How do you guys mount your lcd monitors ?

[rlemmon]

Hi guys. I bought a nice 21.5 inch lcd monitor for my cab. Does anyone know any good ways to mount it in the cab ?  I will buy a mount kit if i need to but i thought someone might have a better idea. Thanks

This is the monitor i bought if it helps.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=4802822

[ammitz]

I mounted my 19 inch monitor on a MDF board 12 mm thick and 55X15cm. Then I drilled four holes, making a square like the VESA mount on the back of my LCD screen.

Bougth some longer screws to hold the screen in the home made mount, and I fixed the MDF board to the sides with ledgers.

Really simple and cheap.

I made a very bad drawing showing what I'we done

[rlemmon]

Vey cool thanks !    What size screws did you use ?

[Blanka]

Often the foot of a LCD screen has a vesa-mount built in under the plastic case, and 1 or 2 big bolts to attach this to the foot. Use that hidden mounting plate for even easier fixing and positioning.

[Blanka]

Excuse me, that model does not have a center attaching foot. Maybe you can find a non-working old LCD.

[mwong168]

I bought the above mount for $10 shipped with the intention of using it for my desktop 24" monitor but didn't line up so I ended up using it for my 17" LCD monitor below for my bartop arcade cabinet.

[bkenobi]

Bartop = portable, correct?  That mount will not lock the monitor onto the mount if the cab is tipped.  What precautions do you have to keep the screen from becoming dislodged during transport?

[Queeg]

All I did for my cab was install a shelf that the monitor would just rest upon. I have a really nice adjustable stand with about 1 ft of vertical play and about 60 degrees of rotation. This is nice for me because it allows me to experiment with viewing angles without having to commit to one. When I want to move the cab I simply unplug the two cables to the monitor and take it out through the back door.

I am running a 16:10 30" lcd.


bkenobi are you the same bkenobi on the gameEx forum? Just curious.

[apfelanni]

Some shots are taken from a bartop project i did once , the others show the adjustable mounting of a 20 inch dell tft into a table arcade.  

[bkenobi]

bkenobi are you the same bkenobi on the gameEx forum? Just curious.

Yup...

[mwong168]

Bartop = portable, correct?  That mount will not lock the monitor onto the mount if the cab is tipped.  What precautions do you have to keep the screen from becoming dislodged during transport?

Bartop = sits on top of a bar not portable.  The only way I can see this coming off the mount is if I flipped the entire cabinet upside down.  I could put a piece of wood strapping on the inside to keep it secure but I don't really plan on moving this around too much and it sort of locks when in place on the mount.

[ammitz]

Vey cool thanks !    What size screws did you use ?

Don't actually know. Had some lying around that fitted.

You could just measure the srews that's already used and the add the depth of the board.. Should be pretty easy.

[DaOld Man]

I think the screws for the vesa mount on my LCD were 4 mm.

[bratwurst]

I have a 19" Dell that I decased, and will use the vesa mounting screws on the back into a peice of wood, like above in the first example.  I will then use pocket screws to get the wood mounted in my cab.  Did basically the same on my jukebox too.

Pictures of the decased LCD for my cab -





Placed the old case, reassembled without the guts, on a coworkers desk to replace his monitor.



Picture of the same type of idea from my jukebox while building it, LCD wasn't decased for it -

[severdhed]

I mounted my 19 inch monitor on a MDF board 12 mm thick and 55X15cm. Then I drilled four holes, making a square like the VESA mount on the back of my LCD screen.

Bougth some longer screws to hold the screen in the home made mount, and I fixed the MDF board to the sides with ledgers.

Really simple and cheap.

I made a very bad drawing showing what I'we done

same here.