iPad wall mounts take a turn for the crazier (video)

Wall mounts have been around since forever and a day, but let's be honest, they've never had something quite like an iPad to cling on to. And now a couple of enthusiastic tablet users have gone and concocted their own homemade articulating display stands, showing how easily it can be done. Al forwards the gallery of pics below, telling us he only had to buy a standard VESA TV mount and an iPad case (costing around $40 in total), screw the two together, and boom, his son had an iPad "bed mount." Alternatively, if you're after a more sophisticated solution, you'll want to see dim3m's video after the break, showing how he put together the above speaker-enriched platform. Go ahead, there's a banging soundtrack too.

[Thanks, Al and dim3m]

DIY iPad wall mount

[marsel Posted May 27th 2010 9:04AM]

Hmmm, I guess this would be cool to watch movies while in bed or something.

[H264 Posted May 27th 2010 10:00AM]

@marsel
Like a tv?

[marsel Posted May 27th 2010 5:57PM]

@H264 yeah, except one that you can go on the internet with or play music without having to get up to go to a dvd player

[Sofabutt Posted Aug 22nd 2010 2:12PM]

@marsel Like a TV with a Mac Mini....

[phearme Posted May 27th 2010 9:05AM]

great idea, too bad watching porn on iPad is totally rejected by apple.

[BigJayDogg3 Posted May 27th 2010 9:16AM]

@phearme

HTML 5 for the win!

[Tony Montana Posted May 27th 2010 9:27AM]

@phearme I just thought about the same thing!!! Great for porn, but too bad you can't do it on iPad, that's no flash for you suckas! They might as well return the swing arm back to the dentist office where they stole it from.........LOL

[encler Posted May 27th 2010 12:22PM]

@Tony Montana Shit yeah! Great for porn. Also, is mount one of those puppies on the john. Watch something while I drop the kids off at the pool.

[Massive Poop Posted May 27th 2010 1:14PM]

@encler I consider Engadget my porn, so I'm going to go get my lotion.

[neeko18 Posted May 27th 2010 9:07AM]

why oh why would anyone need this?

[Vlad Savov Posted May 27th 2010 9:14AM]

@neeko18 I refer you to phearme's comment above yours.

[NHAnimator Posted May 27th 2010 9:09AM]

This is a really disturbing story. I really didn't need to see this. If nothing else, thanks for posting it on Thursday and not tomorrow. I have vacation plans for this weekend which I appreciate you not ruining.

[Bshaw1090 Posted May 27th 2010 10:53AM]

@NHAnimator You sir, are awesome.

[NERV Posted May 27th 2010 1:39PM]

How the fuck is a story about a guy doing a
pretty cool wall mount for his son disturbing? If thy can ruin your vacation you have a pretty sad life

[erwin Posted May 27th 2010 9:17AM]

i always dreamed about such a wall mount for my laptop

[BigJayDogg3 Posted May 27th 2010 9:18AM]

This is the best use case for the iPad (actually, media oriented tablets in general) I've seen yet.

[BigJayDogg3 Posted May 27th 2010 9:19AM]

@BigJayDogg3

Also, as for the speakers, why not just add a bluetooth dongle and stream sound? Having the bundle of wire hanging off the back is not very appealing IMO.

[Stepup Posted May 27th 2010 9:21AM]

Dim indeed. I guess this is a 16yr olds IM/twitter dream. Wasting their free time laying in bed twittering each other about how Stephen Fry once replied to their funny picture.

Get outside and mod your skateboard!

[00shitz Posted May 27th 2010 9:22AM]

This should come standard. Who wants to hold an ipad while watching a movie for hours. miserable.....

[Sofabutt Posted May 27th 2010 9:42AM]

@00shitz
Steve Jobs: "you're not going to watch a movie for hours."

[Crack it Posted May 27th 2010 11:15AM]

@Sofabutt Ha.......

[fontiveros Posted May 27th 2010 9:22AM]

Is that a bong in the headboard storage?

[djheath Posted May 27th 2010 9:33AM]

Wow! I bet all the ladies dig being brought back to his bedroom to see this!

Oh wait.....

[Nau310d Posted May 27th 2010 9:54AM]

My ipod touch mounted to the wall is also cool...

[derekdevine Posted May 27th 2010 9:55AM]

Ridiculous.

[enaybee Posted May 27th 2010 10:03AM]

I sold my 3g model yesterday. I couldnt figure out what is the actual use of ipad. $900+ seemed too steep for just surfing the web or watching movies.

[HotDog Posted May 27th 2010 10:15AM]

@futurerheza

I have an ipad, but some of these owners really need to get a life.

[JarekPL Posted May 27th 2010 10:16AM]

Well... that could come in handy for my iPod touch. It'd be great to watch movies on it without holding the device in palm.

[iPhooey Posted May 27th 2010 11:17AM]

This is a great idea only if you are bedridden, otherwise this is just sad.

[crapple Posted May 27th 2010 11:35AM]

@HotDog

Wow... anyone watch Wall E? Now all they need is a Slurpee dispenser and a bed pan and they'll never have to use those pesky muscles again.

[SasquatchYetti Posted May 27th 2010 11:41AM]

Reminds me of this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDsC1wVJL7Q

[shoman24v Posted May 27th 2010 12:01PM]

It apparently doesn't make him any better at racing.

[TechBlogger Posted May 27th 2010 12:33PM]

I could see something like this developing. Ipad does have weight issues.

[infamous1 Posted May 27th 2010 12:45PM]

why is this kids jerk off station news

[kratos2029 Posted May 27th 2010 6:11PM]

@infamous1 LMAO

[teab Posted May 27th 2010 3:03PM]

@crapple Exactly what I was thinking. How lazy can we get?

[fowenati Posted May 27th 2010 6:42PM]

@teab
I made an RC trashcan for a science project, thats how lazy we can get.