Buy Vogel's 8000 Series EFW 8345 Motion+ Wall Mount for 32-50 inch Large LCD / Plasma TVVogel's 8000 Series EFW 8345 Motion+ Wall Mount for 32-50 inch Large LCD / Plasma TV Product Description:
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful.
By A. Ali
Having searched extensively we found that this Vogel bracket was one of the best for the purpose intended.The product arrived from Germany within 3-4days of placing the order..most impressive.It truly is a rare thing of beauty! It is exceptionally well made. There is no assembly necessary only slight modifications depending upon the way in which you wish to set the product up. It can be set up in one of two ways:1) so that it can swing from the wall and be placed at 70 degrees in either direction2) so that it can swing from the wall and sit at 90 degrees to it. (Best refer to Vogel website for a diagrammatic representation of this)In terms of fixing the bracket to the wall it is most important that you carefully assess the wall on to which you wish to place the bracket. The bracket comes with excellent, heavy duty wall plugs and appropriate screws etc however do not rule out having to purchase extra materials depending upon the wall you are fixing it to.Fixing the TV to the bracket was exceptionally straight forward.The bracket comes with a means of hiding the cables, in our experience cable management is always problematic, but in fairness the bracket does offer a reasonably good system although it is a little fiddly. Depending upon where you have the bracket you may need to consider some trunking or a separate standalone cable management system for all your AV devices. Another tip would be to think about this before deciding on the height of the bracket because you need to allow space under the bracket for it.In terms of usage the bracket is so very straight forward to use. Moving the TV can be done effortlessly and there are a vast number of positions that it can be in. Once folded against the wall the TV is 'out of the way' and it is really amazing how much bigger the room looks and feels.I cannot think of any negative points about the bracket apart from one minor one which is the instructions that came with ours was in the form of pictures- no writing. So occasionally it took a little while to figure out exactly what the diagram was showing...but as I say this is only a minor issue.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
By C. Eardley
First the good news: it's beautifully made. Ludicrously expensive, but precision engineered. You won't get any wobble out of this - just smooth, gliding motion, handled with ease. This factor alone separates it from just about every other bracket out there, most of which appear to be bodged together out of bits of old angle iron. It has allowed me to mount the TV into a recessed alcove and be able to pull it out for viewing from the kitchen.Mounting and unmounting the TV from the bracket is very easy once you figure out how the tiny latches work.It does come, however, with a few caveats that you should be aware of.* The way it folds means it has a very wide footprint behind the telly; anything below 42" and you'll be able to see the bracket when it's folded against the wall. Even with 42" you might well see it on one side. I'd guess that 47" is the optimum for this bracket.* The mounting plate that fits onto the TV stretches right across the back of the TV and may very well block access to sockets. Vogel's claim that it fits any TV is correct with respect to where mounting screws might go, but totally unfounded if you take into account the amount of TV back that that plate blocks. You get a little wiggle room up or down but not much.* The motion of the arm is really NOT what you might expect and certainly not made clear in their marketing with their reference to the 90deg "option". What you get is this: you mount the bracket so that in one direction the TV can be pulled out so that it is 90deg to the wall. It's not an option - it's just what the bracket does. (It'll do 75deg in the other direction.) In pulling it out the TV follows a fixed arc that is restricted by the motion of part of the arm. It's not like you pull it out towards you and then spin it left or right - the TV follows a defined arc. This is a good thing if simple gliding motion is what you want and it certainly stops you scraping the edge of the TV against the wall, but it might leave the TV not quite in the position you expected to be able to achieve.Turning the TV in the other direction is a slightly different action, in that this *is* a matter of simply twisting the TV round. I guess another way of looking at it is to say: if you twist the TV in the direction that allows you to go to 90deg, you're moving the arm in and out to achieve the turn; if you twist the TV in the other direction, you're not (necessarily) moving the arm.* As with all TV brackets it's big and heavy (though much lighter than some I've picked up!), but when extended to 90deg you really are left wondering if those 4 screws (really only the top 2 screws) are going to hold it on the wall. A big TV at 90deg to the wall sticks out a seriously long way!!I screwed mine to a heavy wooden subframe which spread the load across a much larger area of wall and anchored that with 8 expanding bolts (4 of which may actually be in something solid!). But as I say, mounting any extending bracket securely to a wall is not a trivial undertaking and although the bracket itself handles the load with ease you need to be sure your wall is up to the task. Most brackets don't extend so the force on the screws is mostly downwards. With an extending bracket such as this the force on the top screws is outwards as much as downwards.* Finally, the instructions you get with it are really inadequate.Would I buy it again? - Yes, definitely.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
By Del
Excellent and well made product, plastic trim for hiding the cables are a bit tricky to fit correctly and keep in place but do finish the whole thing off, very solid in action would use again.
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