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Post by sdb777 on May 9, 2010 14:27:20 GMT -6
Having had the dog expense earlier this year... Still planning the trip to Maine, if the surgery doesn't get scheduled that week... Seems the wife has been squirreling away some cash here and there, and she wants the 55" TV that we've been looking at for almost 6yrs to go away. The TV has been surrounded by a very large shelving system.... The new TV will be a 48"(maybe larger) flat screen....so says the wife. The new TV will not be surrounded by a gaint shelf-system....so says the Scott. I've seen the glass and steel stands that hold the TV via a steel pipe and a lot of metal looking stuff. But the glass and steel look doesn't please my eyes. But the design is functional! So.... Has anyone made anything that will hold a TV in this fashion? But with a nice figured 2" plank of "_________"(fill in the blank with a nice piece of wood) and possibly having a bottom shelf, middle shelf, and of cousre the top?  How did you attach the pipe and base to the wooden unit? Scott (thinking a nice oak plank) B |
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Post by imahic on May 9, 2010 20:40:09 GMT -6
I haven't made anything like that but if you get a flat screen you can get a bracket that fits them so they will hang on the wall and you don't need anything to sit the TV on. They also make them so you can pull the tv away from the wall and angle it one way or the other. Not sure if that helps you or not but could be another option.
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Post by lexrex on May 9, 2010 21:30:55 GMT -6
I agree with Mike. Mount it to the wall if you want a clean look. It gives you many options for the components (cable, DVD, etc.). One option might be to put a nice table underneath to hold the components but you don't need strength so that opens up a lot of choices. The other option is to run the components out of a closet or another room where you don't even see them. I've done this in our bedroom. I had the luxury of wiring without wallboard but it's doable. You'll need an IR setup but that's pretty easy.
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Post by Stretch on May 9, 2010 22:03:03 GMT -6
The only thing I've done for a flat screen was a lift cabinet. The lived inside a cabinet and was raised by a remote control electric lift. The lifts are available commercially, but they're pretty pricey. One could home brew one fairly easily if they had the electronics knowledge (I don't).
As for your build question, a pic of what you're talking about would be helpful. I'm sure we can come up with some ideas.
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Post by dcarter636 on May 9, 2010 22:57:52 GMT -6
Given the current volatility of HDTV technology it may be time to temporarily revert to cinderblocks and a plank, if it was good enough in college it should be good enough today. ;D
I'm only half joking.
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Post by sawfish99 on May 10, 2010 8:15:26 GMT -6
I took a similar large tv enclosure, disassembled it, cut the sides down to a reasonable height and put it back together. Now the tv sits on top and I still have the rest of the cabinet for holding the components.
In the end, I threw away the doors that were on the front for hiding the old tv and it didn't cost me a dime to upgrade the cabinet for the tv.
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Post by sawduster on May 10, 2010 8:45:57 GMT -6
I used a pair of lag bolts to bolt a pair of those heavy duty "U" shaped shelf standards to the wall, hung a couple pairs of the shelf brackets on that then made some shelves with sides on them to cover the metal to put a very heavy CRT TV on the wall in our bedroom. The other shelf holds the cable tuner box.
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Post by sdb777 on May 11, 2010 5:48:54 GMT -6
Was mostly wanting the thicker planks due to the weight of the audio components for the surround sound. The Sony receiver has a weight of 35lbs, the CD player is the light weight of the bunch at 22lbs(loaded with the 300 CD's)...
The center channel speaker is kind of light at 9lbs, plus a few highly valued nic-nac thingies that the wife has found during the few trips we take....
Now if she'd let me have my stereo in the main room instead of the additional bedroom, that would be some weight! Each amp(two of main, I do the bi-amp wiring) weighs in at 45lbs each, the SACD player isn't light either, and the turntable(that doesn't get used much) 85lbs!!!
Tried doing a 'sketch-up', but my skills aren't up to it.....yet.
Scott (time for therapy....ah crap) B
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Post by bch47 on May 21, 2010 18:45:43 GMT -6
Had a similar problem when we bought the 52" tv for the family room. I didn't like the metal and plastic stands. Didn't want to hang the tv on the wall because of exposed wiring from components. This is what I built. May not be what you are looking for.   |
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Post by Jim Brown on May 21, 2010 20:04:19 GMT -6
Here's what I built ... an homage to a design I saw online. Not the best photograph in the world.  |
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