Monitor wall mount

Somnambulist · 5 Jun 2011 at 22:10

My HP ZR24W sits on a desk that's build into a cupboard (which takes up a whole side of my room, bar the door) and the stand eats up valuable desk space, therefore I would like to get a VESA mount so I can put stuff underneath it.

As there's no gap at the back of the desk, I can't really use the clamp style mounts, and things like the Ergotron LX that you can drill a hole into the desk for, while cute, is just too expensive and overkill. Essentially I just need something that will extend out from the wall a similar amount to where the monitor currently is (20-25cm from the wall, about arms length from my chair) and don't need anything fancy that swivels and tilts.

Any particular brand or model name that I should look at (I believe the HP is Vesa 100x100)? I don't want to spend more than say, £40 (I see that most of the smaller mounts w/around a 10-15KG max load are cheapish) but equally don't want something cheap that decides one day to drop my screen onto my kit!

Cheers!

Somnambulist · 8 Jun 2011 at 00:09

EDIT - ignore

I need to find a wall-mount one that uses more than 2 screws to fix it to the wall. The HP is thick so it only needs to stick out 10-15cm, not be low profile.

R.C.Anderson · 8 Jun 2011 at 01:32

Try googling "Allcam", they're the manufacturers of my monitor arms, they also do some wall mounts for TVs, some of which are compatible with VESA100x100, and within your budget, might be what your after?

Somnambulist · 8 Jun 2011 at 02:50

Their LCD201 is perfect, cheers! First one I've seen that has more than two screws that isn't fairly flush to the wall. It's a pity they don't seem to sell a desk grommet mount, as they sell all the parts to make a simple pole/joint/bracket setup very easily and I'd prefer to do that over a wall mount but for about a tenner it's worth a shot and looks sturdy.

R.C.Anderson · 8 Jun 2011 at 09:50

If you prefer to have a desk mount option, the MDM04 would probably work (they're the mounts I have), it's meant to clamp the the back of the desk, but if you cut a slot in the back of the best, you could clamp it to the desk via that?