Living room/bedrrom TV upgrade
I have a 2011 Cougar 31SQB and from day one could not stand the swivel TV that separated the living room from the master bedroom. Number 1, nobody but myself in my family knows that you cant swing the TV in a 360 turn. Number 2, You can see right into our bedroom! Number 3, viewing the TV in the living room from the couch that is perpendicular to the TV is rather hard. So, I set out to mount TV's on both sides and close that peep hole.
I first studded the opening in with mounts in mind. I then had to find stain that came close to our trim. I was close but not perfect. The bedroom side is stained a little dark but I wasn't too worried about it since the TV will be covering the whole opening. Figuring out how to route all the cables was interesting. I have a Winegard Carryout and my receiver is under our bed so I hid them as best as I can. Mounting the TV was a kind of trial and error before I found the sweet spot. I went with a Vizio 40" in the living room that is hung on a VideoSecu articulating mount from Amazon. I went with the Vizio because it is the thinnest I could find. As seen in the pictures, I have very little room from the face of the entertainment center to the side of the slide out. I would really hate to grab the TV while bringing the slide out in.
As for the bedroom, I found Best Buy had a 40" Insignia on sale for $160. I have that mounted on a VideoSecu tilt only mount. It does stick out a little bit but not too bad. I installed an HDMI splitter behind the stereo to split the DirectV signal to both TV's. I also got rid of the crappy outlets behind the stereo as well as the one beside the stereo. To top it off, I made a label for the slide out switch to remind myself or anybody else to "Check TV".
Living room - VIZIO - 40" Class (40" Diag.) - LED - 1080p - Smart - HDTV
VideoSecu ML531BE TV Wall Mount (Amazon)
Bedroom - Insignia™ - 40" Class (40" Diag.) - LED - 1080p (Best Buy)
VideoSecu Mounts Tilt TV Wall Mount (Amazon)
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Eric & Kim Sherwood
2011 Cougar 31SQB Travel Trailer, EZ-Flex
2004 Chevy Silverado 2500HD Crew Cab 6.0L
Reese Straight Line Trunnion Bar w/Dual Cam Anti-Sway
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