DIY Kinect TV stand uses $10 worth of materials

by JC Fletcher on Nov 16th 2010 8:55PM

If PDP's official Kinect TV mount is a bit too pricey for you, Instructables user Riffraff67 has designed a sort of shelf for the Kinect that uses about $10 worth of materials and about 15 minutes' worth of labor.

It might look, well, insane, consisting of a metal plate (in the example, a "handicap" sign), a bit of PVC pipe, and Velcro, but it appears to fulfill its function of putting a flat surface on the top of your TV. Besides, nobody'd be able to tell you had instituted such an unorthodox solution unless they peeked behind the TV, and then they'd probably just be impressed by the combination of thrift and cleverness it suggests.

Source: Instructables

Tags: diy, instructables, kinect, kinect-tv-mount, microsoft, xbox

Reader Comments (45)

Wouldnt a piece of cardboard, soem tape and a tape roll - also work (and cost about $2)?

Either way its ugly as sin

@Faenix

Desperate times call for desperate measures :)

The credit crunch is upon us :D

@Faenix Yeah, I was going to say you could make the same thing out of the box it came in and some tape.

Pretty ghetto. I like it.

I seriously just put some double sided scotch tape. Works like a charm and the tape is well hidden.

@ben linus

You remind me of the girl off American pie thats always all "This one time.. at band camp"

People can use many recourses when need be.

I used a little electrical tape and the plastic case the electrical tape came in. Well, actually its for Playstation Move, but same difference.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mmfoley/5183513368/

@Mickfo http://www.flickr.com/photos/mmfoley/5183513368/

@ben linus

I hope you and your imaginary frat bro's catch hypothermia.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGIo-tqQkoQ

So it's safe to say that McGyver owns a Kinect.

@MystileArmor

No, more like he made his own Kinect. I mean, this McGyver we're talking about.

Tony Stark is instructed to make a rocket by his captors, and he builds a flying metal suit of armour.

McGyver is asked to assemble your discounted Ikea furniture with missing pieces, and he builds a Kinect.

Which scenario is more full of win?

Mcguyver made his kinect from duct tape and a polaroid camera

How is it that four people can't spell Macgyver properly? Give respect to the man!

Just like everything else nowadays.

I just attached my Kinect to the top if my flat screen LCD with a 1.5 x 1.5 inch piece of Velcro. The rest isn't necessary.

@ben linus

Do you and your frat bros sit at the cool table during lunch?

Just like everything else nowadays.

@ben linus cool story bro

@ben linus
We see you trollin'
We hatin'
We all know that you
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@AltairtheAssassinwhokillstuff
God dang it this comment system never does what I tell it to do.
Downvote away.

The things we do for gaming...

@AltairtheAssassinwhokillstuff
no no no, you see, in this particular case it's fine to triple post, trust me

i'll upvote away all of your comments

Quite happy with my rear projection DLP. The top of the TV is already pretty flat. With the bottom of the Kinect having the hard rubber texture similar to a mouse pad, there's enough friction to hold the Kinect in place even when it moves.

Now I just have to ghetto something together for a friend's plasma screen. 3M double sided tape, here we come!

@AltairtheAssassinwhokillstuff
no no no, you see, in this particular case it's fine to triple post, trust me

i'll upvote away all of your comments

@AltairtheAssassinwhokillstuff

Altair you sound like a broken record

@Mr Period
THAT WAS INTENTIONAL!!! (no it wasn't)

dammit

The Irony.

I just used scotch tape.

looks kinda like the Halo 3 sniper rifle from this angle.

They'll be on track for 5 million if they can continue to sell 1 million every ten days but I somehow... doubt they'll be able to do that. Kinect has launched and early adopters, xbox fans, and the hype are responsible for that initial global number of 1 million. Keep in mind the device is sold out nowhere, only the sensor is sold out on most online stores but not in real physical stores.

Now compare to Wii's first 10 days which were also 1 million units. Except that was only North America and also it was not easily obtainable my any means without queuing up over night or just being lucky. MS will sell 5 million kinects within the year but not over this holiday season. Of course, they might try to spin the actual shipped units number in the end which might be 5 million, what do I know I'm just posting a comment on a video game blog site. (AFAIK, the 1 million is units sold so far, not just shipped)

@arrrdawg

That has nothing to do with this story.

There is another option that is more stable and isn't much more difficult. It cost me about $16 to make but you can make it for less than $10. Pic at: http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/7244/img02z.jpg

You need a small wooden shelf (narrower and lighter is better), 2 L-shape wall mounting brackets for the shelf which you attach to the shelf with 4 self tapping wood screws and screw to the wall mount screw holes at back of the TV with 2 screws (check your TV manual for the screw size).

Remember to space the L-brackers centered but far enough aparat for the TV wall mount screw holes. You might need to drill the holes in the L-bracket bigger to fit the TV wall mount screw size. I have attached the 2 L-brackets to all 4 of the wall mount screws at the back of the TV for extra strength - it is strong enough to support a decoder. You can modify this shelf to work with a wall mount by using longer wall mount screws.

I think mine is less ugly, and cost about £4 in total.

L brackets from hardware store (65mm). I used 3 in total.
http://twitpic.com/35m9r7

Cover in velcro (furry)
http://twitpic.com/35mcmc

Apply velcro (sticky) to TV on top and back
http://twitpic.com/35mckx

Apply velcro (sticky) to bottom of Kinect
twitpic dor com /35mdpx

Stick L brackets to TV (top and back) and Stick Kinect on top.
twitpic dot com /35mdpr

DONE.

I made this last week and after a load of jumping around etc its still safely secure to the mount.

I went with this one: http://www.crutchfield.com/p_769CSB505/Center-Stage-Bracket-CSB-505-BLK.html

About $20,

I used a small piece of cardboard, some electrical tape, and a 3m stickypad and did the same thing for about 80 cents.

this is what I did:
http://inthekeyoft.wordpress.com/2010/11/15/mounting-the-kinect-on-my-tv/

This was my solution, keep in mind this was for a rear projection TV meaning... the depth is greater than an LCD/Plasma TV. Since then I have painted it black and it works well.

http://msftman.blogspot.com/2010/10/homemade-kinect-sensor-stand.html

This is my $3 solution.
Light weight and easy to construct.

http://www.instructables.com/id/3-DIY-Kinect-TV-Mount/

I've also had a go at something similar using a knock-off Meccano set which cost me £2. I think it looks way better than some of the other solutions, it's rock solid and completely invisible from the front, check out the photo's on my blog:

http://www.udlr.net/blog/2011/01/diy-kinect-tv-mount

DIY Kinect TV stand uses $10 worth of materials

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