HDTV Easel Stand

As it turns out, a stray easel makes a wonderfully arty and humanizing HDTV stand. This is such a brilliant idea that it makes me both squeefully shudder and well up with self-loathing that I didn't think of it first, instead opting to trephine my alt bau wall.

Easel HDTV Stand [Unpluggd via Ectomo]

[#1 posted by ThinkandDrive , October 14, 2008 11:55 AM]

Genius!

I'm doing this. Was trying to place a big screen in the corner of my room, but a corner console would stick out much further than the screen alone. I thought about hanging it just in the corner by itself. But this would ground it a little more and be quite a conversation piece.

[#2 posted by HeatherB , October 14, 2008 12:53 PM]

Nice indeed. I am liking it.

[#3 posted by mongo , October 14, 2008 1:35 PM]

GREAT IDEA!

Just what I needed to put my 42" in front of the window.

The really maneuverable articulated wall mounts are expensive (~$300)‚, and the professional floor mount columns cost as much as the TV. (>$1000)

Now how much do easels go for? |-{)

[#4 posted by Frank_in_Virginia , October 14, 2008 3:16 PM]

This is very nice; great idea.

[#5 posted by Frank_in_Virginia , October 14, 2008 3:17 PM]

This is very nice; great idea.

[#6 posted by Anonymous , October 14, 2008 3:29 PM]

Looks a bit top heavy to me. The base plate should keep it from tipping, but living in earthquake country I guess I'm a bit paranoid.

[#7 posted by Anonymous , October 14, 2008 6:49 PM]

Cool idea.

It depends on whether you happen to have an attractively-battered easel to spare. As Mongo may have guessed, above, this is not a cheap fix. A decent crank easel (the sort shown here) runs 800 bucks or more, usually over a thousand dollars.

As an art teacher, I do have attractively-battered easels but could never afford the HDTV. Ain't that so very O.Henry?

[#8 posted by Anonymous , October 15, 2008 8:58 PM]

This seems less DIY and more DISE (Do It, Somebody Else) I mean, who has a spare easel kicking around besides a failed artist? What better monument to giving in and sucking up whatever drifts into the tube than placing a TV right where you used to actually make something?

Kind of a big scream of "Pour more entertainment into my face I'm tired of participating!" Just depressing enough to be art.