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It would probably help if I pasted the URL. http://www.egr.msu.edu/~foleys/pics/LCD%20lockdown/ On 4/1/2010 3:22 PM, Steven Foley wrote: > I had some requests for pictures and more detail. So I took some pics as > I installed the wall mount bracket and the TV. I put notes on the pics. > I hope this helps. > > > On 3/16/2010 3:03 PM, Steven Foley wrote: >> Gary, >> We have several TVs displaying content in the Engineering Building. Each >> one has presented different mounting challenges, because of its location >> and surroundings. I'm currently mounting two screens in the north >> entrance to the EB, and I think this closely matches your situation. If >> your hallway has a drop ceiling, it gets pretty easy. We have phys plant >> install a data and power outlet just above the drop ceiling where the TV >> would be mounted. Then install the wall mount bracket for the TV, and >> have a piece of small square steel raceway ran from the drop ceiling to >> the top of the wall mount. This is to accommodate the TV power cord and >> HDMI cable up into the ceiling. We then use an AOpen mini-itx computer >> to drive the TV with powerpoint; and UltraVNC to update the computer. >> The AOpen pc is mounted up above the drop ceiling, so no video extending >> is necessary. AOpen makes a wall mount bracket for the pc. >> >> AOpen mini-itx computer: >> http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/myaopen/MP45.html >> >> I also take security pretty seriously, so I modify the wall mount >> brackets to make it difficult to steal the TV. I weld all the nuts onto >> the bolts, so the wall mount bracket cannot be disassembled. I install 2 >> padlocks to prevent access to bolt heads, so the wall mount bracket >> cannot be removed from the wall, and 1 more padlock so the TV cannot be >> removed from the wall mount. I'd like to think it would be impossible to >> steal the TV without destroying it. >> >> This is the slim tilting wall mount I start with and modify: >> http://www.chiefmfg.com/productdetail.aspx?MountID=48 >> >> We are mounting two LG 42SL90 TVs. They are thin LED edge-lit 42" LCD >> TVs and with the above mount will stick out less then 3 inches off the >> wall. They are being installed into a very busy entrance hallway, so >> appearance and unobstruction was important. >> >> You're more then welcome to come over and look at the setup. >> >> >> On 3/15/2010 12:38 PM, Gary Schrock wrote: >>> Just kinda wondering whether anyone has had to deal with trying to mount >>> a monitor outside in a public hallway. (Our advising office has to keep >>> putting different posters out in the hallway, and thought that something >>> like this might be a good way of making the content a bit more dynamic >>> and easy to change). >>> >>> Any thoughts on how people have done this? Unfortunately, it looks like >>> the spot where it would be best to put this the other side of the wall >>> is a stairway, so just punching through the wall to mount a computer to >>> drive it wouldn't be practical. >>> >>> Basically I'm just kinda looking for any helpful ideas, we've never >>> tried doing anything like this before. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Gary >>> >>