Quite a lot of people are now mounting plasma screens recessed into the wall 
(or false chimney breast) so front of display is flat with wall. Also hides 
cables which SWMBO's will approve.

However what type of plasma bracket do they use ?

I assume it must be a "concertina" type bracket to enable the screen to be 
pulled forward to allow cabling access ?

Anyone any ideas ?

I intend to build a "false" chimney breast say 8" deep on the big wall in 
our lounge and mount a 50" plasma recessed into the breast. Cables will exit 
at bottom right into a suitable unit containing DVD, receiver amp etc. How 
do I mount the screen so it is both safe and can get access to rear to 
add/remove leads etc.

I wonder about ventilation / heat
I had to install a PC fan in my cabinet in which sky & other boxes fitted

"Ian_m"  wrote in message 
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> Quite a lot of people are now mounting plasma screens recessed into the 
> wall (or false chimney breast) so front of display is flat with wall. Also 
> hides cables which SWMBO's will approve.
>
> However what type of plasma bracket do they use ?
>
> I assume it must be a "concertina" type bracket to enable the screen to be 
> pulled forward to allow cabling access ?
>
> Anyone any ideas ?
>
> I intend to build a "false" chimney breast say 8" deep on the big wall in 
> our lounge and mount a 50" plasma recessed into the breast. Cables will 
> exit at bottom right into a suitable unit containing DVD, receiver amp 
> etc. How do I mount the screen so it is both safe and can get access to 
> rear to add/remove leads etc.

Ian_m wrote:
> Quite a lot of people are now mounting plasma screens recessed into the 
> wall (or false chimney breast) so front of display is flat with wall. 
> Also hides cables which SWMBO's will approve.
> 
> However what type of plasma bracket do they use ?
> 
> I assume it must be a "concertina" type bracket to enable the screen to 
> be pulled forward to allow cabling access ?
> 
> Anyone any ideas ?
> 
> I intend to build a "false" chimney breast say 8" deep on the big wall 
> in our lounge and mount a 50" plasma recessed into the breast. Cables 
> will exit at bottom right into a suitable unit containing DVD, receiver 
> amp etc. How do I mount the screen so it is both safe and can get access 
> to rear to add/remove leads etc.

The bigger issue in doing this is you're kinda locked in to a particular 
shape and size when the time comes to replace it. The way tvs are these 
days, most people don't stick with them 5 years or more.

Is a bracket on the wall _that_ bad?

  -Kevin.

> The bigger issue in doing this is you're kinda locked in to a particular 
> shape and size when the time comes to replace it. The way tvs are these 
> days, most people don't stick with them 5 years or more.

Interesting good point to think about, though I would be quite willing to 
remake the "hole" after 5 years and/or buy the most expensive plasma panel I 
can afford now in the hope it will last longer than 5 years.

Back to bracket on wall idea might instead go for two sheets of 18mm MDF 
like a mate of mine did years ago when the price of plasma screens (5K for 
42" I think) justified major building work mounting it. As he had dodgy "dot 
and daub" plasterboard walls that were uncertain of supporting his £5000 
purchase, he screwed an 18mm sheet of MDF to the wall with a section cut out 
from bracket position to floor to run cables. On top of this he screwed 
another sheet of 18mm MDF, with a hole in to the section in lower sheet to 
run cables and bolted the plasma bracket to this sheet. The whole lot was 
then painted same colour as the rest of the room. Didn't look out of place.

The advantage of this is/was

- It is cheap to make compared to plasterboard boxing.
- All cables are hidden behind the top sheet of MDF.
- Plasma bracket is fixed to something stronger than the underlying wall.
- You can cut holes in the top sheet behind the panel where the SCART 
connectors go to enable you to use easily  panels rear SCART connectors, as 
if you used the panel manufacturers plasma bracket it was too close to the 
wall to get SCART's plugged in the rear. This was in the 1990's and I notice 
it is still a problem today, a mate of mine has asked me to see if I can 
locate some low profile right angle SCART connectors as when he has mounted 
his Samsumg 32" panel using the correct Samsung mounting kit you can't get 
standard SCART leads in the rear connectors as the SCARTs are too big and 
interfere with the wall !!


"Gunther Gloop"  wrote in message 
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> Ian_m wrote:
>> Quite a lot of people are now mounting plasma screens recessed into the 
>> wall (or false chimney breast) so front of display is flat with wall. 
>> Also hides cables which SWMBO's will approve.
>>
>> However what type of plasma bracket do they use ?
>>
>> I assume it must be a "concertina" type bracket to enable the screen to 
>> be pulled forward to allow cabling access ?
>>
>> Anyone any ideas ?
>>
>> I intend to build a "false" chimney breast say 8" deep on the big wall in 
>> our lounge and mount a 50" plasma recessed into the breast. Cables will 
>> exit at bottom right into a suitable unit containing DVD, receiver amp 
>> etc. How do I mount the screen so it is both safe and can get access to 
>> rear to add/remove leads etc.
>
> The bigger issue in doing this is you're kinda locked in to a particular 
> shape and size when the time comes to replace it. The way tvs are these 
> days, most people don't stick with them 5 years or more.
>
> Is a bracket on the wall _that_ bad?
>
>  -Kevin.