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LCD Plasma Ceiling Mounts and Wall Arms

Ceiling Mount or Wall Arms?
Ceiling Mounts are an ideal method of mounting your LCD/Plasma screen when a wall fixing is unsuitable due to personal preference or environment. This style of mounting offers height adaption from the ceiling to the middle of your screen to suit your preferred length of drop and also can include the option to tilt the screen, thereby providing some viewing flexibility. Such a method is particularly suitable for larger groups of viewers and has become particularly popular commercially within shopping precincts, supermarkets and advertising, especially as most mounts can also support screens back-to-back.
LCD/Plasma wall arms are designed either as a simple wall arm that can be fixed protruding from a wall or an articulated wall arm which has a double elbow joint, thereby giving the greatest viewing versatility as it can be pulled out from the wall and folded flat back against the wall when not in use. In addition, the wall arms provide tilt or tilt and swivel options with an up and downward tilt, but also a swivel from left to right and the flexibility to position your screen for portrait or landscape viewing. This option is particularly ideal within the home such as a lounge where there may be numerous people viewing from different angles. LCD/Plasma screens lose clarity of the picture at around a 45 degree angle so the tilt and swivel option can assist with reducing this problem.
Where to mount your LCD/Plasma?
With the popularity of LCD/ Plasma screens soaring, it is becoming more and more fashionable to have screens located within several rooms of the house instead of limited to the more usual places such as the lounge, dining room and bedroom. The use of ceiling and wall mounts increases the options for mounting screens in a greater variety of environments, making them far more versatile for both domestic and commercial display purposes.
Can I install my LCD/Plasma screen myself?
Mounts and brackets are simple to install and come with the appropriate fittings necessary however, the equipment will require careful handling and for optimum picture quality from your screen, connection of the right cables in the right place is extremely important.
Will my wall/ceiling support my new screen?
With correct installation, most walls, whether concrete, brick, stud and drywalls will support your new screen. If however you are mounting onto a plasterboard cavity wall or ceiling, then this may require reinforcing, and be particularly diligent about ensuring your bracket is placed on a partition or joist when mounting your screen to a stud wall or onto the ceiling.
At what height would you recommend I mount my screen?
This obviously depends on where you are positioning the screen and what size the room is. Ideally it is best to base the middle of the screen at eye level depending on your seating arrangements so viewing is comfortable, however with increased usage of such screens within the commercial and leisure industries to promote advertising or sporting events, many screens are being placed at higher levels and rely on a tilting options to assist with comfortable viewing.
It is advisable when installing your screen and mount that a minimum of two people are at hand, particularly if your screen is large. The actual task of lifting the screen into place, positioning it and then fastening it is a simple job, but it is useful to have additional assistance to ensure the screen is level and help hold the screen while you work. It is recommended that you secure your mount to it's fixture in the ceiling or wall, fastening the adapter plate to your screen, and then mounting your LCD/plasma and adapter plate to the mount itself.
Depending on your mount, cable management will be one of the final steps of the LCD/Plasma installation process. Many mounts do offer cable management systems to conceal unruly wires.