What do VESA have to do with TV Brackets?

If you are looking for a TV bracket to wall mount your TV, there's a chance that you will have come across the acronym VESA. But who or what is this VESA bunch and why do they care about getting your TV mounted on the wall?

Well, VESA (or the Video Electronics Standards Association, to give them their full title) is a body that creates standards for a variety of things to do with video electronics. When their standards are applied to TV brackets they are setting out the size and position of the holes on the back of the screen that the TV bracket attaches to.

The particular standard that is used in relation to TV brackets is the Flat Display Mounting Interface, and, as is often the case, Wikipedia is a good source of further reading on the subject.

Obviously, this is important to people making or selling TV brackets because if we know where the holes are on the TV it makes it a lot easier to know whether or not the bracket will work with the TV. There are a few different sizes that are commonly used, which are: 75x75mm, 100x100mm, 200x100mm, 200x200mm and 400x200mm (these sizes refer to the sides of an imaginary rectangle where the centres of the holes are the corners).

When we at valuetvbrackets are selling brackets we put the VESA sizes that the bracket will fit with on the information for the product. We even have a few little diagrams for some of the brackets to try and so the hole positions as clearly as we can.

Here's an image we have for the Full Motion 15"-30" Double Arm TV Bracket and Full Motion 15"-30" Single Arm TV Bracket that we sell. It is showing that they will fit with TVs that have 50x50mm, 75x75mm or 100x100mm hole spacings.

If a TV does not use VESA hole spacings (and there are plenty that don't) you will need to look at the 'universal' brackets that are on offer. When you look for a universal bracket it is still important to check the distances between the holes on the TV do not exceed the maximum width or height that the TV bracket can attach to, or else you won't be able to get the bracket attached to the TV.

With the 'universal' brackets on valuetvbrackets we have the maximum width and height information available on the product information page.

Whilst it makes wall mounting your TV easier if you have a TV with VESA fixings, I don't think anyone ever didn't but a TV just because the wall mounting holes were in the wrong place!