Home Theater Blog: How to wall mount a LCD or plasma
by Matt Burns 
posted May 30th 2006 at 9:56AM
There is nothing more pretty in the world then a nicely hung flat-panel TV. Nothing. But sometimes the task of hanging one can seem daunting. Home Theater Blog has a nice step-by-step guide however of installing one. They will take you through the preparations all the way to the finished product. Hanging a flat-panel really is not that hard just take your time and have someone there to make sure things are straight and level - four eyes are better then two.
The one thing we should note, and they did too, that generally it is not a good idea to run the power cord of the TV down the interior of the wall. Have an electrician put an outlet where you need it. While running a power code inside your wall seems fine and dandy, it is against most codes and therefore if you happen to have any type of electrical fire, your insurance company could throw out the entire claim. Be safe.
Has anyone else hung their own flat-panel? How did it go? Oh and you might want to put a pic in our HD Beat Flickr Pool.
Filed under: DIY
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ben Hobbs @ May 30th 2006 12:16PM
We recently built an LCD screen into a clients bathroom wall, Its simply an LCD Monitor hooked up to DVD Player etc.. via DVI cable.
Flush fit, with glass front so its completely waterproof, it rocks and cost less than US $500 in total.
Click on the name and scan down to the middle of the page to view.
Steve @ May 30th 2006 3:12PM
Exactly like in the picture, why does everyone that insists on wall-mounting their LCD/Plasma insist on 5 feet off the ground?
Amazing how the cool factor far seems to far outweigh the usability, unless of course you are standing while watching!
sam @ May 30th 2006 4:10PM
Found this in the original article.
"About screen height: As you can see in the photo links at the top of the page, this particular screen is positioned somewhat high on the wall, something I try to avoid if at all possible. Our reasoning for placing this LCD high on the wall was the four poster bed in this room, any lower and the view would have been obstructed by the lower left bed post."