75" Vizio on a Full-Motion Mount in a Downtown Nashville Condo

Quick facts

Job type

Full-Motion TV Mounting

Location

Downtown Nashville, Nashville, TN

Scope

75" Vizio on a full-motion articulating mount with a cable bridge

Home

Condo

TV size

75"

Wall surface

Painted drywall

Mount

Full-motion articulating mount

The problem

This downtown Nashville condo needed a 75-inch Vizio mounted on the living-room wall so it could swing out toward the seating instead of staying locked straight ahead. A fixed mount would leave the screen aimed at one spot only. The owner wanted a full-motion articulating mount and a clean cable bridge so power and signal stay neat when the arm extends.

What we did

Downtown condo walls are often a mix of drywall over wood or metal framing, and a 75-inch TV on a full-motion arm puts real leverage on that wall. The mount has to land in solid structure, sit level, and still leave room for the arm to fold flat and swing out without rubbing the window trim or the HVAC vent above.

I set a full-motion articulating mount on the painted drywall wall, centered under the ceiling vent and clear of the switch bank and thermostat on the left. The Vizio hangs on that arm so it sits flush when pushed in and swings out toward the seating when pulled. The second photo shows the arm extended, with the screen angled into the room and no dangling power cord below the TV.

A cable bridge carries power and signal behind the set so the wall stays clean whether the arm is folded or extended. That matters on a full-motion job: when the TV pulls away from the wall, you do not want a loop of cord hanging in the gap or snagging the arm.

The before photo shows the bare full-motion mount on the wall. The finished install is the straight-on after shot with the Vizio level on that same mount, and the angled after shot with the arm out so you can see the range of motion. Jack L.'s Google review is quoted below in his own words.