LCD Accessories

If you're thinking about buying a flat panel liquid crystal display (LCD) screen then you need to consider what LCD accessories you may wish to purchase with your new TV. There are some questions you need to answer when buying a LCD screen television.

You've done the searching, hunting, and finally found the new large flat panel LCD screen that you want to watch your favourite movies or sporting events on. Where do you plan on watching this fancy new sleek and sexy looking TV?

The lounge room is as good a place as any to start. Do you want to put the LCD TV screen on the wall or do you want to keep watching your favourite TV shows at eye-level like you have done so all your life?

Most people buy a new large flat screen Plasma or LCD screen so that they can hang it on the wall as you do with a clock. If you want to have your new big screen TV hanging off the wall then you’re going to have to also buy an LCD TV wallmount.

If you want to place your LCD screens on a cabinet then you can use the an LCD screen stand. LCD screen stands generally come with the LCD screen when you purchase it.

Make sure that even if you have your new LCD screen mounted on the wall that you do keep the stand. Most retail outlets will not accept the LCD screen for repair despite it being under warranty should something go wrong if you do not have the stand with it.

There are two different types of LCD screen mounts available for you to purchase when buying your LCD screen.

You can arrange to have these LCD screen mounts fitted to the wall by a technician when you buy your LCD TV so you don't have to worry about your handyman skills.

There are two types of LCD TV wallmounts available for purchase. You can buy a standard LCD screen mount that will basically just hang your new flat panel LCD screen on the wall.

The basic LCD TV wallmounts cost around $200 but you should be able to get that price discounted to $100 at the very least if you’re buying the LCD TV and getting it installed by the retailer.

The other LCD wall mount available is a bit more expensive at between $800-$1000. While these LCD wallmounts are more expensive they do have the advantage of allowing you to tilt the LCD screen depending on where you’re sitting in the room to watch it.

The difference between the two LCD wallmounts is that the cheaper LCD wallmount remains fixed while the expensive LCD wallmount allow you to tilt the LCD TV screen to different sections of the room.

LCD wallmounts should take the technician around two hours to install. Please note that some technicians will tell you that it will take 3-4 hours to install your new flat panel plasma or LCD TV screen. They will ask you to pay them for the overtime that they are going to do installing your LCD or Plasma screen.

Do not pay them. They are being paid for the job already. Contact the company you bought the flat panel LCD or Plasma TV from and tell them the technician wants to charge you extra and that you have already paid for installation in full when you purchased you flat screen TV. If it takes him 24 hours it’s not your problem.

Some technicians will try to take advantage of the situation because in all likelihood you have already had your LCD or Plasma flat screen TV sitting there for 5 days waiting for a technician to come over and hang it up on the wall.

Do not be taken you for a ride.