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OmniMount CL MP Articulating Wall Mount for 23 to 37 Displays Silver

Cantilever arm allows extension and 180 degrees lateral rotation for viewing from multiple locaton. Allows tilt and swivel of flat panel for optimum viewing angle. Provides optimum viewing angles Portrait or landscape position viewing Low profile design – folds flat against wall Integrated cable management Lift & Lock mounting for easy installation Die cast aluminum construction Up to 80 pounds (36.3 kg) max weight capacity

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Great product
Very Solid. Easy to install on 1 stud. I really like how far the arm can extend from the wall.

5 Stars Flat Panel Wall Mount
This is a really steady, well-built product. The directions are clear. The supplied wall anchors are probably a bit too lightweight for the heavy combination of mount and TV and we replaced them with a heavier-duty anchor set. I strongly recommend this product.

5 Stars Looks good
It looks good and is a sturdy little thing for my 32″ Samsung Flat Screen LCD. The material that it is made of suprised me in that it was really heavy. It is a bit bigger than I expected but looks good with the TV on it. I really like the fact that the TV can be adjusted for what is best for me.

5 Stars AWESOME MOUNT
We got this mount about a month ago but just got it installed. We searched every mount out there and this is by far the best. If you want a really sturdy mount, this Omnimount CLM is the one. You will not be disappointed. Highly recommended!!!!

5 Stars Omnimount
Serious heavy duty wall mount. Bought two of the same (one for a 32 inch sharp and one for 26 inch sharp) Admittedly, maybe a bit of overkill for the 26 but don’t have any regrets as I like things secure. One thing to consider on smaller tvs is the back panel and whether it has any removeable panels. My sharps have removeable panels that cover all the componet plugs and the plate of the wallmount covers part of the panels of the 26 inch. Occasionally need to get to those component plugs. I used spacers for the 26″ tv so plate is not fully attached to the back of the TV but still pretty secure with the 4 screws. In the case of the Sharps, they look much better with the back panels on. I guess I could have decided not to use the panels on the 26″. The only issue I have is that you need to use some serious muscle to move the arms. There is an adjustment to loosen but doesn’t seem to make much of difference. My 110 lbs wife really needs to plant her feet to move. Otherwise great construction and very secure.

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Articulating Plasma Flat Panel TV Wall Mount for 32 55 MP32b 1Km

With this versatile wall mount, there isn’t a bad seat in the house. The dual articulating arm, which attaches to any wall, creates the perfect viewing angle for your TV with 180 degree lateral rotation, tilt and swivel. The Articulating LCD Wall Arm supports most 32″ up to 55″ plasma TV. It folds flat against the wall or extends out up to 15″. The two-link arm design provides easy one-touch tilt and up to 180 degrees of swivel for virtually limitless viewing positions. Fits most flat panel LCD or plasma TVs up to 55″. Heavy-gauge steel construction. Lift-N-Lock design offers easy installation. Note: please check what mount your TV requires before place your order. Do not pick the mount by the screen size of your TV. Will This mount Fit my Plasma TV? First check the weight of your TV. It must be less than 135 lbs. Second, look at the back panel of your TV. TheTV has mounting holes on the back of the screen, measure the vertical and horizontal distance between the 2 holes for the wall mount. If the vertical distance is within 2.95 – 18.9 inch, horizontal distance within 30.5 inch, then this bracket will fit. If you currently have a stand attached to your LCD TV this is usually removed prior to fitting the wall mount. Third, the width of your TV should be 32″ or above. Otherwise the mount is too wide to hide behind your TV. We have a smaller tilt mount for 23″ – 37″ TV in our Amazon store. Only the mount is being sold here, the TV and the quater are for display only. They are not included.

User Ratings and Reviews

3 Stars Not the Best
First of all, the directions for using this mount are useless. It seems as if they had a standard (non-articulating) mount that they realized no one was buying and added the arm to it. The result is instruction that don’t show the arm but just a flat panel mount.

