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All you need is a level, a socket, a stud finder, and an extra set of hands when you actually need to lift the TV on the mount.Very nicely painted and very easy to use.The only complaint is that there appears to be a lock pin in the mount that is not easy to remove that prevents it from tilting. I think this is an excellent product that is less than 1/2 the price that you would find at one of the big box stores.Very easy to install.
The brackets, and wall frame is very well constructed. Find the angle that works best for you, set the screw and your done. I've read the reviews on this product, and the people who gave this product a bad review because of the instructions either didn't read the instructions or didn't understand what it was saying. Purchased two of these wall mounts for my Samsung ln55B650, and my ln40A750 HDTV'S. To sum everything up on this product.high quality, very easy instructions, an a very very good price. One is the tension lever, and the other is a set screw. You will be very pleased with this wall mount.
Once the wall mount is installed with these wood bolts, it's there to stay. Believe me, nothing nor anyone will remove your HDTV. This secures your HDTV securely to your wall mount. The bracket screws that come with this kit are plenty. Once your HDTV is hung on the mount, just use the long allen wrench that is provided and tighten the security screws to the bottom half of the wall mount.
I found the instructions very easy to understand. For me, I used the set screw. There are "TWO" options on tilting your brackets. The wall mount wood screws are of top quality. The screws, spacers fit my HDTV'S and there was no problem putting the brackets to my tv's.
The problem with this mount is the instructions. Now that the tv is mounted and tilted, the mount functions as desired, but I do wish that I had used a different mount, even the cheetah ones have got to have better instructions (). I will echo that and say that yes this mount is made out of metal, unlike the cheaper straw, baked mud, and cardboard mounts (avoid those, especially with plasma). (Note the couple of reviews which indicate they never did figure out how to tilt the tilt-mount). I as pretty disappointed with this mount, having used it to mount a samsung ln52b750.
But given that they have failed to do so, I would avoid this mount, just like the straw, cardboard, glass and Bakelite mounts, as it will waste your time and at worst, destroy your tv from ambiguous instructions. But to be fair, proprietary screws aren't necessarily a bad thing when you consider security-- it would be pretty hard for someone to steal the tv unless they had a special peerless Allen wrench.If peerless had included a corrections, or a "known bugs" sheet with this mount, it would be good. But once you break the "tilt seal", it no longer requires so much weight. Without a means of tightening these screws, we've had to forego using the security screws, since there is no way to tighten them, thanks to the proprietary screws. After more than 5 hours, I finally discovered that it takes more than 200 pounds of torque before the mount will actually tilt the first time (be prepared to do pullups from the bezel of your new wall mounted flat screen tv, wearing a keg of beer like a backpack. Meanwhile, your existing Allen wrench collection won't help you because this is a "special" version that is hollowed out in the center, and the screws won't work with a regular Allen wrench. This is a major error in the instructions, which you'll see mentioned in a couple of other reviews here.Furthermore, the instructions say nothing about how to actually tilt the mount, despite this being a "tilt mount". But if you happen to be mounting above a mantle, forget using it, because it's length will prevent you from doing so.
Several reviews talk about this being a high quality mount. Last complaint--it comes with a very long Allen wrench to tighten various screws, including the security screws. Buy a different mount unless you don't mind the potential of wasting a lot of time from bad instructions If you follow the instructions to a T, your tv will be mounted 2-3 inches above the point you expect. And I only got wind of this after desperately searching these reviews as a last measure.
Would definitely buy again. The only negative is that this is a little hard to adjust, but once it was adjusted, it will never move again. This is a very high quality mount. I saw many other that were very cheaply built.
The Allen Wrench that comes with the unit is a little ackward to use when locking the unit in place but not a big deal. It comes with a variety of screws to mount almost any LCD/Plasma/LED imaginable. This was very easy to install. I specifically wanted this design so that I could bring power and cabling in between the supports.
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