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(More customer reviews)I purchased this mount for my LG 47LE5400 TV (LG 47LE5400 47-Inch 1080p 120 Hz LED HDTV with Internet Applications). It's a slim TV, and I was looking for a mount with a narrow profile. The TV is mounted in the bedroom, and normally sits flat against the wall, however I wanted to be able to pull it away from the wall and adjust the angle so that it was visible from the en-suite bathroom.
Installing the mount was relatively straight forward. It is attached to the wall with 2 large lag bolts (supplied). I did find that it was necessary to perform the installation steps in an order other than outlined in the installation manual - I chose to mount the vertical brackets to the back of the TV first, so that I could accurately measure for the vertical position of the mount. The installation instructions suggested that the vertical brackets would be centered top-to-bottom on the TV, but the hole pattern didn't quite line up that way for my TV (VESA 200 mount pattern). It turned out that the center of the mounting area lined up with the center of the TV anyways.
One of the challenges with installing this mount is that it has to be attached to something solid, i.e. a wall stud. This restricts the horizontal placement of the mount. The attachment point is about 6 inches off center from the mount when collapsed tight to the wall, but it can be mounted either to the left or right of center. Depending on your TV, there may be a little room to slide the TV left-right on the bracket once it's attached to the wall. On my TV, the electronics connections prevented much lateral motion.
One of the great things about this mount is that it allow for fine tuning adjustments once it's attached to the wall. This is great since it can be really difficult to get the bracket mounted perfectly vertical on the wall. Once the TV was mounted to the bracket, I was able to loosen 4 retaining nuts in the center of the mount and rotate the TV to ensure that it was level horizontally.
The mount is definitely slim profile. When pushed back to the wall, the TV sits less than one inch from the wall. The mount allows the TV to be pulled away from the wall, rotated horizontally, and tilted vertically. Moving my TV requires 2 hands, but the motion feels smooth and solid, it's not too difficult. Once positioned, it stays in place.
One area for improvement in this mount would be cable management. There were 2 cable-management attachments provided with the mount, but they don't really allow enough attachment points to secure the cables to the mount in a way that allows the cables to stay neat and allow the full range of motion. Also, since it's a slim-profile mount, it's really important that the cables be secured neatly so that they don't get caught between the TV and the wall and prevent the TV from sitting tight to the wall.
Overall, I'm very satisfied with the mount.
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