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
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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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
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).
i think you'll find one at the end of the bed a bit 'close' i know i would
You should have too much work to do to be pissing about with TVs...
TV on end of bed?? maybe, can be easily done but a 40" LCD may be a bit close?
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Originally posted by Alan B
You should have too much work to do to be pissing about with TVs...
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
TV thingie
Have a look at this 
but probably not very locost....
[Edited on 23/2/10 by greglogan]
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Originally posted by greglogan
TV thingie
Have a look at this
but probably not very locost....
[Edited on 23/2/10 by greglogan]
maybe something like a sliding up/down gareage door ??
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
Why donīt you make it Locost, just a hinge and a cord and cleat ....
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!