That's the reason I hadn't upgraded to a 4K TV eariler honestly - I was waiting for the plasma to die. It never did. Eventually sold it for $75. I should have kept it for the garage...but anyways....there's a $10 ~25" Value Village special in there now lol.
The placement of the input/outputs on the new 86" is frankly stupid. They're about 18-20" in from the side, meaning that once the TV is mounted on the wall using a regular hanging bracket (I don't think there's any articulated arms that are able to handle the size and weight of an 86", and I wanted it as tight to the wall as was possible anyways), you can't even get your hand, much less your arm behind it anymore to plug anything in.
So, you need to unlatch the TV from the hanger and lift it off in order to accomplish the task...all while trying to balance the entire TV on whatever you sit it on while you're doing it, in a state of terror that the thing is going to get out of control (it weighs 100#) and crash to the floor. And then blindly trying to latch the TV back onto the hanger again while not being able to see **** of the hangar either. I have to have a third person standing at the side checking that it's latched before letting it carry the weight again and am still insanely paranoid every time I've had it down. I just finished paying for the damn thing a few months ago lol.
First world problems, I know.... lol
