards one end of the couch. I also noticed that this one is heavier than others, which increased my confidence it would support the weight well. It comes nearly completely assembled, and it's heavy (20+ lbs). It really is helpful to have another person to assist. There is a suggestion in the questions to assemble the mount on the TV while the TV is on the floor and then measure where to put the first bolt relative to the edge of the set. That way, it goes exactly where you want it. That was an excellent method which we used, and indeed the TV ended up exactly where we wanted it. I had tried to use a less expensive, less featured mount, which wasn't able to clear the obstructions I had in the brick wall. This allowed me to see the difference in construction between the cheaper mounts and this one. One thing I noticed is that the vertical brackets that screw to the TV have two hooks on each that connect to the mount, rather than one hook on each on the cheaper mount. It makes a more sturdy connection between the parts. This mount has two articulated arms, less expensive ones have one. Also, the arms that the hooks seat on are tubular steel, not angles. Stronger. Yes, you can mount it into brick. I did not use the plastic anchors included with the mount - I got some heavier duty metal anchors. I mounted them in the mortar (easier drilling), but the anchors work in solid brick well. This mount has a tilt adjustment. That means you don't have to get the mount completely level, although it needs to be close. It's on solid. No sag, even if fully extended. My TV weighs 60 lbs. The mount had the right screws for my LG, and it fit the TV perfectly. Don't pay any attention to the size of the TV. The size of the TV doesn't matter. What matters is the weight and the hole mounting pattern in the back of the TV. If the hole mounting pattern works, and the weight is okay, then the mount will work. The size does affect how much angle you can get (side to side) from the mount. The arms extend out 25" and some wide TVs may not be able to swing the full 180 the mount can swing without hitting the wall. I don't need to swing much at all so that's not a concern in my installation. In all, I am very satisfied with this mount, and highly recommend it.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2013 by brtech
I mounted a 60" Sharp LED TV to this mount with no problems. I recieved it sooner than expected & it was 98% assembled out of the box. I followed the directions, took the time to do it right & it took about 20 minutes. I always read the negative reviews first & I am baffled as to how people can have problems with this product. This mount is well made & I would recommend it to anyone that is concerned over the reviews stating it sags. The mount can be easily installed by one person as I did below: You may need help to hang your tv on it once it is installed. I am laying this out because of the problems I read about in the other reviews. 1. Figure out where your studs are & drive a pin or finish nail on each side of it to be certain where the centers are. Make these small holes about 1/4" above where your mount holes will be drilled. These small holes will be covered by your mount. 2. Drill your first pilot hole into the center of the stud & run the first lag bolt & washer through the mount & get it near snug. 3. Extend the bracket so you can lean against it. 4. While leaning against the mount in a eyed up level position, lay your level on top of the wall bracket & get it level. 5. Pull your pencil from behind your ear & mark the second hole which is on the opposite side of your first hole. 6. Let it back down & drill the second hole in the center of the stud. 7. Move the mount back to the level position & install the lag bolt & washer. 8. Tighten the two lag bolts so they are just about crushing the mount into the wall. 8. You can now drill your bottom holes & install the lag bolts & washers. Make sure you are in the center of the studs. 10. Tighten & retighten all four lag bolts. If these are not tight, you will have problems with the TV sagging when the mount is extended. It is critical that the four lag bolt are tight against the mount. If you skip using the washers, you reduce the strength & stiffness of your mount. Any fine tuning needed can be done on the 3 bolt swivel plate after the TV is on the mount. The mounting bracket has holes so you can install mud rings & plates for your wiring. I will be installing a recessed power outlet on one side & a brush cover faceplate on the other for the signal cables on the other. The mounting bracket has wire chases so everything is neat & held to avoid crushing cables. The only thing I will do to modify the mount is to drill a small hole in the upper portion of each pivot point to allow me to easily give each pivot a shot of WD-40 once in awhile. This should keep it operating smoothly & keep things from getting tweaked if it gets a little sticky from dust & oxidation.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2012 by Rubin
