For me I hate the giant holes in my wall. Taking the mount down is a pain. Once it’s up you can’t move the TV anywhere else.
How is it annoying? I try to wall mount every TV because then I can move it around or angle it easily and it looks 100x better than hanging halfway off a bedside table.
WarmSoda@lemm.ee 7 months ago
wrath_of_grunge@kbin.social 7 months ago
if you're making giant holes in your wall, you're mounting wrong.
most wall mounts are going to be two or three bolt holes into a stud. they should be about as big around as a sharpie. if you remove the mount, a small dab of spackle covers them.
pendingdeletion@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Are you not passing cables through the wall when you wall mount?
EatYouWell@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I make big ass holes, but I use toggle bolts for anything heavy that doesn’t line up with the studs, and those need a 1/2" hole.
WarmSoda@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Yeah I don’t want to spackle my walls, thanks.
OutsizedWalrus@lemmy.world 7 months ago
How often do you move your TV off its shelf?
WarmSoda@lemm.ee 7 months ago
I tend to rearrange my livingroom more than once a lifetime.
Nudding@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Do you plan on painting ever? That would be the perfect time to fill the holes and paint over them…
MossyFeathers@pawb.social 7 months ago
You have to find the studs, drill holes, make sure you have screws that are long enough (I imagine most wall mounts come with these, but never tried to actually wall-mount a TV), make sure the mount is level, then attach the mount to the wall, then the TV to the mount. That’s if you don’t care about exposed cables, and if you ever plan on showing your room off, someone’s gonna point out the lack of cable management (hurrr… Why aren’t the cables hidden?). If you want to hide the cables too, then you have to cut holes in the wall, which means having some kind of saw. If you want the holes to look nice, then you need plates to go over the holes. Depending on the plates (whether they’re a basic, generic passthrough that you push cables through, or something more professional with dedicated inputs/outputs), you may need extra cables, one for each connection you’re wanting to route through the wall, plus extra cables to connect the plate behind the TV to the TV itself.
Now, if you don’t want to diy it, then you could pay someone to do it which makes it a lot easier on you, but now you’re spending cash to have someone do an easy but annoying and time consuming job for you.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 months ago
The only annoying thing for me is that you have to plug them in and hiding the power cord from dangling down the wall to an outlet sucks, and the only other option is to wire it up through the wall, which is way more work.
Wrench@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Or you can just buy one for < $60 to fit your particular use case exactly