"Floating" / extendable flat-screen stand

In My Humble Opinion
1

I have a 24" widescreen LCD and I would like to be able to have it floating in front of me, by way of an extendable arm. I do not want to mount anything to my walls, so I would prefer that it was self supporting.

I imagine it would look somewhat like those extendable lamps, like that Pixar lamp. I have all wireless peripherals, so I don’t really want an enclosed micro-office, those things that look like the old sit-down Star Wars game. I would like to be able to just sit down in a comfortable living room chair and swing/swivel the screen down to my line of sight.

Does such a thing like this exist or am I going to have to build one (and hope it doesn’t topple)?

2

You don’t mention it, but are you not interested in the kind that clamps to the table?

3

It’s gotta clamp someplace. Here’s some.

Keep in mind that your monitor needs to be VESA Compliant (which basically means it has screw holes in the right places), but I suspect they all are at this point.

4

Those look good… I’ll just need to buy or build a stand with a heavy base on which to mount it. Thanks!

5

An LCD monitor is a lot heavier than a light bulb; you’ll need a pretty hefty base if you don’t want to clamp it to the desk.

6

I was wondering about that. What is the monitor, mouse and keyboard now sitting on? Why not clamp the monitor stand to whatever desk or table you’re now using?