Amazon is terrific. The price was extremely good and delivery was fast. This has been the case for everything I have ordered from Amazon including the 46 inch TV mentioned below. The wall mount in this review is heavy, well built, well painted. There is plenty of hardware but you may still consider minor alternatives. And no where did I read during my research that a six foot HDMI cable is included. Connected between my DISH network DVR and the Samsung, it works fine. My former 46" LCD Samsung simply stood on its stand in an entertainment cabinet that I had to raise the top to fit it. The 50" Samsung (PN50C6500TF) was too tall by one inch so I chose to use this wall mount product to suspend it. I built in two 2x4 studs on 16" center for this purpose. Before committing to hanging the wall mount, I assembled the TV hanging bracket to the TV. The many holes in this bracket(s) allowed for positioning the screen pivot knobs exactly in the vertical center of TV. I guess this is how the VESA standard works. A note about mounting the hangers to the TV. The TV mounting holes are not through and through. The ideal is that the securing screws bottom out and the mount is secure. There were four too-long and four too-short 8mm screws provided. There were various spacer lengths provided but none met the need. My solution was to assemble 8mm nuts on the too-long screws first. I used common metal washers for spacing the bracket and TV. During assembly, I bottomed out the screws into the TV and then tightened the nuts to secure the hanger mount. After you hang the TV onto the wall mount, don't forget the two screws that secure the TV hanging bracket to the wall mount. The one-page instruction sheet was helpful but did have an error if vertical positioning is critical as in a cabinet mount. The instructions state that the top mounting holes will be 75mm above your vertical center. The true value is 135mm. The 75mm is correct for the the moving mounting plate that the TV hangs on and is not to be referenced. The plate mounting to the wall is vertically larger. Suspecting that there would be an unknown sag factor, I completely mounted the TV to learn that I would have to raise the position by 3/4 inch. I also learned that the hinge tensions were not equal but easily adjusted by feel with two 17mm wrenches. The TV was also slightly out of level and this was adjusted during the second positioning of the wall mount on the studs. I am comfortable that the six lag screws in this package are fine for direct stud mounting. My TV is 57 pounds with the hanger bracket. I personally would have purchased different mounting for non-stud situation. A quick note about the TVs. I replaced a 34 inch tube-type television with the Samsung 46" LCD that was a Consumer Reports best buy three years ago. I did not consider a Plasma for all the reasons back then...energy consumption, reflective screen, image burn-in. However, the LCD left me hungry for deep shadow imaging that CRT TVs produced. This past Mothers Day, my wife won a Samsung TV of our choice. I was considering another LCD but it occurred to me that LCD is still trying to catch up to Plasma images with LED back-lighting and doubling and quading refresh rates while the Samsung plasma and others have reduced energy usage and reflections. My observation is that the LCD provides a simply beautiful picture. The plasma picture is stunning.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2010 by Papa Diggy
First off, I would like to say that me and my Wife share this account, so this is her husband here. Also, I have writen MANY reviews here on Amazon, but have never waited this long to write one, as a "Wall Mount" for a heavy TV needs time and experience to review! Tonight I am happy to say, after almost 1-year and 8 months, this Wall Mount has treated me quite well! :) My Review... I purchased this mount on July 9th 2012 (I know this from looking back at my Amazon Orders) to mounted my Samsung 2009 (issued date) LCD 46" TV above the Fire Place in our living room, which has a dead weight of 51lbs (without the stand obviously, TV weight in full). I have to say, as a perfectionist in every way, this Wall Mount has stood up to the harshest of days and nights by the family, I am extremely IMPRESSED! There have been nights when the kids, or me and my wife would fall asleep during a movie, with this heavy 46" 51-pound TV extended 3 feet from our front-room wall simply attached to this mount, with NO