| The size and weight of the new plasma TVs have | | | | do. Soon the plan was formalized and the project was |
| created all kinds of innovative methods for mounting | | | | underway. |
| the sets. There are cabinets that have custom | | | | The viewing room for the installation was selected as |
| motorized mounting brackets that slowly raise the TV | | | | the family room. The cathedral ceiling began at the top |
| from the hidden recesses of the cabinet to a | | | | of the nine-foot wall and angled upward to the peak at |
| prescribed viewing height through remote control. But | | | | sixteen feet above the floor. The ceiling had been a |
| one of the neatest mounts used the hardware from | | | | typical drywall ceiling with textured finish. Part of the |
| this type of installation to create a unique plasma TV | | | | remodel was to replace the textured drywall ceiling |
| ceiling mount. | | | | with a stained redwood strip ceiling. Hundreds of |
| The hardware was designed as a full-motion | | | | pieces of stained redwood would be laid out in parallel |
| motorized stand mount. It was made to fit inside a | | | | with a quarter inch gap between each strip. Near the |
| custom built cabinet. At the push of a button on the | | | | bottom of the ceiling approximately one foot from |
| remote control, the plasma TV was rise up pushing | | | | where it meets the wall, the homeowner wanted to |
| open a concealed door in the top of the cabinet. As | | | | have the TV installed in a hidden manner above the |
| the TV display came into view, the power to the TV | | | | ceiling panels. |
| would switch on and the set would come to a stop | | | | After a great deal of work, the contractors finally had |
| just as the selected program came on. | | | | success. Careful craftsmanship had completely hidden |
| One flat panel owner wanted to use the same design | | | | the ceiling mount behind the new wooden surfaced |
| criteria except for one factor. Instead of rising up out | | | | ceiling. At the push of a button, the lights slowly faded |
| of a cabinet, he wanted his TV to descend from his | | | | to darkness. Then one of the redwood strips slowly |
| cathedral ceiling. Once it was fully descended to a | | | | hinged open and the new plasma TV descended to a |
| viewing height, he could manipulate the TV to swivel | | | | vertical position. Another button was pushed on the |
| and tilt to place the screen in a good viewing angle to | | | | remote and the big screen TV swiveled and tilted to |
| where he was sitting at any particular time. | | | | where the homeowner could easily see his favorite |
| After consulting with the manufacturer of the | | | | program. What an innovative installation they had |
| hardware and the engineers that made the plasma | | | | concocted together! |
| TV it soon became evident that the man could have | | | | Your plasma TV ceiling mount need not be so |
| what he wanted. The hardware was purchased and | | | | elaborate, but this article shows that imagination is the |
| the homeowner met with a couple of professional | | | | only thing to limit how you may install your next |
| remodeling contractors to discuss what he wanted to | | | | television. |