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Old 09-24-2008, 11:24 PM
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These posts are so timely. Just today my husband said we should get a new TV for the bedroom and mount in on the wall. Too much trouble I think! I would rather place it on furniture.

I just looked up the weights of 42" plasma and LCD TV's - I thought that plasma were much heavier than LCD, but it seems that they are both are around 70 Lbs, give or take 10 lbs or so.

Metal Stud or Wood Stud wall framing should have no problem holding up this minor amount of weight using 1/4" diameter screws. One ea 1/4" - 20 self taping screw will hold up about 1500 Lbs in shear. Put in two 1/4" screws and they will handle 3000 Lbs when you have under a 100 Lbs.


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