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Flat Panel Wall Mount


With television becoming popular day by day, there are plenty of advancements in the television production field. One such advancement is the introduction of flat panel television sets which can be wall mounted. These television sets come with a very flat panel, a typical example would be an LCD TV. This allows us to mount them on the wall. There are plenty of advantages as well as a few disadvantages in using flat panel wall mountable television.

Advantages

-  They don’t occupy much space because they can be mounted on the wall

-  They are comparatively smaller than rear projection TVs.

Disadvantages

-  The only disadvantage of a flat panel wall mount TV is its high cost. There is a huge margin of difference in price between wall mountable TVs and rear projection TVs.

Types of Mounting

There are three types of wall mounts and they are low profile mount, tilting mount, full motion mount.

Low Profile Mount

  • It is the easiest possible way to mount a flat panel.
  • Once mounted, it is not possible to adjust the position without physically remounting it. This is a disadvantage when we need to change cables, etc.

Tilting Mount:

  • It is as simple as low profile mounting except for the fact that it can be tilted vertically.
  • It is costlier than low profile mount
  • Its disadvantage is that it cannot be tilted horizontally

Full Motion Mount

  • It is the costliest mounting technique
  • Here the mounting brackets consists of moving pieces
  • It requires two or three people to set up
  • It can even be tilted horizontally using the movable arms making it more advantageous

Examples of Flat Panel Wall Mounts

The following two are the most famous categories of flat panel wall mounts

-  LCD TVs

-  Plasma TVs

Difference between LCD and Plasma TVs

LCD TVs are available even in smaller sizes whereas Plasma TVs are available only in larger size. Also Plasma TVs are prone to pixel burns, where pixels get burned when a static image is displayed for prolonged time but this problem never arises in an LCD TV. But LCD TVs suffer from a phenomenon known as ghosting where we see a shadow following a moving image. To put it in a nutshell, Plasma TVs are good for viewing HD motion pictures in great quality and LCD TVs are good for static images.