Need advice on mounting TV on a wall.

Anyone use a company to mount a flat panel TV on a wall. Details are 47in LCD above the gas fireplace. Wall is ready with cable outlets and power outlet. Assume studs. Please share recommendations, price, and anything you would change today (different type of mount), etc.

Yes, I know I can do it but it's the time factor. Also anyone regret the size of their TV due to the distance factor. The room from sitting area to TV is about 8-10ft. I'm going with a 47in 1080p LCD. I think most tv calculator say to go with a 43in. I'm wondering if 4 inches will make the viewing difficult like watching a movie at the theaters in the front of the screen.

Thanks.
-Teak

 

Teak - I mounted my 42 inch flat panel in our bedroom and it probably didn't take longer than a 1/2 hour.

My mount came with a guide, all I had to really do was find the studs, drill and screw it to the wall. Only need the extra pair of hands to lift the TV.

DONE!

As for the size vs distance, I think you will be juuuust fine!

 

Here is a novel idea. What I did in the basement is put the lcd tv on on nice looking metal easel. May not be for everyone but this came about by pure accident when I moved the tv one day and was going to mount it permanently to the wall and thought hmmmm I wonder what it would look like on the easel standing over there. Then my mind started thinking this is a pretty cool idea. Normally it sets in one place on the easel with a framed picture in front of it when not used . The cool thing is I can move it almost anywhere I want down there. It is connected to a fairly long HDMI cable which when it is in the normal spot the cable is practically unnoticeable. Just a thought It also becomes somewhat a conversation piece as well people never forget it ha ha ha

Lee j

 

Home Depot (and others) sell a product call "Wiremold" which allows you to tuck your cables into a channel which you can then cover. We had our plasma mounted above our brick fireplace and used Wiremold to hide the wires running along our mantle to the bookshelves in each direction. It worked great.

 

You won't regret going with a 47 inch. I would think a 43 inch would be a minimum recommendation. Virtually no one (or I should say no man) thinks they should have purchased a smaller tv.

 

On hiring someone to do it: it really is a pretty straight forward job so maybe going with some type of "handyman" service would be the most economical. It took us about 30 minutes to do ours and my husband is about average on the DIY project scale. We haven't fished the wires through the wall yet, but that won't take very long either - it's just a matter of getting sick enough of the cables.

 

So size does matter!

 

TOUCHE'!

 

Thanks everyone. I'm thinking of doing it myself. Waiting to hear back from Audio Video Something. But sounds like I should be able to do it myself in about an hour.

-Teak