Television Recommendations

[Mhoward324]

Finally put up the TV mount in the entertainment center box in my 32BHDS. Then went to connect the TV to the mount and the mounting holes don't line up. The TV is a 32 Westinghouse LED. I purchased the bracket directly from Jayco. Do I need to buy the TV through them as well? I think I can make up a modified bracket to put on the back of the TV. Just curious if anyone else had this problem and what you did.

[DustyGeek]

Almost all modern TVs have a standard VESA mount on the back. The box formed by the screw holes is typically, but not always, a square that is 75mm, 100mm, 200mm, 300mm or 400mm on a side. There are adapter plates.

I like Monoprice for a lot of A/V stuff, and here are a couple of adapters they sell:
Bracket Universal Adapters - Monoprice.com

Their TV mount products seems to be on-par with the mounts you'd find elsewhere, but cost much less. I've purchased a couple for my house and my company has purchased a lot as well. That said, most of their mounts aren't specifically designed for RV use. To my mind, you should have a larger wall plate so it won't pull off the wall while underway, especially if you don't have access to a wall stud and are just screwed into a piece of plywood, so that limits your choice of articulating mount (I like this one for that reason: http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_i...seq=1&format=2). Most of them also lack an integral locking mechanism, so you'd need to secure your TV with a bungee or something.