RickyLee53

Hello,

I mounted my Plasma on the wall the other day.

I made the brackets myself because the 1s in the shop didn't fit close enough to the wall, it's now mounted about 10mm off the wall, now the problem is I only have 1 HDMI slot on the side, the other 3 are on the back, are there any 90 degree angled HDMI leads, I suppose the other way is to chisel the wall out to clear. I managed to strip the power lead down and make it a lot more slimline, the HDMI cables won't be as easy though.

danneth

"I managed to strip the power lead down and make it a lot more slimline,"

RickyLee53

When i saw you'd replied I thought you'd have laughed at the "home made brackets" bit, have you seen the currys advert

danneth

nah im sure the brackets are fine, its the lead and visons of connector block and tape im worried about LOL

retro d

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LOL that guy on the advert is a tit

kjc300

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Do not watch 'Aerobics Oz Style' for gods sake lolol.

Ryan

why didnt you buy the manufacturers bracket? i,e sure they do one, just tv shops sell the cheap option.

Cragrat

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You could have recessed the bracket back to the brickwork

I took my inner skin away pul a lintel across with ventilation thru the cavity via a ducted fan.is now flush with inner platerwork

B16JUS

not sure about hdmi's but you can get right angle kettle plugs ( power lead )

RickyLee53

Because they all mount the TV pretty far off the wall, the 1 at the shop for Ł130 still was about 40mm clearance to the wall, mines about 10mm.

Yes i did think about that, and i'm still tempted to go totally flush with it, this way was the easiest at the time.

Thats what i've used, then just trimmed an extra 5mm off the plastic casing and it fits perfect.

B16JUS

remember the tv has the vent holes at the back to let it cool if its too close you might end up with heat problems

J

danneth

summert like this?

http://www.amazon.com/AudioQuest-ada.../dp/B0009MAWO8

http://estore.circuitassembly.com/pr...DMI-Cable.html

http://www.4electronicwarehouse.com/...mi-r-adpt.html

steves24V's

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The brackets are that far away from the wall because plasma tvs need to be that far away for ventilation because they get hot !!!!

RichieST

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Thats right. That is the reason they sit a distance away, to allow enough airflow behind them to stop them over heating. My plasma gets very very hot!!!

dazoriginal

you've got a good tv
don't risk it getting broke
i admire your diy skills
but plese get the proper equipment
how about that

Cragrat

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Yup that's why I fitted a thermostaically controlled fan

stu21t

i fitted a new lcd tv to a customers house that we reccessed into the wall by about 50mm
that doesnt overheat, we left a 50mm gap around the tv and thats fine.

ive not seen any cables at a 90degree angle tho.

Cragrat

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Lcds don't gat any where nearas hot as a plasma that is tha beaty of installing them over plasmas

I had to do a lot of research to find out how much space I neededand what temp stat had to dwitch on at,think I got it right as its been there for s.d yrs now with no problems

Cragrat

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Bloody blackberry

RickyLee53

Well actually while I was in comet I saw how they mount there TV's, they sit pretty much flush with the display, i then asked, what bracket does that use, the reply was "oh the engineers make ours"

My plasma gets pretty hot too, although there isn't really any flow of air, theres no fan to block, just a few holes at the top to allow a convention through the TV, there isn't any holes on the back of the TV which is the only bit close to the wall.

IMO my brackets are far superior than the shop 1's, they do the job better (sits closer to the wall) and they don't have a steel plate that covers more of the holes than my brackets do.

All sorted now, cheers Danneth