The Best TV installation I've Seen

[Jeff]

We are in Gaffney SC at Freightliner for service and Randy and Debby Sherow are here as well.

Randy has installed a 46" HDTV over the front cabinets of their Alpha See Ya Gold and it is simple, clean, and absolutely beautiful. I didn't get photos yesterday and my camera is tied up in the shop today so maybe he will take some shots and post them here. His design is so simple I am kicking myself for not thinking of it when  I replaced our 19" TV two years ago with a 26" HDTV. :-[

I am going to do it again with a 40" Samsung and put the 26" in the bedroom.

 

[Wendy]

I'd love to see pictures of it. My vision of a 46" TV has it covering half the windshield?

Wendy

 

[Marsha/CA]

Jeff, we need pictures.  Be sure and tell Randy that it would help us if he could provide photos.  We will be doing our TV remodel at some point and I wanted a bigger screen.

Marsha~

 

[maverickbbd]

Forty-six inches and still have windshield and cabinets?  I can't wait to see pictures of this.

 

[Jeff]

I heard from Randy today and their coach went in for service at noon. He starts Camp Freightliner in the morning for two days so the photos may take a few days.

 

[PJ Stough]

If I remember correctly the tv slid out of the way for travel.

Paul

 

[Jeff]

Paul, you are right, it does.

 

[Jeff]

Deb and Randy are on the road after their long week at Freightliner. They did email me photos of the Television installation that I have uploaded here. I'm sure Randy will be available for questions when they get caught up.

The only modification to the cabinets that I know of was the removal of the doors. Also there seemed to be plenty of headroom coming in and out of the coach in the viewing position.

 

[scottydl]

A side-scrolling TV mount!    Pretty intuitive.  Maybe some manufacturers can take a hint!  Is that drawer sliding hardware?  And do you happen to know (or I guess he can answer this when he returns) were the factory arm-mount holes on the back of the TV used?

 

[Jeff]

Scotty:

Yes the holes were used. If you look carefully Randy has a low profile wall mount between the TV and the paneling they installed. I am thinking of skipping that to keep the mount thinner.

The slides are large vertical mount drawer slides that I believe Randy said he got at Costco. I looked online and found 1 7/8" slides that come rated to 150 pounds.

 

[scottydl]

If you look carefully Randy has a low profile wall mount between the TV and the paneling they installed.

Ah, I didn't notice that the first time around.  I thought the TV was mounted directly to the sliders.  An arm mount is probably a good idea though since it would give you some "rotate" ability, not that you really need it in most bowling-lane-shaped RV interiors. 

 

[Jeff]

IIRC Randy was going to use an arm but the tilt of his cabinets gave him the right viewing angle so he used the thin mount that used less room.

 

[FrontrangeRVer]

Just wondering if the slide hardware on the TV rattle during travel.......

 

[M1894]

And I thought a 38" in my BB was overkill.

 

[AZ Randy]

My thanks to Jeff for answering the questions that were asked even better than I could have. The one that I can answer is that there is no rattle from the mount during travel. The TV is locked into place while we're moving and there's no movement or noise at all.