Sanus · Full-motion mount
Sanus VMPL50A-B1 Full-Motion TV Wall Mount (32"–75")
Model: VMPL50A-B1 · SKU VMPL50A-B1-AU
Sanus's heavy-duty full-motion mount for TVs up to 75" and 56kg. Smooth 180° swivel, 15° tilt, sits just 52mm from the wall when folded. Our most-installed bracket of 2026.
Will it fit your TV?
| Screen size range | 32" – 75" |
|---|---|
| Max TV weight | 56 kg |
| VESA pattern | 100 × 100 – 600 × 400 |
Motion & geometry
| Tilt | ±15° |
|---|---|
| Swivel | ±90° |
| Extension | 510 mm |
| Profile (folded) | 52 mm |
| Finish | Matte black, powder-coated steel |
Our installer verdict
Pros
- 56kg weight rating with honest Sanus engineering — most 'heavy duty' mounts exaggerate, this one doesn't
- 52mm profile when folded is genuinely flush-looking on the wall
- Internal cable channel keeps HDMI and power cables hidden along the arm
- Post-install level adjustment (±3°) without removing the TV — rare and extremely useful
- Lifetime warranty from Sanus, honoured in Australia
Cons
- Heavier than most 75" mounts — two installers recommended
- Not the cheapest bracket in the category — but it's the only one we'd put a 75" OLED on
- Requires a wood stud or concrete/brick install; hollow-wall toggles not rated to 56kg
Why the VMPL50A-B1 is the bracket we install most
Every year we pull the install numbers from our job book to see which bracket has gone up on Brisbane walls most often. For 2026 the answer — by a comfortable margin — is Sanus’s VMPL50A-B1. It’s our default recommendation for any 55-inch-and-up TV going onto a brick or timber-stud wall, and the reason comes down to three specs that actually matter on-site.
56kg weight rating, honestly rated. A lot of full-motion brackets quote weight ratings that are measured with the arm fully retracted. Extend the arm and the same bracket has half the rated load. Sanus rates the VMPL50A-B1 at 56kg at full extension, which is the number that actually matters when someone swings the TV out to clean behind it. We’ve installed a 32kg 77-inch OLED on this bracket with zero drift over 18 months.
52mm folded profile. This is the spec that makes customers happy. When folded back against the wall the VMPL50A-B1 sits barely two inches out — close enough that from the side it reads as a fixed mount. Most full-motion brackets in this weight class sit 80–95mm off the wall.
Post-install level adjustment. The bracket has a captive ±3° level screw that works after the TV is mounted. Sounds trivial until you consider how many old Brisbane queenslanders have walls that are 2° off vertical. Being able to perfect the level without taking the TV down is genuinely professional-grade.
Compatibility quick-check
- TV size: 32” to 75” confirmed; we’ve successfully used it on 77” OLEDs within the weight rating
- TV weight: up to 56 kg
- VESA range: 100×100 through 600×400 (covers essentially every modern TV)
- Wall type: timber stud, double-brick, concrete. Not rated for toggle-only plasterboard installs
- Extension: 510 mm from wall at full reach — enough to swing a 65” past a standard bay window reveal
Installation notes
This is a two-person install. The bracket plate itself isn’t extreme (around 6.5 kg) but aligning the VESA pattern on a 65-inch TV while tightening four M8 bolts is a two-installer job by design.
On brick we use M10 masonry-rated expansion anchors into the brick face, never the mortar joint. On timber stud we use M8 × 80mm coach screws into the centre of the stud (we pilot-drill to 5.5mm to prevent splitting). On concrete we use a Hilti HIT-HY 200 chemical anchor system rated well above the TV load.
If you’ve bought this bracket from us, installation is included in our flat-rate service ($349 for most jobs). If you’ve sourced it yourself, we’ll install it for the standard wall-mount fee. Either way, the workmanship warranty runs 12 months from the install date.
Bottom line
There are cheaper full-motion brackets. There aren’t many better ones. If you’re mounting a 55-inch-plus TV onto any wall in Brisbane and you want the bracket to outlive the TV, this is the one we’d put on our own wall — and in fact did, in our Chermside showroom.