Do I need a professional to mount my new TV on my wall?

Do I need a professional to mount my new TV on my wall?

Jeff Colen (President, A Sharper Home, Inc.) gives expert video advice on: How far away from my TV should I sit?; Is it safe to mount my new TV over my fireplace?; What is the best way to position speakers in my home theater? and more...

You should consider professional installation of your TV, especially if you're going to be mounting it on the wall. If you mount it incorrectly, it can fall off the wall, flat-out, and that's an expensive mistake to make. No warranty covers that. Also, given the fact that it is new technology and there are new types of connections to be made, it makes sense, it'll save you some time and a lot of frustration if you have a professional come out and help you out with the process. Generally speaking, we run the cables first. We get all the cabling in place, then we connect up all the components; the receiver, the DVD player, and we get all those in place and situated correctly. The last thing we do is the hanging of the TV. The primary reason for that is because, if the TV is in the wrong position, we want to be able to reposition the mount and do those things before we've hung the TV up, because afterwards, we have to take everything down and take it all apart again.