In addition, unlike other similar mounts, the articulating arm piece that attaches to the wall uses 6 screws (2 rows of 3) which makes it impossible for all of the screws to attach to a single stud.

Moreover, when attaching the arm piece to the standard wall piece the giant flat piece of metal is highly visable and unattractive for what I would like to see in a flat panel mount.

To make matters worse, the TV can easily slide from side-to-side on this giant piece of metal, which is not only cumbersome but scary….

1 Star Crawfish
If you plan to use as a fixed screen, then it’s great,

but if you plan on using the articulate, I don’t like it one bit.

I practically gave this unit away. The horizontal piece that is screwed onto the wall (parallel to the floor) and the vertical piece that goes on next is not what I call “secure”. It is the vertical piece that takes actual “pressure” exerted by the weight of the TV and the frame, “NOT” the parallel part. The vertical piece holes are only about err 6 inches apart (left and right) so how the hell do you expect me to screw both sides onto a stud (so only one side will be screwed onto the stud) when most studs are around 16″ apart? You might think that the pressure is partially distributed to the horizontal piece, but it doesn’t (unless you meld the two pieces together, or allow the vertical piece to fit first into the wall, then apply the horizontal piece). This unit is good if you have studs that fit perfectly on the vertical bar, or mount it outside like on concrete or something where you don’t have to worry about studs.

3 Stars Flawed But Functional

This is obviously a lot cheaper than most rotating wall mounts for large flat screen TVs. To some extent, you get what you pay for, but it works reasonably well. Installation is a bit challenging due to poorly translated instructions (lots of references to “wind” nuts, which you might think means wing nuts, but there are no wing nuts). Overall, not really high quality materials or engineering either. (One of the the lag bolts broke off in my wall, but I think I’m OK with the other 7.) In particular, be aware that this unit does tend to bend a little forward, maybe 5-10 degrees, due to the weight of the TV – I managed to offset this with some washers. I was only mounting a 37″ LCD, this tilt will probably be worse with a bigger/heavier TV.

But, all things considered, at a cost of 1/3 – 1/4 of other similar mounts, not a bad deal. It doesn’t have the rotational arc of some units, but it’s plenty for most applications. Despite the design deficiencies, it seems very well secured. Once you get it installed correctly it works well and actually looks pretty good too.

4 Stars All and All good Product
Good product for the price,Delivery time slower than expected,Snapped 2 bolts driving into stud.The only other issue is that We have a 32″Toshiba and the bracket shows from behind because it is meant to fit Larger Screens as well.All and All Good product. Ken, Maine.

4 Stars Just what I wanted
I wanted to mount my LCD TV to the wall, but discovered that the TV I purchased had an unusual mount pattern. I purchased and returned two other wall mounts. This product was perfect.

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Opteka 32 to 60 Inch Plasma and LCD TV Articulating Dual Arm Tilting Wall Mount for HDTV Displays Black

With this versatile wall mount, there isn’t a bad seat in the house. The articulating arm, which attaches to any wall, creates the perfect viewing angle for your TV with 180 degree lateral rotation, tilt and swivel. The Articulating LCD Wall Dual Arm supports most 32″ up to 60″ plasma TV’s and holds up to 175 lbs. Bonus 6′ HDMI cable and LCD/Plasma Screen Cleaning Kit Included with this TV mount.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Great wall mount
I bought this wall mount because it was the cheapest and most solid looking mount I could find. I used it to mount my 42inch Samsung Plasma. It takes two people and some tools to get this thing setup but once the work is done you will be satisfied. It looks great, feels solid, and it allows you to move your tv up, down, left, right, forwards, and backwards. I wish it could tilt up and down a few extra degrees but otherwise its a great mount. Bottom line, best mount you can find for the price for flat tv’s 40inch and up.

3 Stars Easy but some quirks
When it arrived, i right away noticed the thing is huge and heavy, which doesn’t make it too easy to hang it up by yourself. I got it up ok and i love it except for some quirks.

