The first thing I did was have a cabinet maker look at the unit and give me his opinion. He said because of the steel frame behind the wood it would be hard to change the basic design. He suggested we find a tv that would fit with little modification in the wood. After trying several different tv we settled on a 26" LG. You will have 25.75" opening in the metal frame but if you mount the tv as close to the wood frame as possible you gain about 3/4". This allowed the 26" tv to fill the void and look like it belongs there. I then frabricated a metal bracket to attach to the back of the tv and bolt to the metal frame on both sides. This was really difficult. It took me almost a entire day of trial and error to get the holes where I needed. Once it was in place I installed the wood frame and had a piece of smoke plastic cut to hide the 5 inches below the tv. After I had the plastic cut and fitted with velcro I discovered the satellite receiver would fit there and look good. One problem I ended up with was the manual controls for the tv are on the side of the unit. When installed there is no access to them so make sure you don't loose your remote. I purchased a second one jic.
The back was a lot easier. I just removed the wood housing had it cut down to 5" and bolted a 20" Viso to the frame and reinstalled the housing.
I can post some pictures when I get out to the farm where I keep the unit but right now its 5 degrees here. If anyone needs more detail info please email me.
Doug
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