I replaced a 55" with a 65" and just moved the brackets to the new TV. It is possible the bolts you use to attach the brackets to the TV might change depending on the manufacturer of the TVs. Did you keep the 400 additional bolts that came with your mount?
Also, need more explanation on the mail room.
Wasnât sure if people were serious. It was supposed to say âmain roomâ. What makes it a little complicated to describe is that the basement is pretty big, but there are only 2 rooms that are closed off - my office/beer room and the guest room. The other areas are basically open surrounding the HVAC room. The main room is to the left of the staircase and opens into the room where we have our peloton and weights. The main room also opens on the bottom to an unnamed space that right now just has some random junk and a computer that my kid plays minecraft on.
I canât even imagine how out of scale this is.
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You could have stopped after âItâs supposed to say main roomâ.
I looked at it again and canât figure out how that was supposed to translate into âmainâ.
Thanks for the drawing though. Let me know if you would like me to put a word in for you at my old architecture firm.
Just the dot on the i trailing into the top of the n.
Thatâs it, weâve done it. Worst digression in forum history.
It will only qualify as a really bad digression if it gets excised into itâs own thread.
Weâre not even on the top 100 list of bad digressions.
I saw someone mentioning a C1 earlier. I got the 48" for myself and the 65" for my mom. Both are great
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Should be fine. Most mounts will support a wide range (e.g., 40-90). In the olden days, 55â was sometimes the upper bound of the range, but anything purchased semi-recently should be fine. Do you know if the current mount bolts go into the studs? If so youâre golden
I recently did exactly what Crab is about to do. My mount is on a brick wall, so itâs not going anywhere. So, of course, the plan was to just put the TV on the old mount. Thatâs actually not trivial. Because of where the holes on the mount and the back of the TV were it was impossible to get it at the perfect height without moving the mount. So I had my TV a bit high for a month while I bought some additional metal supports that I added to the mount and then mounted the TV on that.
My mounting guy said that itâs always way harder for him to mount a new TV on an existing mount than it is to just start with an empty wall and new mount. Even though the mount is already on there, the kind of problem I had was super common.
They actually sell packs of these on amazon for <$20. Specifically for TV mounts.
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Any one have / swear by installing a dash cam? I havenât been in a collision in 25 years but it seems so obviously huge roi. Idk.
This. Iâve had mine for about 5 years and have never needed to review the footage, but it seems like incredibly cheap insurance. Think the cam unit with front and rear cameras cost less than $100, and took less than an hour to install.
Huge roi if youâre unfortunate enough to need it as evidence, but I also believe some insurance companies give you a discount just for having one.
I bought this for $80 in 2016 and have been plenty happy with it. Iâm sure there are way better version of similar products available now. Wired it to the back up lights so when I put my car in reverse the backup camera automatically pops up on the mirror. Itâs like cheating when parking in tight spaces and parallel parking.
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I have an a119 which was highly recommended at the time but itâs only front view. After watching people who get pulled over and record their interactions with police Iâve been meaning to update to a front/rear and interior camera setup. I added the A139 to my Amazon cart but havenât actually ordered it yet.
FYI, if you are a Costco member, looks like they have a deal on the C1 where youâll get 3 years of a squaretrade like warranty for the same price that everybody else is selling the TV:
ETA: Any $30-$50 mount will be fine. Donât overspend on the mount.
ETA2: iâm not particularly handy but didnât find mounting the tv too difficult as long as you have a stud finder and your studs are normal distant apart.
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A $170 tv mount is absurd. Any $30 one on Amazon will and Iâm sure best buy has cheap ones as well.
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Yeah, if youâre going to spend $180 on a mount, make sure you pick up the $200 monster HDMI cable as well.
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You forgot the Bose headphones!
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If you want to blow extra, the G1 is more expensive and is meant to be wall mounted
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When I was in this spot, I found that monoprice.com is a excellent source for mounts and cables. Great prices and they do what they are supposed to do.