consequences!!! After a year and almost 8 months now mounted to my front-room wall, the VideoSecu Mount looks just as it did when I received it! NO brakes, NO bends in any part of this mount (as I have seen in other reviews a couple years back when ordering this product), my TV is still perfectly "Leveled" to this day, just as leveled as the day I mounted it!!! The reason for me actually remembering to write this review (be shocked guys, the WIFE actually agreed with me for once!!!) is because (Finally) after many of years with this ancient 2009 heavy TV (for a 46" TV these days, YES, 51lbs IS HEAVY), we are upgrading tomorrow to a 55 or 60inch TV (have not decided yet until we walk into some stores in the area). From my research, most 55" TV's now weigh between 45-50lbs, and 60" TV's weigh between 50lbs up to 70lbs, easilly enough for my almost 2-year VideoSecu mount to handle! I will be updating this review on how my NEW TV handles this mount (or better yet, how my mount handles my new TV), but WOW, after almost 2 years mounted on my wall, with NO deforamities, I'm very impressed so say the least! EDIT/UPDATE 10-5-14: Me and the Wife purchased a 60" Vizeo 3D TV about 5 Months ago, Weighing in at a whopping 68LBS!!! I "DID" drill extra holes into the frame and then drilled a couple extra 3 Inch screws into the studs for extra support (don't really think it needed it, but the extra support in my mind is comforting! lol). Now, this new TV IS HEAVY as all he11 (Took 3 of us to lift it up on the Mount!!!), but this mount obviously has NO problem taking it ON!!!! Everything is still LEVEL, YES, after 2 years 6 Months and 2 TV's later, (one TV 51LBs, and now this TV 68LBS) I have to say, I am EXTREMELY Impressed with this Mount, overly impressed actually!!!! Just CLICK BUY NOW, you can thank me later!!! :) Giles .
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Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2014 by Shawna Casey
Having never bought a TV mount before, I really had no idea what to look for or what was important - all I knew was that I wanted something sturdy that wouldn't break the bank. After reading reviews for this and other mounts in the same category (articulated), I settled on this one based on price and reviews. Right out of the box, it was obvious this was a great mount - it was easy to swing around to various positions (even without the TV providing additional leverage), and it was solid, heavy, and looked great. Once I managed to find the studs in my wall, not an easy thing to do through wood paneling, I took a look at the installation hardware and found the one negative thing about this item - the lag screws provided MIGHT be able to hold the mount to the wall, but not a TV. I had read this in other reviews, so I went out in advance and bought some 3 1/2" lag bolts. A friend held the mount up to the wall while I leveled and marked it (please note, an assistant is recommended as the mount is fully assembled and is HEAVY), and a few turns of the wrench later it was up. The design of the mounting brackets for the back of the TV allowed me to install them high enough to attach my soundbar to the top of the TV - very cool, and saved me from having to buy a separate set of soundbar brackets! I hung the TV on the mount, tightened up the locking bars, and it was done. The TV is easy to move, from flat on the wall (sticks out about 4") to almost 90 degrees out - this is with a 37" TV, so of course a bigger TV wouldn't turn quite as far. A couple notes: - We ran cables for the soundbar, TV power, Wii, HDMI, optical audio & USB device, and they in NO way fit in the included cable management brackets. If you are running just HDMI, power, and maybe a set of RCAs you might be ok, but much more and you will be in trouble. However, I found some wire ties that have screw holes built-in, so I zipped up all the cables with these and attached them to the arms where the cable management pieces were supposed to go - problem solved! - Again - do NOT use the included lag bolts if you value your television (or wall, for that matter). Most hardware stores will sell construction-quality lag bolts for less than $1, so do yourself a favor and buy 4 of those. They even sell a type that doesn't require pre-drilling holes (just be prepared to exercize your wrench arm if you get those!). - The wall-mounting piece has holes that are about 16.5" apart and the WIDEST, so if your studs are 24" on center you are out of luck. However, if your studs are simply not centered on the wall, you can swing the TV to the left or right for some adjustment if needed. Bottom line - for the price, I couldn't imagine getting anything better.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2012 by SlushierCashew