Have any of you mounted a plasma on the ceiling over a bed? What mount is required? The client is interested in a 21" Fujitsu or other. By the way, is there another brand in that size that you would recommend? The 21" Fujitsu is the same price as the 42"!
Thanks!

You can't mount a plasma on the ceiling.Plasmas are NEVER to be layed any other direction than upright .
Refer to instructions for plasma.

In that size there are quite a few LCD screens (and they are lighter).

jcmitch

This is technically true but I would not think it would be a problem with a 21".


This message was edited by QQQ on 12/23/02 18:08.45.

Why not? It really dosn't have to do with it's size. It has to do with the way the display and its components.

It has everything to do with the size. You aren't suppose to lay plasmas on their backs or screens for the same reason you don't want to move a huge piece of glass in the flat position. The smaller the piece of glass (assuming the same thickness), the less likely there will be any problem. The same goes for plasma TV's. Plasma TV's have two pieces of glass inside and the largest danger is that as the unit is being moved on its back/front, some torsion will take place and one of the pieces of glass will crack. Once the unit is in position (on its back/front), the chance that there will be a problem is much less.

p.s. Ever seen the lifts made by SVS and others that keep the plasma in the ceiling on its back and then lowers it into the room?
[Link: svslifts.com]

Wow...ya learn something new everyday. I always thought it was mainly because of heat issues, and something to do with the gases. Why do they also say not to have it on its side or upside down for extended periods of time?

Where the hell is Mount Plasma, anyway? Is it the Eastern European trademark TV monument, as Mount Fuji is the Japanese film trademark monument?

McNasty:

Have no idea. Many units even have an option to change the picture orientation and can be used in portrait or landscape mode (mainly for commercial applications) so there is definitely no problem placing them on their sides. Believe it or not, some time ago I saw a large "windmill plasma display" with a large arm, perhaps 25' long rotating like a windmill with a bunch of plasmas attached to it and constantly changing images as they were rotating in a 360 degree arc (I'm NOT joking).

Thats a little crazy....Kinda funny now that I think about how our suppliers were always so antsy about the way they were moved around.