You have an excellent point and in fact I didn't want to wall mount at all till I started looking at TV stands.
The problem is that all the stands I considered were very high and very expensive. I don't mind spending 6k on a TV, but 1k on a TV stand? 'come on, that's crazy. The biggest problem isn't the price, but the height. The stands put the TV too high and when a TV is on a stand you can't tilt it to compensate for the height. That particular wall mount is an articulating mount which means it, tilts, pans, extends, etc. I can move it closer to me or point it towards my kitchen, but most importantly I can tilt it down so my eyes are perfectly perpendicular to the screen.
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You have an excellent point and in fact I didn't want to wall mount at all till I started looking at TV stands.
The problem is that all the stands I considered were very high and very expensive. I don't mind spending 6k on a TV, but 1k on a TV stand? 'come on, that's crazy. The biggest problem isn't the price, but the height. The stands put the TV too high and when a TV is on a stand you can't tilt it to compensate for the height. That particular wall mount is an articulating mount which means it, tilts, pans, extends, etc. I can move it closer to me or point it towards my kitchen, but most importantly I can tilt it down so my eyes are perfectly perpendicular to the screen.
Well, on the plus side your install looks nice. It's a lot cleaner than bizarre floating TVs, and the articulating mount seems pretty cool.
Did your TV not come with a stand? My Panasonic plasma came with a decent stand that looks to be about as high off your table as your wall mount.
It doesn't articulate, but you can turn it if you want. ;)
@Ben,
What speakers are you using for your main towers?
Oh, and I can see the Blu-ray films but where is the Blu-ray player?