*Done* Mounting board for decased TV thickness?

[CthulhuLuke]

Been a long time member here, but I haven't really touched my MAME cab in a few years. I sold my TKO/Vs. cabinet last year, and I finally decided it was time to update the current MAME cab and finally finish this thing.

So I picked up a 27" Sony Wega 27FS100 off Craigslist for $25 and I'm planning to de-case it and mount it on a custom piece of wood. Here's a picture of the TV, the frame has a crack which made it very easy to haggle down so low



Now my question is, how thick should the wood be and what type of wood is necessary to mount something this heavy? I have a nice big piece of left-over 1/2" standard plywood from the workbench I built (the same wood used to build the workbench this TV is sitting on), but I'm wondering if that is thick enough?

[CthulhuLuke]

Just wanted to give a quick update.

I went with a 3/4" plywood sheet for the mounting board, and used the cut-out from the inside of the board to make the mounting plate for the guts. I screwed the corners from the back-forward which is probably not as strong as if I lined up the front and brought the wood all the way through the tube on the back. But this was easier for me and the mounting plate is VERY strong. I couldn't get cross-braces on the corners because the TV was so tight in the cabinet, but it just means moving the tv will require facing it tube-down.