PPPRob

Hi all, I got my plasma mounted on an articulated bracket so I can pull it out from the wall and turn it 90 deg so I can view it from the dining table.

I showed a mate and he said he wasn't that impressed coz I had to pull it myself and it would have been better if it did it itself.

Which got me thinking

How can I turn a normal bracket into like a robot arm kinda thing

They can do it with boot mounted stuff on '***** my ride' so where do I start???


Cheers in advance

GC8

If youre such a couch-potato why not just use a tray?

ScoobyDoo555

Sounds like your mate is just a bit jealous

I'd leave it alone

Dan

Avi

Use and electric car aerial and a switch to push it in and out. That's the poor mans way.

Or use linear actautors (sp?) like they do in Car installs etc

davyboy

How about a bit of string?

And then when you get up to go to bed, you push it back.

Jer

PMSL

vindaloo

Agree with the mate being jealous thing. If you can get a robot arm to move the flat screen, perhaps it can shake the mate around if he's less than complimentary too.

J.

RRH

just get a chair with wheels on it

StickyMicky

even better, have the dining chairs, as electric wheel chairs

RRH

or freeze your floor, then everything will slide round really easy. sorry for muppetising your thread

*Sonic*

Put some strategically placed mirrors up, so you can watch in the dining room and where the plasma is at the same time

cookstar

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You can get these, my bro just bought a huge LCD, and the guy in the shop said the swivel bracket thing, that can move on all three axis, can have a memory motor fitted £300 extra, so when you switch the tv on it moves automatically to where it should be

magepaster

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How would the TV know where you were sitting if it did it itself? Would it be like a painting in which the eyes follow you?

cookstar

iTrader: (6)

See post #12 it has a memory of where you set it.

magepaster

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Aah yes, I did see that but my question still stands although slightly altered

Once the memory is set. You sit in your favourite Tv watching potato couch chair....erm......couch but decide to move to another seat as the wife has offered to stroke your....er lets say hair. How then would it move itself to enable you to watch the **** film you are about to watch while being stroked...follically? Or does the TV suddenly take a lesser role in the household aesthetics?

cookstar

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I believe there is more than one memory setting for the position. like his and hers electic seats in a car.

Although i think maybe your looking into this a little too far

Wurzel

iTrader: (1)

Can you really not tare yourself away from the tv whilst you eat dinner in your dining room?

I presume as your mate was on about automating the thing, he must have one himself so why not just ask old smarty pants, show off, picky git how he did his?

GazTheHat

Exactly what i thought, or then turn the dining room into a poker/pool room and just eat dinner on the couch in front of the tv.

PPPRob

Thank you for the genuine replys

And thanks for all the flaming, I knew I should have posted this on another forum completely

Just added some more names to my scoobynet .txt file entitled 'sarcastic *****'

You are the guys I will not help if I am ever able to

tmo

Surely the wife / girlfriend should move it

cookstar

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Steve Fort

Just pay an immigrant to stand next to the screen and move it for you! I think one would look nice standing next to your fireplace, it'll give the place character.