Five Tips to Help Choose Your LCD TV Wall Mount

If you are a going to be a proud owner of an LCD TV soon (or have already purchased one), the next best thing you can do is to buy an LCD TV wall mount for it. Wall mounting your LCD TV is not for space saving or room aesthetics alone. It provides wide viewing angles and thus allows optimum viewing of your TV. A TV stacked on a cabinet cluttered in between other furniture can only provide a limited angle of viewing. Having made up your mind to use a TV wall mount, now consider these points to select the right one for your home. Right Size - Wall mounts for plasma or LCD TVs come in various sizes. Order your wall mount after deciding your TV size. Last moment decisions on TV size can render your already ordered wall mount useless. Wall Requirements - Consider the type of wall that is going to hold the mount. Inform the supplier about the type of wall as most LCD TV wall mounts come with the required fastening hardware. For a wood studded wall, you need a stud locator to precisely locate the centre of a stud for mounting the TV. For a concrete wall or cinder block wall, concrete anchors are used to ensuring a secure fixed. Manoeuvrability Of TV - You can choose a wall mount that keeps your TV fixed to the wall or you can choose one that gives freedom of manoeuvrability to the TV. Wall mounts that provide tilting of the LCD TV come with various options. You can choose the one to suit your requirements for a degree of angles or distance from the wall. Also, there is a motorised option that allows you to swing your TV comfortably by a click of a remote. Strength Of The Wall Mount - It will not be a smart thing to save a few dollars on an LCD TV wall mount that is going to hold hundreds of dollars worth of TV. Assess the strength of the potential wall mount and wisely choose the one that can hold your TV secure. Flat screen TVs are lightweight in general and wall mounts are designed to hold that weight. It's good to check the weight holding capacity of the mount with its supplier and crosscheck whether it suits the weight of your TV. Mechanism For Attaching The TV - TV wall mounts can hold your TV either by clamps or through grooves. As a general rule, the ones that provide grooves to sink in are more reliable and secure. Those designed with clamps remain doubtful as the whole onus of holding lies on the strength of clamps. Be an informed and intelligent customer and buy your LCD TV wall mount wisely so you can enjoy your new LCD TV to the maximum.