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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 >> >