Well I got a good deal on a Sony 46" LCD and decided to move my TV stand to the basement along with the Xbox and speakers. I wanted to keep my living room as clean as possible w/out clutter:

Before:


After:











The Sony downstairs:

 

Nice. Lack of wire clutter on wall-mounted TV's is key.

 

nice and clean

 

Why didn't you do a powerbridge and hide the wires?

 

Looks good!

I've been debating wall mounting mine. Hmm..

 

Too high. It's a TV, not a mirror. As long as you like it there, then

 

Powerbridge?

Are you talking about the hung tv or the one on the stand?

 

FTW

http://www.powerbridgesolution.com/a...werbridge.html

You can go from this....




To this...

 

^Nice! Next house I will do that. I didn't want to put more holes in the wall, left it as is. We are going to be living here for 3-4 years. Next time I will definitely be doing something very similar to yours.

 

Love the Powerbridge, but my LCD is hung above my fireplace, so hiding the wires behind the wall would have been a pretty time consuming and laborious process. I'll likely be moving in 18 months anyway, so I'll find a solution then. The wires in my living room aren't that noticeable as is anyway...

 

I saw this...

http://www.powerbridgesolution.com/

May consider it when I hang my TV.

 

Looks really nice and glad you're happy with the picture.

I'm probably going to pick up a KDL46W5100 tonight.

What mount did you end up getting? I know that Sarlaac, Audi and several others have recommended Sanus After someone posted a link in another thread to Monoprice, I was thinking about getting mounts from there along with cables.

Scrib - did you have to go through your fireblocking to run your cables? That's my only real concern with getting Powerbridge or anything like it.

 

I got a Sanus off Amazon. It had 5/5 on every review (166 I believe at the time)

The Samsung is hung up, I haven't used the Sony much yet. It's the S5100. I played a couple games of COD4 on it last weekend, seemed pretty good.

The Sammy's picture is definitely

 

For those with TV's mounted over the fireplace....is heat an issue if u use ur Fireplace? I was told that it is one, but I'm a bit skeptical. I plan to mount my TV over my fireplace when I get it this weekend.

 

25 months now and not an issue to report. We use our fireplace 3-4 times a month in the MN winters and I've checked the temperature of the bottom of the TV after 30-60 minutes of fireplace use and there doesn't appear to be any increase in surface temp. My fireplace sticks out a good 8" from the wall the TV probably only 3-4 inches, so there is some protection to be had in my case...

 

FWIW, I have both Sanus and Monoprice mounts (Two Sanus, one Monoprice). And both do the job. If I had to hang another TV or help someone hang one, I'd save the $60+ and get a monoprice mount.

As for the firewall... That wall was internal, so it was a piece of cake.

 

I've also used Sanus and currently have a Monoprice mount. The Monoprice was far cheaper and the quality just as good IMO.

 

This is the mount I used ($69.99)
http://www.amazon.com/Sanus-VMPL50B-...8148315&sr=8-1

 

Scrib & Dom - Thanks for the info on the Monoprice mounts. Considering their cable quality and the review on the mounts, it seemed like a pretty safe bet. With the confirmation from you guys here, it's a done deal.

 

I'm sure you can't go wrong with either Sanus or Monoprice. We need the articulating arms for the bedroom and kitchen, so the price difference becomes more substantial.

For the 46" Sony in the bedroom:
http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...seq=1&format=2

For the 32" Sony in the kitchen/dining area:
http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...mat=4#feedback

They also have a kit similar to Powerbridge for <$50:
http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...seq=1&format=2

 

I did not like the monopice-like powerbridge offering. Fortunately, there are ways to get discounts on a powerbridge.

http://www.powerbridgesolution.com/avsspecialorder.html

 

Very cool. Thanks for the link.

BTW, did you use just the AV Cablepass or AV Cableconnects? The Cableconnect would be cleaner, but the Cablepass would save on wiring.

 

Cablepass. I didn't want to lose any quality by relying on those connectors...

Cleaner, perhaps... You never see it, though.

 

Wish I had known about that before I got mine earlier in the year. oh well.

 

wow! thanks for the link!

 

yeah thanks Scrib.

 

Only thing that sucks about the Powerbridge is if you're a conduit user. They give you plastic boxes and 6' of romex, which for me is useless because that's not code here. And there's no way not to pay for it.