Detailed instructions, simple & secure installation w/ 59" Plasma, April 8, 2011

While this mount is fairly easy to install and use, it suffers from some design shortcomings. Most importantly, the plastic (yes, plastic) spring-loaded tabs that go in behind the bottom of the rail (the piece horizontally-mounted on the wall) can break. If you pull the bottom of the TV away from the wall, and the pull-tabs on the bottom have not been pulled out enough, it does not take a great deal of force to break one of these plastic tabs. Once both tabs are broken, there is nothing preventing an upward force on your TV from pushing it off of the mount... and onto the floor (or person) below.I broke one of the tabs. I am very wary of breaking the other. I will be replacing this mount with an all-metal one, perhaps a Chief.

I spent quite a bit of time researching before selecting this mount, based primarily on other reviews of other Sanus models including their VLT15. My primary objective was a high quality mount from a reputable manufacturer, with a slim (close to wall) profile, but with provisions for easy cable access. Secondary was cost, and I preferred the price of this VLT14 to the near double price of the VLT15 that includes a post-installation leveling feature that I felt would be unnecessary.Originally I intended to use this with a 50" unit, but ended up with a 59" Samsung Plasma. The VLT14 fits the Samsung's large 600mm x 400mm VESA mounting pattern without a hitch, although I am just one hole away from being maxed out.The installation is simple, with clean and easy to follow line illustrations, one step per page. The instructions cover mounting the brackets to televisions with flat and obstructed backs, and included with the kit are a variety of spacers and mounting...

I've used some of the simple wall mounts before. A guy at Best Buy convinced me that for an over the fireplace wall-mount, the 15 degree angle on this would be great. But then he also told me the tilt was controlled by a pull-string, so what did he know? One thing you should know right up front--the tilt control locks on this are way behind the tv, so if you select the install to leave NO spacing between tv and wall, forget being able to control the tilt. I would say ALWAYS use the max bolt extensions provided (no matter what they say about extensions being necessary for "irregular" walls). Second, the release of your tv from the mount itself is controlled by pull strings--test them and you'll find they don't always work effectively to dislodge your tv from the mount, and since the releases must work on both sides, you can have some pain pulling the strings and getting your tv off--and guess where those strings are located? For my 60", they were high up the back of the tv where...