- When completely collapsed, the attachment to the TV is not in the middle of the mount.

- Hanging your tv on the mount is piece of cake but if its not EXACTLY in the middle of the mount, it tilts sideways and cannot be solved by tightening bolts.

- to secure your TV from sliding on the mount, it uses two screws. They are a PAIN to screw in.

- The whole thing is pretty heavy and you have to extend the arm to screw the thing into the wall. Requires at least 2 people, 3 preferred.

5 Stars Scott, Milwaukee, WI
I am very pleased with this product. I ordered two to hang matching Phillips 47′ LCD’s next to each other in our living room. They arrived in 5-7 days and were in perfect condition, nothing damaged or missing. They each weight about 30-35 lbs and have been holding up my 45 lbs TV’s with no problems for a couple weeks now.

I got the articulated mounts so we would have the options they give. Only one of them is pulled a couple inches out and angled. I haven’t noticed any sagging or other problems. We haven’t been pulling it far from the wall, so I haven’t tested them in that fashion.

They were pretty simple to put up. All you need is a drill, drill bits and a ratchting wrench set or an old style wrench set it you like working harder and screw drivers. If you have the right size attachment for you drill, you could fly through it. I put the mounts up myself, but had my wife help me put the TV’s on the mount just to be safe. Also, it has a level on the item, but I still used my own. I don’t trust those tiny levels.

The mounts were a lot cheaper than those I saw at Sam’s Club ($160) and Best Buy, which were even more and went up to 400-500 each.

I was a hard choice for me between the Cheetah mount that is similar to this one, but I think I made the right one.

5 Stars Loving my wall mounted TV
This wall mount is perfect. I mounted my 42″ LG TV that weighs 75 Lbs. The mount went up in 30 minutes using only the hardware included. The mount is secure and I feel more than safe with my $1200 TV on it. I saved a lot of money by going with this mount and you should do the same!!!

5 Stars Great mount, no complaints
As others have said, this thing is most definitely heavy. It’s possible to take the mount apart so that you can only deal with the wall plate but since I had my roommate help me, I didn’t bother with that.

Mounting this was a nightmare but only because my stud finder is crap. I borrowed two other stud finders and they all gave me different readings- it really got frustrating. Also, my apartment doesn’t have the standard 16 inch or 24 inch gap between studs. The two studs I eventually found were 14 inches center to center. Luckily the wall mount has multiple slots for the bolts. Once I had the holes drilled, the rest was a breeze.

Others have complained about the instructions but I didn’t see a big issue there- the diagrams show pretty much everything you need to do.

I used 2 levels and found that TV-side plate was off by a good 10-15 degrees. Luckily, the designers put 5 hex screws that allow you to adjust the tilt.

Unfortunately due the stud issues I was not able to mount this in the center of my wall. But I was able to move the arms to right and hang the TV right of center on the mount- those combined centered it. Now, I’m hanging a 46 inch LCD HDTV on it and have noticed no sagging.

The mount is very stiff, hard to move. But I see this as a plus since it makes it seem more sturdy.

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OmniMount CL SP Articulating Wall Mount for 13 to 24 Displays Silver

Cantilever arm allows extension and 180 degree lateral rotation for viewing from multiple locaton. Allows tilt and swivel of flat panel for optimum viewing angle. Provides optimum viewing angles Portrait or landscape positioning Low profile design – folds flat against wall Integrated cable management Lift & Lock mounting for easy installation Die cast aluminum construction 40 pounds (18.1 kg) max weight capacity

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Solid & great looking mount
Great mount for the money. Solid & looks great! Doesn’t detract from a flat panel look, but instead adds to the style. Some inexpensive mounts feel flimsy when you move them when mounted, but this one holds weight & feels heavy & smooth.

5 Stars Fabulous Mount
Paid 57$ for this great solid built mount. Used it for a 19″ LCD HP Monitor. Easy to install with the provided template, if one owns a basic drill machine, it really does not require any technical expertise to install this mount. Hardware provide for various situations. Great design, wish I could showoff, sad it is covered by the LCD.

