Thinnest (or closest to wall when installed) TV

popcornready on 28/09/2020 - 08:57

Hi all,

I had a different thread about a tv in bright room.

Slightly different topic.

I am looking for a TV that can be installed as flush as possible to the wall.

The obvious candidates are the LG Wallpaper (has anyone installed this with the cable in the wall), the Samsung Frame and LG Gallery(?)

What are other options?

Or is the bracket the main driver of how close to the wall it can be? I’d also want to feed the cables in the wall so they can come out below where the tv unit is located.

Any recommendations of installers in melbourne?

Electrical & Electronics

Comments

  • Nugs on 28/09/2020 - 09:24
    +1

    Can you create a recess in wall?
    .

  • websterp on 28/09/2020 - 10:36

    I installed a 65" Samsung Frame yesterday and it looks pretty neat IMO. There was a small gap(more like a buckle) between the TV frame and wall but I used 4 x 3M Velcro bits on either end and now it looks 100% flush. I had the oneconnect box in a recess that I built behind the TV (with power and cat6) so no wires are visible.

    • bobbified on 28/09/2020 - 11:38

      There was a small gap(more like a buckle) between the TV frame and wall but I used 4 x 3M Velcro bits on either end and now it looks 100% flush

      Do you mind showing us some pictures of what you mean here?

      I had the oneconnect box in a recess that I built behind the TV

      That oneconnect box is definitely pretty cool! How do you access it behind the TV when you need to plug something in? I've left mine out, but away from the screen itself so I can plug things in, but if you've got a better way, I might steal your idea! LOL

      • websterp on 28/09/2020 - 12:04
        +1

        That oneconnect box is definitely pretty cool! How do you access it behind the TV when you need to plug something in?

        In my setting it is supposed to be a one big photo frame on a photo wall surrounded by 'real' photos. Something like this I wanted the whole thing to look clean with nothing but photos on that wall. Inside the cavity the oneconnect box already has power and data so anything I need to display I get that way (photos and videos from my NAS etc.) thus eliminating the need for having to plug things.

        Do you mind showing us some pictures of what you mean here?

        It was a bit loose around the hinge when it hangs from the wallmount. Nothing major so I used 4 small bits of velcro on the 4 corners to push it against the wall.

        • bobbified on 28/09/2020 - 12:44

          …oneconnect box already has power and data so anything I need to display I get that way

          You never have to plug a HDMI cable in? Like one from the laptop display or cameras or anything or even a temporary gaming console like a PS4 etc?
          Even my soundbar is plugged in via HDMI (even though it has optical and bluetooth support) so that the ARC connection can work.

          I'd really like to hide that box behind the screen, but I'd hate to have to move the screen back and forth to plug something in.

          • websterp on 28/09/2020 - 13:03
            +1

            @bobbified: Of course you need access to the oneconnect box then. I have another TV elsewhere in a more traditional setting for all of the above purposes you've mentioned. The Frame has only one purpose in my case - A large photo frame on a photo wall with occasional TV/Media watching.

            • bobbified on 28/09/2020 - 13:05

              @websterp: The Frame has only one purpose in my case - A large photo frame on a photo wall with occasional TV/Media watching.

              Damn.. that's one expensive photo frame! 😂

              • websterp on 28/09/2020 - 13:12
                +1

                @bobbified: LOL. Yes. Unfortunately have to keep the wife happy and this is one of those things.

  • [Deactivated] on 28/09/2020 - 11:51

    LG GX when mounted with matching mount.

    I decided against it because there isn't room for ambience lighting with Hue Sync.

  • Ryanek on 28/09/2020 - 11:54
    +1

    I have a Samsung Q7 mounted with this wallmount.

    I also didn't need to feed the cables into the wall because it uses the One Connect box which is just one thin cable into the TV.

    • popcornready on 28/09/2020 - 12:27

      Nice one.

      Even though it’s one cable, I’d still like it hidden.

      Does the one connect box on the q7 carry power to the tv?

      • Ryanek on 28/09/2020 - 12:37
        +1

        Yeah all power, sound and vision. You hide the connect box in your TV unit.

        I opted for the QLED because it's in a bright room which handles it better than an OLED.

        • popcornready on 28/09/2020 - 14:53

          Is q7 labelled as q70t (for example)?

  • popcornready on 28/09/2020 - 12:29

    I’m keen on an OLED, keen to hear people’s experience with brands that sell this type (Sony etc)

    • SydStrand on 28/09/2020 - 13:45

      OLED is great, and the LG CX is currently pick of the litter; however, while the panel itself is extremely thin, it has a thickened section in the bottom 1/3 where LG stores all the internals so you'll never have a zero gap wall mount unlike some other popular TVs like Samsung Q series.

    • slowey on 30/09/2020 - 22:27

      https://www.lg.com/au/lgoled_m/sub/life.html

      If you want an OLED that mounts essentially flush with the wall.

      Samsung’s Frame TVs are good if your goal (like someone else said) is to hide the TV as a picture on the wall. The GX will give you the best picture quality, aside from reflections in brightly lit environments, of any TV that can be mounted this closely to the wall.

  • casho on 02/10/2020 - 13:57

    Why?

    • popcornready on 02/10/2020 - 14:28

      Please elaborate

      • casho on 02/10/2020 - 16:45

        Why is closest to the wall your first priority?

        • popcornready on 02/10/2020 - 19:41

          Because of the location in which it is situated

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