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(More customer reviews)I ordered this bracket along with a Sony KDL-46XR8 LCD TV. I couldn't use a wall-mounted bracket, as I couldn't find a stud in the wall above the fireplace.
First off, this is one serious bracket and have no qualms about it holding up my (expensive) new TV :-). It is well engineered, well built and swivels nice and smoothly. It comes with a few different options for mounting height and the adjustments for the tilt function works well with double set screws.
Only one problem and the reason for the four stars instead of five: The studs in my ceiling run width-wise to the TV and to the wall it's behind it, so I was only able to line up two of the four (well, there are two additional holes that lined up as well, but they were along the same plane) mounting holes. The TV doesn't sit "under center,' but just forward of the centerline - meaning that with only two bolts holding the mount it tried to push the back of the mount up into the ceiling, and pull the front of the mount down away from it.
It could have been my ceiling as the sheetrock wasn't flush against the studs for some reason. To solve the problem we added a brace across two off the studs and two more bolts running through the front and rear mounting holes and the additional brace.
This probably wouldn't have been an issue if the studs ran the other way, and wouldn't stop me from buying the bracket again. My ceiling might be unique but wanted to share the experience just the same as it added a few hours to the installation process. I am confident that the mount and the TV aren't going anywhere!
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