5 Stars Excellent product
I installed this arm on my patio and it has worked perfectly for almost a year now. There was one small trim piece missing from the box that customer service sent me very quickly in the mail — no questions asked. I was VERY impressed with that excellent customer service. Something more AMERICANS should model.

I rate this a A+++

Dan Ribar

5 Stars Well done!
Very happy with this product. I have it attached to a 22″ flat panel in my kids room and I cant think of another direction I’d rather have gone. You can view the TV from anywhere in the room and at any level. Very Happy! I wouldn’t go any bigger than the manufacturer suggests.

5 Stars Ed
Good strong TV mount. Easy to install and use. Perfect for the motorhome where I have installed it along with a new LCD TV.

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VideoSecu Full Motion Swivel Flat Panel Television LCD Plasma Tilt Wall Mount 1KM

With this versatile wall mount, there isn’t a bad seat in the house. The dual articulating arm, which attaches to any wall, creates the perfect viewing angle for your TV with 180 degree lateral rotation, tilt and swivel. The Articulating LCD Wall Arm supports most 32″ up to 55″ plasma TV. It folds flat against the wall or extends out up to 15″. The two-link arm design provides easy one-touch tilt and up to 180 degrees of swivel for virtually limitless viewing positions. Fits most flat panel LCD TVs up to 55″. Heavy-gauge steel construction. Lift-N-Lock design offers easy installation. Please check the back of your LCD to make sure if the mount fits your monitor or TV. Note: please check what mount your TV requires before place your order. Do not pick the mount by the screen size of your TV. First check the weight of your TV. It must be less than 135 lbs. Second, look at the back panel of your TV. If your TV has 4 holes or 6 holes on the back of the screen, measure the vertical and horizontal distance between the holes, as shown by the last picture. If the vertical distance is within – 18.9 inch, horizontal distance within 30.5 inch, then this bracket will fit. If you currently have a stand attached to your LCD TV this is usually removed prior to fitting the wall mount. Third, the width of your TV should be 32″ or above. Otherwise the mount is too wide to hide behind your TV. We have a smaller tilt mount for 23″ – 37″ TV in our Amazon store. This mount fits up 200- 480 mm(vertical) x 200-770 mm(horizontal) . If you have a TV which need VESA 800×400 or larger mount, this mount does not fit. IF you are not sure, please contact us with the brand name and model number, we will check for you.

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars Rotating Wall Mount – pretty good for the $$
This wall mount did all it was supposed to do…it keeps my 42″ tv secure and rotates around for viewing from different rooms/angles. Unfortunately I have to agree with the directions, parts, and uneven hanging criticisms. Those are minor details however, directions were terrible, but a person with any handy sense can figure it out; parts were a nightmare so we simply went to Lowes and got new nuts/bolts that worked; sits a bit uneven to the eye but our level says that it is perfectly level and it does appear to be level with certain positions of the swivel. It is ok for the money but very secure which is the most important thing!!

5 Stars Inexpensive and easy to install
This product is very easy to install and was very inexpensive compared to the ones they tried to sell me at the big box stores.

5 Stars Very Sturdy
As other reviewers have mentioned, the instructions are terrible, but good enough that you can figure out. The unit is top notch. Very sturdy. I have a Toshiba 40″ LCD on it. Very smooth movements and reasonably priced. Very Pleased.

3 Stars Clunky
This is basically a swivel mount bolted onto the to the VideoSecu wall mount bracket. Not an elegant design. Chinese/English instructions take a while to figure out, and once it’s up the swivel arm is very stiff an difficult to maneuver. The brackets bolted to the back of the TV aren’t secured to the hanging bracket, so it slides to the left and right freely. But paying $79 for a $399 wall mount, I can live with it!

5 Stars Great wall mount
Fantastic wall mount for the price, with the weight of the tv it has a slight lean to the right, but all in all it holds really securely. I had to cut the brackets however in order to hide them behind my 32″ tv.

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