Patent ID: 8212946

Claim:
A television device, comprising in combination: a display panel having a video display situated therein, the display panel being housed in a rectangular housing having a viewing surface and a rear surface separated by an approximately uniform depth; a support electronics housing, separate from the display panel is sized to be no wider than a standard household wall stud spacing and no deeper than a standard household wall cavity depth; the support electronics housing carrying electronics including a television receiver that support use of the display panel as a television display and where not all electronics required to use the display panel as a television reside within the support electronics housing; one or more electrical cables that electrically interconnects the support electronics housing with the display panel; an electronic video interface residing in the support electronics housing and having an electrical connector to provide video signals thereto; a power supply residing in the support electronics housing that receives household electrical power converts that household electrical power to a converted form of electrical power and supplies the converted form of the electrical power to the display panel through the one or more electrical cables; a mounting bracket assembly for mounting the display panel to a wall such that the rear surface of the display panel is approximately flush with an outer surface of the wall; and where the support electronics is situated remotely from the display panel to permit the flush mounting of the display panel to the wall, and is situated within a wall cavity between wall studs and wall panels.