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skydivepaul

posted on 23/2/10 at 02:31 PM Reply With Quote
motorised LCD / plasma TV bracket

not sure if anyone one here has bought / built one but any suggestions or advice accepted.

I am finishing off decorating / re building! our bedroom and for a finishing touch i am planning on installing a LCD / Plasma TV in the room. wall mounting is possible but we have sliding wardrobes directly in front of the bed, so one option is to build a cabinet with a TV lifting bracket at the foot of the bed

or

another idea i had is to have a bracket on the top of the wardrobe so that when the TV is not in use it will lay flat on the top of the wardrobe out of sight.

when needed at the flick of a switch (or remote) the tv will slide out from the top of wardrobe and tilt 90 degrees to sit in front of the doors.

you can buy linear actuators for just the job but i will have to design and build a bracket.
anyone done owt like this on here?

cheers Paul





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tomprescott

posted on 23/2/10 at 04:41 PM Reply With Quote
I've never done anthing like that before but I think that a linear actuator to bring the tv out from the foot of the bed is a much better idea - I've seen them in a few hotel rooms and some hot tubs.

Not so keen on the latter idea, tilting down over 90 degress, I think would require a raidal bracket to keep in one plane of movement that would be quite bulky and also would mean you can't open the wardrobes when you watch tv!

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dan__wright

posted on 23/2/10 at 04:48 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by skydivepaul
not sure if anyone one here has bought / built one but any suggestions or advice accepted.

I am finishing off decorating / re building! our bedroom and for a finishing touch i am planning on installing a LCD / Plasma TV in the room. wall mounting is possible but we have sliding wardrobes directly in front of the bed, so one option is to build a cabinet with a TV lifting bracket at the foot of the bed

or

another idea i had is to have a bracket on the top of the wardrobe so that when the TV is not in use it will lay flat on the top of the wardrobe out of sight.

when needed at the flick of a switch (or remote) the tv will slide out from the top of wardrobe and tilt 90 degrees to sit in front of the doors.

you can buy linear actuators for just the job but i will have to design and build a bracket.
anyone done owt like this on here?

cheers Paul


we have the same setup and ive been thinking about exactly the same thing on top of the wardrobe!





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posted on 23/2/10 at 05:00 PM Reply With Quote
couldn't the Tv have a roller on the back of it & a bit of string on the top?

When you want the tv you wind the string out and it pivots / rolls over the wardrobe till its hanging in front of the wardrobe. When you don't want it, you wind it back.

(very heath robbinson and liable to not work).

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blakep82

posted on 23/2/10 at 05:08 PM Reply With Quote
i think you'll find one at the end of the bed a bit 'close' i know i would





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Alan B

posted on 23/2/10 at 07:09 PM Reply With Quote
You should have too much work to do to be pissing about with TVs...


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skydivepaul

posted on 23/2/10 at 07:34 PM Reply With Quote
TV on end of bed?? maybe, can be easily done but a 40" LCD may be a bit close?


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You should have too much work to do to be pissing about with TVs...




yes i do have too much work to do........................but pissing about with TVs is my chill out time

probably be sending you a sketch with some dims on Alan if you can take a look for me.

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Wadders

posted on 23/2/10 at 07:41 PM Reply With Quote
Been contemplating something similar, i was thinking of cutting out the roof joists and making a sheet metal box that holds the TV flush with the ceiling, using a hinge and linear actuators to lower the tv to the required viewing angle by remote control.

Unfortunately i'm still at the thinking about it stage, so not a lot of help, sorry

Hows life treating you stateside Paul?
Reckon you baled out just at the right time, as this side of the pond is sh#te at the mo.

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greglogan

posted on 23/2/10 at 09:07 PM Reply With Quote
TV thingie

Have a look at this

but probably not very locost....

[Edited on 23/2/10 by greglogan]





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skydivepaul

posted on 23/2/10 at 11:22 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by greglogan
TV thingie

Have a look at this

but probably not very locost....

[Edited on 23/2/10 by greglogan]


exactly the thing but reverse mounted on the top of the wardrobe. cheers!

anyone want to design a bracket for me





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WanchaiWarrior

posted on 23/2/10 at 11:46 PM Reply With Quote
maybe something like a sliding up/down gareage door ??
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skydivepaul

posted on 24/2/10 at 12:21 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Wadders
Been contemplating something similar, i was thinking of cutting out the roof joists and making a sheet metal box that holds the TV flush with the ceiling, using a hinge and linear actuators to lower the tv to the required viewing angle by remote control.

Unfortunately i'm still at the thinking about it stage, so not a lot of help, sorry

Hows life treating you stateside Paul?
Reckon you baled out just at the right time, as this side of the pond is sh#te at the mo.

Al




cheers Al, back home in Leeds now. came back last year due to family issues. all sorted now we are back home. moved back to my homeland kippax. drop me a u2u and we can catch up. have you built anything else? did you get into hillclimbing yet?





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Angel Acevedo

posted on 24/2/10 at 12:28 AM Reply With Quote
Locost shutterlike

Why don´t you make it Locost, just a hinge and a cord and cleat ....





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sucksqueezebangblow

posted on 24/2/10 at 09:19 AM Reply With Quote
Have you thought about mounting a motorised projector screen to the ceiling (just in front of your mirrored wardrobe doors), and a projector above the headboard of the bed? Works for me!





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