Introduction
Extending Vesa Mounting Bracket
The Smart Apartment can become cluttered with gadgets. You can move your flat panel LCD TV screen up off the furniture and mount it on the wall.
Look at the back of the LCD and you will see four bold holes arranged in a square. These are designed to fit an industry standard VESA Mount (more properly known as the "Flat Display Mounting Interface Standard (FDMI))".
VESA® stands for Video Electronics Standards Association, an international non-profit corporation which represents more than 100 corporate members worldwide, and sets industry-wide interface standards for computing environments. Monitor manufacturers worldwide agreed on the VESA standard, and most LCD monitors come with the VESA 100/75 standard mounting hole pattern, which means a hole pattern on the back of the monitor: 75mm x 75mm or 100mm x 100mm (2.95in. x 2.95in. or 3.94in. x 3.94in.)...
From: "About VESA Standard, Network Technologies Inc, 2004
The desktop stand which came with your screen may be attached via the Versa mount and will need to be removed in any case. When selecting a bracket make sure it is designed to carry the weight of your screen (plasma screens are much heavier than LCD screens and mounts designed for one may not suit the other). Also you need to ensure the wall is strong enough to hold the screen.
Some Options
There are large variety of Vesa mounts to choose from. The simplest are two metal plates with holes in them. You bolt one plate to the display panel and the other to the wall and then slide the panel onto the wall bracket.
More complex brackets have hinge between the two plates, allowing the angle of the screen to be adjusted up and down.
Even more complex mounts extend, and swivel. Keep in mind that these will likely cost more and that you will need to run the power and signal cables along the arm to the wall. This will look messy, compared to a mount flush against the wall.
Speaking of cables, where are you going to run them? Cables can be hidden in the wall cavity, but this a difficult task. You might be happy with conduit on the wall to the floor, or ceiling, to hide the cables.