We've had the conversation Mogul describes several times in the last year or so. We use mostly Chief mounts and some of their articulating units are pretty tight, especially the ones that have been in the wall for awhile.

I been expecting to get a call one day about a snapped Sony.

I can see it coming:

The guy that advertises the $100.00 "hang n bang" will staple the display to the wall.


You know it's true.. LOL

Or use liquid nail

Here's a video of a 55" for business LG wallpaper tv.


Around the 2:30 mark, they show what is in the box. The actual display has a cable that is 18 to 24" long. Then an extension cable is plugged into that then the box. Idk about the personal use, but apparently for the business model. It can be mounted upside down, or in portrait, so that the box can be mounted above the display.

KOT

The box also includes an integrated soundbar.
Yeah, that setup will work in a lot of applications (not really).

It would be awesome if they ditch the soundbar and consolidate the needed electronics into a box that could be recessed in the wall behind the display.

And I am sure the cable is proprietary so it will be 1/2in too short or 2 feet too long for 90% of the intended uses.

Reminds me of the old days of trying to fish the gigantic end of Pioneer plasma media box cables through walls.
Everything old is new again.

I have noticed that too.
On a recent install I was looking at a newly installed Samsung 4k LED that one of the guys had just hung. From the side the screen looked distorted, kinda warped diagonally.
Started poking around and found one of the top screws on the panel wasn't tightened down to the mount all the way. The display was actually bending as a result of it.

Haven't broken one yet, but wow, you have to be really, really careful with these.

At the end when they show the panel working, the box and wire are missing!

That looks like a real PIA to have to install.

Welllll...

Just yesterday I had a buddy call me and asked me to hang a TV for him. He's a bit of a techie himself, so he had already bought the TV and knew what he wanted.

It's a 48" TCL TV he got off Amazon for a few hundred bucks. I'm thinking, OK, whatever, never heard of it. "It's got Roku built into it", he says.

So I ask him if he'd like it hardwired or it we was going to rely on Wi-Fi, which I (the professional!), told him I did NOT recommend. He said, "Well, it doesn't have a LAN port, sooo...". And he was right. Hang TV. Plug in. Connect to WiFi. Sign in to Netflix, Amazon, whatever. Done.

No, it wasn't 4k, nor was it the best picture I'd seen...but the ONLY thing I plugged in was power. It had HDMI ports, but he didn't even have anything to plug into them. Everything he wanted was IN the TV.

Just in case someone out there hasn't heard the term, let me repeat it:


Maybe not. Someone wasn't careful with that TV but it's apparently performing well. From what you said, it's more like "it'll scare the crap out of you but it doesn't actually have to be mounted flat."

Just to be clear, I mean flat as in a two-dimensional plane with no bending or warping. I don't mean plumb or level or anything else about orientation.

Looking through this thread today, this made me think about conversations we have had in the shop about stupidly thin TVs. The TVs are thin, but then by the time you put them on a mount that has enough rough to just get power cords plugged in, cables connected, and HDMI extenders hidden, the thin tv is actually 3" to 4" off the wall. Especially given the limited bolt options packaged in mounts and that you usually have to use the longer bolts with spacers.

Then, I thought about, I don't remember the last time I used a flat mount. We always use a tilt mount to improve the viewing angle and help with any glare. i really wonder how great the viewing is on this wall paper tv.

I just want an 8 foot one i can put on the side of my van. And with a cam to watch all the wrecks.

I think you guys need to get friendly with your local glass maker. Because y'all know you're gonna have that client who wants this wallpaper tv mounted on a arm. And to make it look perfect... slap it on a glass. Or some kind of metal.

KOT

I think it is a matter of perspective. Like davet pointed out, it has speakers and so it is more of a soundbar than a media player. So if it is used that way the shape of it makes sense and the placerment should be "stuck" to the TV. So I don't see it as an issue. BUT as custom installers I agree with you that it is mostly useless until a "media player" option is available and then fireproofined cable and a different shape would be needed.

a bit of both. the "mine is 1.1 mm and yours is 1.5 mm is bragging rights. But let's face it, I would not mind a world where I can roll up that TV and go to the clients and install it like a projector screen without needing to run cables to the ceiling for a projector.

There are a number of short throw projectors at CES. Brightness and contrast suffer a bit, but installation is simple -- requiring only a small shelf.