It has to be straight and level, first, or the monitor will always be crooked. It’s also important that the screws for the mount be installed into a wall stud, or that special wall brackets are used to make sure that the drywall won’t be damaged and that the wall can support the weight of the LCD monitor.

Measure the wall carefully where you want to mount the bracket for the monitor arm, and use a level to ensure that you get it straight and even. Carefully drill the holes and follow the instructions carefully. If you take the time to do things right you won’t have to worry about doing it over, patching up the extra holes in the wall, or fighting with the mounting hardware because you didn’t install things correctly. Once the bracket mount is attached to the wall, you can attach the arm to the monitor and then attach the other end to the wall bracket. Have someone help you if necessary to be sure that you don’t drop the monitor.

Then, you can swing it out closer to you when you need it and fold it back closer to the wall when it’s not in use. That’s a great thing, too, because it helps to protect the monitor from damage that it might incur when it sits on the desk. Things can get spilled on it, and it can get bumped and banged around. Instead of allowing that to happen, mount your monitor to the wall and it will be safe from all of that.

It’s also a great way to get it out of the way when you need to work on something else. Adjusting a monitor to the right height and distance from your eyes isn’t always easy, and when you don’t have it adjusted properly it can give you headaches and backaches, make your eyes tired, and make you very tense. Rather than fight with the monitor on your desk and try to get it right, just mount it to the wall and you can stop worrying about it because you’ll be able to adjust it perfectly.