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Welcome to my ever-evolving blog. It started out as a blog on Beachbody workouts and products, mainly when I was a Beachbody coach. I no longer coach, not because I don't believe in Beachbody's programs (I subscribe to Beachbody on Demand and use their workouts every day), I am just not a salesperson and hated that aspect of it. I am more than willing to answer questions about my experiences with their products and the various workouts, and I feel freer to do so without the appearance of giving a biased review of something.

I have also started adding reviews for various things I have purchased like movies, books, CDs, and other products. This was brought about by a fight with Amazon in which all of my reviews were removed over a completely bullshit allegation that I posted a review that violated their terms of service. After going back and forth with the morons in the community-reviews department (even after they admitted that my posts did not violate their guidelines) they restored my account (which took them six months to do), but I have been posting my reviews on my blog to have them preserved in case something like that happens again. And here, I will post uncensored reviews so I will swear from time to time and post reviews that may be longer than Amazon's character limit. Everything I post here on any topic or product is my personal opinion, and I take no compensation for any product reviews I post. I am a member of Amazon's vine program and because I get those products for free, I keep those reviews on Amazon only, but everything I have purchased with my own money, whether from Amazon or some other store/website/outlet, I will post here.  

I also plan to do some longer blog posts on various topics, such as how to learn physics, how to get through calculus, and longer reviews of workout programs as I do them. Basically, whatever strikes me as interesting at the time.  As you can see if you navigate around the blog, I had many years in between postings. During that time I was going back to school to get an engineering degree, and learning material that I avoided my first time through college was a different experience and one that gave me a lot of insight into how to do well in those classes, which I will try to impart here for those who are looking to get a science or engineering degree. 

Showing posts with label TV Mounting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TV Mounting. Show all posts

Thursday, October 5, 2023

Product Review: Mounting Dream TV Wall Mount Swivel and Tilt for 26-55 Inch TVs

 


I got this to mount a 55" TV over my fireplace. I cannot say how easy it is to install, because I had the contractor who was renovating my townhouse install it, but he did not seem to have any trouble doing so and it is very sturdy on the wall. I should note that it was mounted entirely into wood supports. We added extra wood between the studs before the drywall was installed on the fireplace for the express purpose of mounting this. 

The instructions do say that it should not be installed just into drywall alone and warn against overtightening the bolts. The placement of the holes would make it hard to get all the screws/bolts into studs (unless you actually have an open wall like I did where you can add wood supports between the studs). If you can get all of the bolts into the studs it is extremely sturdy. Even if you cannot get them all into studs, you should easily be able to get about half the screws/bolts into a stud and if so it will still be very secure. I am very satisfied with it.