We replaced a ceiling mounted TV suspended over an armoire. It's a bedroom, the new TV is larger, and the bottom edge of the TV is masked by the top of the armoire when the customer is viewing from the bed. TV fills about 95% of space available. Obviously, we can move the mount forward. The customer does not want the TV to overhang the armoire, however, this is not a great plan because, even if we flush the TV with the front edge of the armoire, they'll want to angle the TV slightly for best viewing (TV is in a corner) and this will result in a picture cutoff for the significant other.

I'm thinking that we could mount the TV to a shallow track that will allow the TV to be pulled beyond the armoire edge while viewing. I'm looking for track suggestions. This needs to be relatively free moving because the customer will be on tiptoes to reach the TV.

I'm not keen on an articulating arm because it is not likely to extend far enough from the wall or have the required ease of movement. I don't recall the armoire depth, but it is about 30".

Looking for suggestions.

What's the budget?
For ~$5k you can get a track, manual track.
$8k and up will get you into motorized tracks.
It might be a bit cheaper and way cooler if you have a powered articulating arm.

If you only need 30" there are some existing manually operated articulating arms, but not sure if I would consider them free moving enough to have client tippy-toe while moving it.

Would a tilt down from the ceiling be out of the question? Invisible when not in use and in perfect position when on.

With enough customer motivation I don't think price would be an issue, but I don't think he would be in the mood for $5K. In-ceiling drop down would involve major construction because it's an old house, corner location in the room, there is a room above, it's an outside wall, and there is about 2" total vertical clearance with the TV in viewing position. (Plaster on wooden lath construction)

One possibility might be using shelf slides. Essentially, there would be a pull-out shelf pinned to the ceiling behind the TV and the TV would be mounted to a post attached to the "shelf". We only need a few inches of movement.

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In many respects this is a grotesque installation with roots in 1990's. There is a den behind the TV location with a wall of VCR's, audio cassettes, DVD's, DVD/VCR's, video modulators, and a B&O 5000 system. I wouldn't be shocked to find a Laserdisc player buried somewhere. It's mostly composite video. Somehow, he can operate all of this. I don't want to touch anything on that wall. There are little alcoves of equipment stuffed in closets all over the place. (Remember B&O Master Link from that era?) And, of course, he wants to view his video library on that nice, new 4K set. The modulators take care of most of this, but there is a VCR/DVD in the bedroom. The control system is a combination of Master Link, Radio Shack's version of BSR X-10, and native remotes (with IR extenders) everywhere.

He wears his "it's complicated" badge proudly.