Mounting an LCD TV

So, you’ve just bought your first flat screen LCD television, and you’re getting ready to mount your television up your wall. Well, before you start the process, there are some things that you need to do and consider before, during and after hanging your flat screen television.

* Mounting hardware: This hardly ever comes with your machine so you will have to read your owner’s manual to figure out which will work for your television. Most televisions will use Video Electronic Standards Association brackets, but it’s good to confirm this before you go out and buy anything.

* Stud finder: Your brackets need to be secured firmly in the wall. This can only be done by nailing them into wood studs. If you have metal studs in your house, you will not be able to mount a flat screen television. Metal studs are not study enough to carry the weight.

* Measuring tape: You need to make sure that your brackets are mounted correctly. To figure this out, you should use your measuring tape to measure the distance between the bottom of the wall bracket to the bottom of your television. Next, mark with a pencil where you would like the bottom panel of your television to be. Using the distance measurement from the first figure, mark where you would like the bottom of the bracket to be. Do the others.

* Utility knife/drywall saw: You will have to cut into the wall if you plan on running your cables behind your wall. Warning, the power cable of your television is not equipped to be run behind a wall so you will have to leave this exposed.

* String or fish tape: This allows you to drag your wires shorter distances (string) or longer distances (fish tape).

* Leveler: You need to make sure that your brackets and television are even. This will help you with that. Use to level to make sure that the marks that you made for brackets are even.

Now, it’s time to start mounting your brackets. Turn off the power to the area…

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LCD vs Plasma

First of all, they are both flat screens and both play in HD. They’re bigger in size than most standard definition televisions. These televisions are generally meant to be mounted on walls or other surfaces. And, generally they cost about the same price, especially if the LCD television is larger than 42 inches. Now, here are the major pros and cons of each type of television. Generally speaking, LCDs come in more sizes than plasma TVs. The smallest plasma television that you can buy is generally around 37 or 42 inches while LCD televisions can come as small as 10 inches. This means that you can put in more places. In fact, you can put it anywhere from the bathroom to the fridge to the den.

LCDS are generally cheaper than plasma televisions if they’re smaller than 42 inches. The larger sizes can be just as pricey as plasma televisions.

Plasma tends to have a crisper picture than LCD televisions in rooms with normal lighting. They also have a wider viewing angle, meaning that you can sit off center and still have a good picture. LCD screens have to be in the center of the viewing field, which means that picture quality will be reduced the farther away from optimal viewing center you go. But, LCD televisions do better in brighter rooms. Its picture tends to be brighter, and it comes with a coating that’s meant to diminish the reflections from extra lighting.

LCDs are better if you’re a movie fan since its video response time is so much slower than plasma televisions. LCDs also used to have the problem of ghosting. This is where the shadow of an image that had been on the screen for a while would remain. But, most experts believe that tweaking the factory settings will stop this if the problem still remains. Most experts also believe that this problem has been taken care of. LCDs can also be used for video games since generally the images are more static than sports events…

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