I’ve been an AFI fan for a long time. If I remember correct. This cover was played on the radio because it was the offspring. This ended up helping AFI get Days of the Phoenix played on the radio. I could be wrong, it’s been a while, but that’s how I remember it.

Don’t listen to them. That plywood install is unnecessary and you won’t see any AV professionals doing that. I’ve hung every kind of TV from 26”-85”. Just screw one part of the mount into one stud and then use toggle bolts for the other side. I promise you the tv will never move.

Yep. Lag bolts on those are required.

That defeats the whole purpose of a flush mount install.

Professional AV guys do it all the time for flat mount tv installations if needed. You can almost always find at least one stud though.

Mounting a 2x4 to wall defeats the purpose of a slim mount in this situation. There is supposed to be almost no gap.

Exactly

I’ve hung hundreds of TV’s as well. A flat non tilting mount can be done with anchors or toggles. Tilting mounts one stud minimum the other side anchors or toggles. Full articulating mount two studs required unless it’s one of the single stud mounts for smaller TVs. The amount of people on this sub that think you need to mount a piece of plywood across studs to mount a tv that’s typically no more than 50-60lns dont realize it’s complete overkill and unnecessary.

that’s overkill and unnecessary. 2 screws in the stud and toggles will hold pretty much any current tv without a problem.

Depends on the length of the tv mount not the length of the Tv. The mounts are typically around 20 inches.