Another new TV

Funny, we have a list of about 15 projects we want to take care of, and a wish list of maybe 5 things we might, I say might, hope to do.  So, which do we do, one of the items on our wish list, of course.  We have been looking to upgrade our front TV, a 37" 720p HDTV that comes down from the ceiling.  The vertical dimension is the constraining factor, it could not be greater than 25.5", so in our looking we tried to find the largest 1080p HDTV that would fit in that space.  Whenever we were in Costco or Walmart or Best Buy, we would would check out the measurements of all the TV's and if they were promising I would take a picture with my phone so I could compare them later.  At first it seemed the largest TV would be a 42", but after looking around more and more we found several 46" TV's that met the requirements.  We didn't want a 3D TV nor did we want a Smart TV, one that connects to the internet and is WiFi compatible.  We just wanted the biggest decent TV with 1080p that would fit.  By last weekend I had accumulated several TV's that met the requirement, and Jason happened to need to go to Costco, so I went along with him.  While there I noticed one of the TV's in question was on sale, $50 less than it had been.  So even though Jason wanted me to buy it right then and there, I was more reluctant, so we took very detailed measurements to be absolutely sure it would fit.  We came back and sure enough we thought it would work, so the next morning we went and got the new TV.  Jason and I ripped down the old TV and in only a couple hours, and with only a few blips, got the new TV installed, and man o man do we love it!

The old TV on the left, quite a difference, huh?
Nice we got Bert's help in the picture!

One of the biggest challenges was getting the cover off the back of the lift, it was not obvious how it was attached, but after messing around with it we managed to get it off, and found out the lift was pretty innovative.

The bars or channels that you see are adjustable
from side to side and the mounts on the back of the TV
are adjustable vertically, so in essence it will take any size TV
and pivot it up into the ceiling.

The mounting plates are just squarish plates that fasten to the back of the TV, and then slide up into the channels.

The mounting plates

Sliding it into position

Checking it out

All done except for the cover

Putting the cover back on was the biggest challenge. We found we had changed some of the dimensions when we slid the brackets around to accept the new TV, but Jan and I through trial and error got it up!

Complete!

So just in time for the Super Bowl, sounds good, doesn't it, although really we couldn't care less about the game, but are looking forward to the commercials :-))
If we keep adding projects that aren't on the list, we might have to extend here in Florida for another month to get them all done?