Mounting Dream MD5420-03 soundbar mount for above or below a TV

The listing that asks you questions

The maker publishes its own checklist: is the bar under 6.8 kg, is it too long, does it have VESA holes. Three questions, and between them they settle compatibility.

That is a better way to write a listing than a page of brand names, and it is rare enough to be worth crediting.

The VESA patterns, named individually

200×100, 200×200, 300×300, 400×200, 400×400, 600×400. Most mounts say “most televisions”. Listing six patterns lets you check yours by measuring rather than by hoping.

The compatibility that matters most

Fixed, tilting and full-motion mounts. A soundbar bolted to a television on an articulating arm swings with it, and the combined weight and leverage pass through that arm. Stating compatibility with moving mounts means the geometry has been considered.

The joints

Teeth on the arm joints, with a tool-free knob. Teeth stop the position creeping under load, which is what a friction joint does over months.

The cost of the design

6.8 kg, and that weight is added to the television’s own wall fixing. Every VESA-attached mount on this shelf shares that; the wall brackets here carry 10 and 15 kg on their own fixings instead.

Availability

On sale from 20 € to 27 € on the German, British, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores at the time of checking.

Not found on the American Amazon store, where the buy link falls back to a local search rather than to a page that does not exist.

Prices and availability are what Keepa reported on the date this page was updated; both move.