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How the f*ck do I hang my TV?? Posted By: BigMike On: 05-14-2008 @ 16:17:17 Reply | Edit I just bought a 52" plasma for the new apartment I'm moving into this weekend, and the damn thing feels like it weighs about eighty pounds. There isn't really any way I can put it on a stand (on the ground) without it looking dumb, so I have to hang it over the fireplace. Is it realistic to think I can hang a TV this big? And if so, how can I do it? Should I just hire somebody else to do it? Thanks guys. -- 
--Mike Posted By: ChimpysZ28 On: 05-14-2008 @ 16:39:21 Reply | Top | Edit oh god the coolest level goes way up when you do that shiiiitttt. you need a type of wall mount pins..they usually have people come and do it so it doesn't fall off. --  Posted By: assbreeze On: 05-14-2008 @ 16:48:32 Reply | Top | Edit Check to see if the manufacturer makes a mounting kit. If not, I wouldn't fuck with it, that thing costs way too much to try and wing it with a mount job 5-6 feet in the air. Make sure you sit for a few minutes wherever your chairs are going to be and stare at where the TV's going to be...above the fireplace can be a little high for a viewing angle. -- '98 Firebird Formula http://members.cardomain.com/tailwind Posted By: ObsidianSixer On: 05-14-2008 @ 17:06:41 Reply | Top | Edit cant you just find the studs and use some heavy duty nails or screws and make a metal bracket then hang it with a thick metal wire? --  
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Ricky, I think he wants it to look nice.  --  94 Formula M6 - Jackie - I'm the bomb diggity! ...Crunkmaro said so! 
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they make mounting kits to hang them and I bet it weighs more than 80 lbs my 42 inch weighs in at 80. --  
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http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2048599 Posted By: useful_idi0t On: 05-14-2008 @ 18:37:15 Reply | Top | Edit ive mounted hundreds of them, if you have a shred of doubt about doing it youself, consult a home theatre contractor or an electrician. the wires coming out of the back are going to look a little silly unless you snake them through the wall, which if its above the fireplace, could be a nightmare. --  Posted By: Fury_786 On: 05-14-2008 @ 18:44:10 Reply | Top | Edit let me get my arc welder and the drywall rod... and or you could do what ^ said -- 
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 Posted By: BigMike On: 05-14-2008 @ 20:50:24 Reply | Top | Edit I'm starting to wish I had paid more attention when the sales guy was telling me about installation and such, lol. I'm pretty sure I can do it, so I'll prolly go scouring the internet for a mounting kit. Either that or just call someone else to do it. I think my head would just explode if this thing fell off the wall one day.  lol--
--Mike Posted By: ryanfx On: 05-14-2008 @ 20:54:00 Reply | Top | Edit please don't mount it above the fireplace if it is above eye level... my friend has her LCD mounted about 8-9 feet above the floor above her fireplace. I REFUSE to look at that thing it annoys me so much. -- 
2001 Trans Am WS6 Black on Black...on Black PaceSetter LT's, TSP catted Y,Borla catback, SLP lid !CAGS, Eibach pro-kit, Bilstein shocks, 5% tint all around Posted By: chevytrucker On: 05-14-2008 @ 22:32:30 Reply | Top | Edit We were planning on mounting the 50" we just got above our fireplace, but realized the 'studs' were just 1x2's sandwiched between the wallboard and the masonry of the chimney, which would not have supported the weight. So the TV is sitting in front of our fireplace for the summer, which is annoyingly low, and my dad is planning on rebuilding the wall by the time we need the fireplace again and putting real studs in there that will actually hold the weight of the TV. Ours is like 90 lbs I think. -- 96 Chevy S-10 4.3 LITERS OF FURY!!! 
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i put mine on a stand, and my buddy just put a 52 i think on a stand and it looks great. My other friend went above the fireplace and i think it looks to high as well. Go with a stand and you wont have to worry about hiding wires in the wall, or about it falling. -- Sold 
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I cringe evertime I see that tv commercial of the guy trying to put his plasma on the wall... ...then it falls off.  I would go with either the stand or a professional installer. I think over the fireplace would be too high, just mho.  Good luck which ever way you go!!  -- 94 Formula M6 - Jackie - I'm the bomb diggity! ...Crunkmaro said so! !CAGS, Hooker Catback, Lingenfelter CAI, Trick Flow intake elbow & 20% tint!! [ Edited on 05/15/2008 @ 12:28:50 ] Posted By: ObsidianSixer On: 05-15-2008 @ 12:35:36 Reply | Top | Edit how tall is your fireplace? --
1998-Firebird 0-60 in 8.5sec! FTW! (Slowest fbody on Fbody.com) Posted By: BigMike On: 05-15-2008 @ 13:21:29 Reply | Top | Edit I hear what you guys are saying about the height, but I think my fireplace would be borderline cuz it's full sized but not really all that tall. I'm 6'3" tall and the mantle is at like mid chest on me. The bottom of the TV would be right about at my shoulder level. It would certainly be higher than if it was on a stand, but I don't think it would be ridiculous. As far as the stand goes, it's not necessarily that I think it would be dumb looking, more that there's no easy place in the living room in this place to put a 52" plasma on a stand. I don't think Ill ever actually ever use the fireplace, so the TV should be safe, lol --
--Mike Posted By: jjdynomite
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have fun looking up towards the ceiling watchin your new fancy tv -- 
Posted By: ObsidianSixer On: 05-15-2008 @ 14:18:25 Reply | Top | Edit most wall mounts hold up to 200 lbs so you shouldnt have to worry about it falling off if you read the directions correctly.. --
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