Single Pivot TV Wall Mount

A single pivot TV wall mount is a kind of cantilever TV mount. This type of TV wall mount uses an armature, which has a single joint about which the TV flat screen can pivot as compared to a cantilever mount which has two armatures. This mount gives you the ability to aim the face of your Plasma TV wall screen or LCD TV wall screen in whatever horizontal direction you want.

While the single pivot TV mount lacks the ability to tilt the TV up and down, which means that you probably will not want to go with a ceiling mounted flat screen or a pedestal mounted flat screen, it provides enough control over the orientation of the Plasma or LCD flat screen TV for many home users. This mount basically allows the TV to come away from the wall and rotate a little. Since there is only one armature, the positions available are limited. As it swings away from the wall, it will also move toward the side the arm is mounted on. In other words the further it swings from the wall the more off center from the original mount position it will get. Due to this movement, this type of mount is usually reserved for smaller televisions, less than 30 inches, and used in kitchens and other places where movement around the room requires the TV to rotate a bit but there is not one central sitting area the TV needs to be aimed at.

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Installation is easy. Simply install the single pivot TV bracket mount at a height on the wall which will be comfortable for all viewers of the TV whether they are sitting or standing around in the room. Most TV wall mount systems also have some amount of adjustment which can be made on the mount to move your plasma / LCD flat screen up and down by small amounts if you like (although each time that you do so, you will probably have to deal with unscrewing and rescrewing the adjustment pieces on the back of the mount, which is considerably more difficult than just turning the TV flat screen on the cantilever, as you can do for horizontal movement).

The single most important thing that you can remember when looking for your single pivot TV wall mount is to make sure that the weight allowance for the cantilever is up to task of your new television. Many of the new models of large screen LCD and plasma flat TVs are very heavy, so the cantilever has to be made out of a strong material. The packaging in the store or the descriptions online of the various types of single pivot TV wall mount will tell you how much weight they can take, so you can find the right TV wall mount to match your new TV flat screen system. Fasten the single pivot TV wall mount firmly to the studs behind the wall, finding them using a stud finding device or by knocking and listening carefully for the difference in sound when you reach solid wood. Put care into the installation of your single pivot TV wall mount and it will serve you well for years to come.

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