I am considering wall mounting my new Fujitsu P42VHA40. I have seen the genuine Fuji bracket retailing for $650+ but have found some generic ones on ebay for <$130. They seem as good as any and I am looking at fixing one to the studs in my gyprock wall myself.

Has anyone had any good or bad experences with these brackets, "aftermarket" or otherwise?

I suspect they are fine but can't help but worry about hearing my my $4500 panel hit the floor in the middle of the night.....

Dude

Take alook at this one

http://www.skunkworks.com.au/index.php

Thanks glenncol. This looks like a good option:

http://www.skunkworks.com.au/product_info....&products_id=55


Like most other sites flogging wall mounts they assume dynabolts into masonry mounts (read: very hard concrete) as opposed to my gyprock on timber frame. I am sure with the right screws it would be ok but....

anyone had experience with this sort of gyprock-mounting situation?

By the look of it that mount requires the mounting points on the back of the plasma to be the same (or similar) spacing as your wall studs.

I bought a "Watch TV" mount made in Italy by OMB. They make a tilting and a non tilting version, you should be able to get either for about $220. I opted for the non tilting as it was lower profile (about 35mm). It's designed for stud walls and is quite easy to mount. It also allows a bit of side to side adjustment if the studs aren't exactly where you want the screen. You can put a padlock in it to secure the screen.

I bought mine from Retravision. I think IJD bought one as well.

The non tilt mount looks like this:http://www.audiovisualdevices.com.au/viewp...ductid=OMB26061

thanks for the reminder about the studs.

This look familiar?
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi...ssPageName=WDVW

And this one is slightly different but same result and even cheaper:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi...ssPageName=WDVW

These both seem to be pretty good value....

I looked at both options too, but I think the easier mounting and lower profile wins the day. I think the second option will sit out quite a bit furthur from the wall.

$150 for the "fixed plasma" is good value. When I was buying I couldn't find them on Ebay, in fact it was tricky to find one at all!

My concern too. I have asked the seller for the dims to evaluate.

The wall I will be mounting on is side on to the main corridor through my house so any mount will be relatively obvious to anyone walking in so low profile = important. Seems if you live with concrete walls and no one can see the TV side on you have lots of options

Appreciate your thoughts Chris. Thnks

just make sure with the retailer or even give fujitsu service a buz because i know with panasonic you have to use there brackets or your warranty is void due to the design on there plasma might be fine but dont hurt to ask!

amother good bracket ive used thru jb is a adastra bracket dont know if other retailers sell them but there really easy to mount and are very strong!!

p.s those adastra brackets are around $200-$300 they have a monoplasma bracket for 220 but the adastra looks much better

that's a bit of a worry....might give fujistu a call....

anyone else heard of or experienced this problem? (particularly if you have a fujitsu). My worry is that the Fujistu mount goes for a ridiculous price....

just spoke with helpful Fujitsu tech support. Using 3rd party mounts does not void Fujitsu's warranty, but if any fault is determined to have been caused by the 3rd party mount or 3rd party installer, then that is not covered under warranty....makes sense.

As ChrisM said, the first link looks like the OMB mounts that we use. I got mine from Geoff at e-Home in exchange for my NEC stand (ie. ~$200).

One of Geoff's installers advised me over the phone on how to install it when even the Black&Decker Bullseye couldn't find any studs behind my gyprock. Apparently it can even be mounted straight onto gyprock using about 20 cavity thingys to distribute the weight, but I ended up just using 4 lag bolts (out of the 6 supplied) into the structural wall behind the gyprock. The mount is extremely flexible and the plasma can just be lifted straight off at any time ... or the hidden locking bar can be padlocked. It also came with some fittings for tilting up to 15 degrees. The plasma sits just 30mm from the wall with this mount.

PS. I can't believe that our consumer laws would allow Panasonic (or Fujitsu) to void a warranty so long as you choose a mount that can support the weight and uses the VESA mounting points on the panel.

thanks for your thoughts. I am becoming increasingly comfortable with buying one on ebay (the one that I think you were talking about) and mounting it myself using coach screws into the timber frame.

That said, if anyone else has wall-mounting experiences/advice/warnings to share, please feel free....

for anyone who cares, I installed my $130 ($200 RRP) Good Guys wall mount on the weekend with great success. Coach screws (supplied with mount) into timber frame with good stud finder seems to be the key.

Couldn't be happier - looks great.

Only minor warning for anyone looking to buy one of these mounts - the instructions were pathetic (photocopy with big chunks missing/illigible) and missing the section on mounting on non-masonry walls (could tell from the "rest" of the sheet that it was missing). Absolutely woeful but I guess you get what you pay for. Bracket seems very sturdy and that's what matters....

How have all you wall mounters gone with hiding the cables?

The easy way (for gyprock) is to cut two holes in the wall, cover the holes with a 50mm "floor flange" plumbing fitting and pull the cables through. This works fine if the distance is short and there's no studs/noggins in the way!

Because I was working on an insulated outside wall I put a flexible waste pipe through the holes and glued it to two bits of 50mm conduit attached to the flanges. That way fibreglass couldn't get into the room.

So you've gone through the wall, thats what i figured, with the pipe you can just thread cables through there and they come out the other side, thats a good idea but would be fiddly to do. So you can't see any cables and your plasma has the visual of just floating on the wall?

How about other people?

mine is on an internal wall and I was able to hang the panel over the noggin (with cable hole in wall just below it). This meant I could simply drop the cables down the wall. Used blank electrical faceplates and drilled holes in them with a hole saw.

I thing I've also done is made and additional 2 holes (one at TV, one near floor) for power cables to keep them away from the rest.

Only problem is that my 2 weeks old plasma has just died!!!

The two holes is a good idea to isolate power cables - that said I didn't do it and don't have any problems.

To run DVI you'll need a hole of at least 50mm to get that big connector through.

using SD pvr now so no real need for DVI very sad....

that said, I;ve run all the cables so no hassle in the future. Expensive but hopefully save time later

As another alternative when i had my plasma mounted to the wall The Guys from The Home Theatre Connection (Which were recomended by Harvey's where i bought my plamsa) installed it onto the wall for $375. This Included the bracket (which is fixed also supplied by harvey's) and a high quality 3m component cable. They also used a wall plate behind the plasma and at the bottom of the wall. Everythings hidden and really neat and they were gone in one and a half hours.

Try info@thtc.com.au or 0419509316

too late for me now but sounds like good value...would look at that option if I had my time over.

Everything has gone well with my install but that's not much to pay for peace of mind....

Try this ....

Skunkworks have extended the model range.

http://www.skunkworks.com.au/catalog_produ...with_images.php

Lou

We sell a couple that are great, one made by "dome" very easy to install, good quality.

We sell for $299, u could get it for around $130 if you push it.

If you're still looking for flat screen mountings try this.