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Review on Ematic EMD211 TV Wall Mount Kit: Perfect Solution For Organized Entertainment Setup! by Michael Boonme

Revainrating 1 out of 5

Many issues best in my review

First of all, the most helpful review is totally accurate, these shelves are about an inch smaller than advertised in each direction, which cuts about 25 square inches off each shelf total. Additionally, the concept of "cord management" is a joke here. There are two plates along each side of the mounting bar that would allow cords to go in and out, but. why? The holes aren't big enough to fit all the cords we have, and you would just need to pop them back out on the bottom through the side anyway, so they bulge out because they want to go horizontal at that point. If the "decorative" cap (it actually is the only reason the side plates stay on) on the bottom had holes in it so cords could go through there, that would be real cord management.As far as hardware is concerned. The mounting bolts themselves are big and tough, but so cheap they strip at the slightest provocation. We have two sets of these shelves we're forced to use because they're literally stuck to our walls. The way the shelf brackets screw onto the mounting bar seems very flimsy. No matter how hard you tighten those screws, you can still fairly easily tip the shelf one way or another; it's just never tight enough. And of course, again you run into the problem of stripping THOSE screws, just trying to get the shelf stable. Third hardware problem is the small (SMALL) screw right in the center back of each shelf, used to hold the shelf onto the bracket. Once you have the pads on to protect the shelves from slipping around on the brackets, they sit too high up, so if you put that little connecting screw in and turn it once so it's actually serving a purpose, the front of the shelf raises up and is no longer sitting on anything.Even putting aside all the problems I've listed, the size itself is just totally inadequate for consoles. We have a PS3 (the slim version, not the giant first gen one) on the bottom shelf of one of these units, and it doesn't even fully fit. The PS4 is on another set and that' just a joke, if I wasn't MORE worried about my children than I am about the shelf, there's no way I'd keep it up there.My 3 pictures show: PS3 shelf from the bottom, PS4 shelf from the bottom, and the "cord management."(edited to correct the order of images)

Pros
  • Gives your room a professional, high-end feel
Cons
  • May not be compatible with VESA mounting standards for some TVs

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