VESA Stand

Danger Phoenix · 23 Oct 2007 at 01:51

I have just purchased a monitor that does not move up or down or turn to portrait, so I was wondering if you can buy a fairly cheap desk stand (similar to the standard Dell stands) that I can fit onto my new Hyundai?

KnightStalker · 23 Oct 2007 at 23:16

hmm i would also like to know this, but be very handy, but i expect they will be expenisve, as the only ones i find are like £80 upwards

Borden · 24 Oct 2007 at 14:09

You could have a look at www.ergotron.com for a whole range of VESA mounts. One of the popular ones seems to be the Neo Flex desk mount. It can be had for around £40. I'm looking at one of those for my screen just because of how much space it saves on your desk.

Danger Phoenix · 24 Oct 2007 at 14:16

Is this capable of taking a VESA mount:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-052-HY&groupid=17&catid=949&subcat=

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KnightStalker · 24 Oct 2007 at 14:26

seems to be 100x100 vesa reading on a french site. But dont take it as a yes, as most places dont state it..but then again i think most LCD's these days are Vesa compatible, either 75x75 or 100x100

Danger Phoenix · 24 Oct 2007 at 22:45

KnightStalker said:
seems to be 100x100 vesa reading on a french site. But dont take it as a yes, as most places dont state it..but then again i think most LCD's these days are Vesa compatible, either 75x75 or 100x100

Ideally I want a normal desk stand like the Dell's and Samsung's have that will allow me to raise and rotate the TFT... but so far I have had no luck in finding something like that

KnightStalker · 25 Oct 2007 at 00:04

aye i know what you mean, closest thing is that ergotron one that mark has suggested,

Danger Phoenix · 25 Oct 2007 at 00:07

KnightStalker said:
aye i know what you mean, closest thing is that ergotron one that mark has suggested,

I had a look at that one, but the Hyundai doesn't have the square bracket thing at the back

KnightStalker · 25 Oct 2007 at 00:15

is there 4 holes at all on the back of the unit? either 100x100mm apart or 75x75mm?

Danger Phoenix · 25 Oct 2007 at 00:17

Oops, I was being silly - the holes are there, but they were covered by the big label at the back, lol!

They are 75mm apart

KnightStalker · 25 Oct 2007 at 00:23

there you go, 75x75mm vesa is what you need

which the above one does indeed work

Danger Phoenix · 25 Oct 2007 at 00:27

YAY!

http://www.ergotron.com/Products/De...mid/396/PRDID/126/language/en-GB/default.aspx

^ I liked this one

KnightStalker · 25 Oct 2007 at 00:45

very nice looking that one, seems to do the job, thats on my list to look into tomorrow for sure

Danger Phoenix · 25 Oct 2007 at 02:21

KnightStalker said:
very nice looking that one, seems to do the job, thats on my list to look into tomorrow for sure

I believe that that one is the same one Dell monitors have... the screen that came with the Dell PC my Dad bought has the same looking stand.

I am tempted by the swivel arm one now (Neo-Flex™ LCD Arm)!

/Edit: after a bit of price checking, I have found the LCD Stand cheapest for £31.18 and the LCD Swivel Arm for £54.65. In the ideal world I would buy both... but money doesn't grow on trees

Danger Phoenix · 25 Oct 2007 at 06:18

Do you think that the Neo-Flex LCD Arm can be compressed so that the monitor is at the edge of the desk?

I have my desk against a wall and the TFT is right up against it. I am assuming that the arm will make the TFT come out a little, but the desk is only 60cm in depth, so I want it to stay as close to the wall as possible... do you think it will work? I have emailed Ergotron to ask them, but I thought I would ask here to get a second opinion

Borden · 25 Oct 2007 at 09:41

Danger Phoenix said:
Do you think that the Neo-Flex LCD Arm can be compressed so that the monitor is at the edge of the desk?

I have my desk against a wall and the TFT is right up against it. I am assuming that the arm will make the TFT come out a little, but the desk is only 60cm in depth, so I want it to stay as close to the wall as possible... do you think it will work? I have emailed Ergotron to ask them, but I thought I would ask here to get a second opinion

I was about to link you to the ergotron thread that was on here a while ago. I see you already found it

It's a good read and seems like a good choice. Also, the otehr one you were looking at (http://www.ergotron.com/Products/De...mid/396/PRDID/126/language/en-GB/default.aspx) isn't used on Dell monitors. I believe it has greater functionality than the ones you were referring to.

Danger Phoenix · 25 Oct 2007 at 11:06

mark1 said:
I was about to link you to the ergotron thread that was on here a while ago. I see you already found it

It's a good read and seems like a good choice. Also, the otehr one you were looking at (http://www.ergotron.com/Products/De...mid/396/PRDID/126/language/en-GB/default.aspx) isn't used on Dell monitors. I believe it has greater functionality than the ones you were referring to.

If you look back at the thread, you should be able to see the problem I have. If it comes out 30cm then it would be inches away from my face... which isn't a good thing.

When I go back home from Uni in August next year, the depth won't be an issue... but its a problem here

KnightStalker · 25 Oct 2007 at 11:27

ahh i see your problem, yet i cant help, just trying to find the cheapest, most usable one right now, i dont know why some companys dont add all this to the stands in the first place lol, but oh well.

Danger Phoenix · 25 Oct 2007 at 18:00

I decided that I may as well buy it and try it out... if it really doesn't work too well, I can always return it.

So after £51.03 deducted from my account, it should be arriving early next week (in time for the replacement Hyundai 22")

KnightStalker - I will post back here with what I think of the Neo-Flex after I have played around with it

KnightStalker · 25 Oct 2007 at 18:17

alrighty cool man, ive gotta wait till sunday for my pay cheque to clear anyways, so i couldnt do it yet, but would love to see some pics and your views on it for sure.