Back plate was badly installed by the factory, so the whole mount was crooked. I had to compensate with so me less-than-level wall installation. It's ok, at best.
This thing is super heavy duty. You could probably do chin ups on it!! I am able to turn my 55 inch TV to a full 90 degree angle. Only con I encountered was the plastic wall anchors. The mount came with 6 very heavy duty wood type screws and 6 cheap plastic anchors that when put into the drywall just spun and pulled right out. I suggest you go to the local hardware store and buy expanding metal wing anchors for any screw that is not going into a stud.
It does not extend as much as we would like for our CORNER situation. So the TV is up, but we don't have motion options because the mount bracket you put on the back of the TV uses about 4 inches of the extension distance. I would recommend this product for a simpler space and situation.
This mount is fantastic! One piece of advice is to be sure that you have a drill and a ratchet set when installing. It's also likely that you'll need an extra set of hands to help hold it in place during installation because it's heavy. My husband and I started out with hand tools and that was not sufficient to install it into the studs. We ended up using a slightly larger drill bit than was recommended and once we found the ratchets it was much easier. This thing can pull out, move side to side a bit and rotate about 180 degrees. We have a small townhouse and it's an amazing space saver.
The holder does even more than we expected! We are old enough to use the Amozon installater, who was ont time, knew what he was doing and went to great lengths to keep the area clean. Showed us how every thing works. That's as good as it gets
This mount will hold my 61lb 70" TV BUT it makes the perfectly level mount UNLEVEL once the TV is on it. The weight of the TV makes the skinny arm push down and then the TV is lopsided. Thankfully it has the leveling screws on the plate that the TV hangs on, we were able to level it that way.
Sturdy, but not as tight as it should be for the weight. Clunky back-plate.The hole intended as wire pass-through is nearly worthless as when you push it fluch, the arm will hit any plug in that space.Sits TV pretty far from the wall.Up-side: you can move a TV all the way out with confidence.