Low profile mounting, plasmas and airflow

[Maggot]

Well, now that I've got my Panny V10, in a few days it's going to be mounted. As there are fans on the top back portion of the unit that emit warm air, I'm a little bit concerned about airflow and the low-profile Omnimount "fixed" bracket that came with my service install package. The screen is only going to be mounted slightly higher(15-20 inches)than the straight on, dead center of the screen, viewing angle I have now with it sitting on a Salamander twin 20 cabinet. Fixed was going to be fine for me, but now I'm worried about overheating the unit if I go with the low-profile bracket that came with the package. I'm considering going for a tilt bracket to allow for some viewing angle compensation, which will only be a little, and most importantly.......to allow for some more room for the fans to breathe. Am I being too much of a worry-wart in regards to airflow? Has anybody else used these low profile brackets with their plasmas? My room is only 10x11, so I don't need anything fancy like canterleaving/entensions.

[xneox]

I've seen the low-profile brackets, but I really think you should steer toward a tilt. I got a tilt, and it's proven to be worth the extra few bucks...

First reason is airflow. At its current downward tilt, the top of the display (where the fans are) is about 4" from the wall. I wouldn't want them much closer.

Second reason is back-panel accessibility. With a low-profile mount, forget ever getting at your connections once it's on the wall. With the tilt, all I have to do is tilt it up and I've got plenty of room to play around.

Third reason is viewing angle...but this is only because the bottom of the display is 4' off the ground (keeps it away from little hands).

Regardless of which you go with, make sure you get right-angle HDMI cables (or adapters). This will keep them from being jammed into the wall.