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I haven't used it on campus, but I have a Chief RLT-1 wall mount at home. Below is a link to its product page on Dell's website. http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/TV_Mounts_Stands/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=A1229399&~lt=popup&~ck=TopSellers This mount kit comes with straight and tilt rails for the display, so you can either tilt the screen up to 15 degrees, or opt for the thinner profile with the straight rails. The other nice thing about it is that it is built with security in mind. Enlarge the picture and look at where the rails attach to the bracket. Basically, you slide the plate where the lower hook on the rails attach out, hook the display on top, swing it down and push the lower plate back in, thus engaging the lower hook. It is already built to accommodate a padlock on the end of both lower plates to prevent removal. After the locks are installed, the only way to remove the display would be to remove the lag bolts holding the entire bracket to the wall, which isn't practical as the lag bolts are longer than the 2" to 3" space left between the display and the wall. NOTE: the previous statements are assuming you are using the straight rails, which are single pieces of formed steel, as opposed to the tilt rails which are, necessarily, made of multiple parts and could be disassembled to remove the display. Ryan Ryan M. Finn Microsoft Network Administrator Michigan State University Division of Residential and Hospitality Services Information Services Department 517.355.4637 [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Steven Foley [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 3:24 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] experiences mounting a monitor in a hallway? 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 >>> >>