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Question: About how far does this stick out of the wall? I've read a couple of comments that stated "they didn't know that it would be sticking out so far".
Document: I own of few component mounts and this one is by far the best. Very strong, quality construction. And it looks great too. I love it can swing side to side, as I have the TV and this mounted and turned at an angle. I've read that some people think this mount is too big, but it has the size posted, if you just read it before you order it you'd know the size. That should be a surprise. I think most mounts are too small.I've had this installed for about a month and a half and I'm very happy with this purchase, it's a quality built product that should last a long time.
There are at least a couple inches between the glass and the back and not only did I not like how that looked, but it added to how far out the shelf came. My father was going to try and create a new piece, so the shelf would be closer to the wall, and cut out those extra inches, but I've decided just to send it back and find something else...
I purchased two of these shelves in preparation for a project. I have mounted one so far, not sure if I will end up needing the second (but good to have just in case).For those who don't read all the way through reviews, let me start with the one key piece of info: the 21 1/2" measurement is the distance it will protrude from your wall. In my case, I would have prefered it be less extended but I can deal with it. If you have space (extension from the wall) issues, make some careful measurements.The shelf is very nicely made.
I just had this installed a couple of days ago...it is holding my DVD player. And it seems to be a little wobbly. It's installed on a stud, but I think with the arm underneath, it makes it sway a little when I touch the DVD player. I don't know if I would feel comfortable having this holding a CRT TV.
I see a lot of complaints about the shelf being too large or sticking out to far etc. The picture is decieving and would not work well with a wall mounted TV because it does extend outwards. With my setup, my TV stand does not have space for a larger center speaker, and so this stand works perfectly for me because it is being used to hold up a 22lb center channel above my TV. The longer arm on this stand is perfect for me because it sits nicely for my set-up. The contruction is quality with a nice heavy steel plate, a thick piece of tempered glass and a nice looking steel arm.
It seems like a nice product and would have worked great if the shelf itself did not stick out so far. Problem is the glass starts about 5 inches from the wall base. You can turn it, but that makes it start further away as the mount in the middle is not centered.I am not sure why they designed it then way and no pictures I ever saw of it showed it like that. To me, you look at this picture on here and it looks like the glass is right next to the base, this is not the case.
It looks ridiculous sticking that far out from the wall when you have it next to a flat screen tv.
Same as the other comments, the products available for this purpose are limited and this one fits the purpose, but is too far from the wall. The glass could be smaller... Overall it works.
As others have stated, it does stick out a little further from the wall than I'd prefer, but nothing we can't live with. We also purchased cable organizer track at a local home improvement store to cover the cables, painted it to match the walls, and everything looks very nice.
It's a nice shelf and it was very easy to install.But - the shelf is considerably bigger then the cable box or the dvd player that are sitting on it. And the arm is longer then it needs to be and it is not collapsible. So everything is sticking out of the wall pretty far. That's the reason for 4 stars.
Answer: The shelf starts 6" away from the wall.  Measuring from the front of the shelf back to the wall is over 21".  In our case we have an LCD panel mounted above the shelf, therefore the shelf sticks out much further than the TV.  This shelf hangs in my daughters bedroom and is placed on the opposite wall from her bed.  Therefore, you have to be careful when you walk around the end of the bed so you don't hit your head on the shelf.  We ordered the OmniMount Tria 2 shelf version as well and it is much closer to the wall - from the front of shelf to wall is 15 3/4".  This version works very well in her living room but would be rather large to hang in bedroom unless you are also installing gaming systems.