Expert TV Lift Installer — Future Automation Dealer

Hidden TV Lifts, Engineered to Disappear on Command

Future Automation are the leading British manufacturer of motorised lift, mount and concealment mechanisms — engineering that allows a television, projector or screen to disappear from view entirely when it is not in use. Their range spans cabinet and floor lift mechanisms, wall mounts with motorised tilt and pivot, projector ceiling lifts, and moving panel systems where a hinged flap or section of wall swings aside to reveal a display beneath. We install Future Automation equipment as a standard part of our whole house audio video systems — integrated with Crestron so the entire transformation, from reception room to home cinema, happens at a single button press.

TV Lift Mechanisms

Future Automation’s PL and ML lift families use their “Drop and Roll” lid system — the cabinet lid lowers safely into the joinery before rotating 90 degrees behind the rising screen, so the lid mechanism itself is completely hidden once the TV is up. Both ranges are custom-sized to the specific screen, from 32 inches up to 60 inches on the PL range, giving a lift that fits the cabinetry precisely rather than leaving unused space around it. The AL675 covers a more compact application — a near-silent actuator lift designed for 32–48 inch screens, supplied as a fully built unit and frequently specified to conceal a display at the foot of a bed or within a kitchen worktop. For large-format displays beyond standard ranges, Future Automation produce bespoke lift mechanisms sized to the project, including indoor/outdoor and marine-rated versions for terraces, pool houses and boats.

Moving Panel and Reveal Mechanisms

Future Automation’s PICSPLIT mechanism splits a piece of artwork in two to reveal a television behind it — the ideal solution for a living room where the brief calls for the TV not to dominate the room when not in use, while still being positioned exactly where it is wanted for viewing. Getting the covering right is the part that determines whether the result looks considered or contrived: the printed canvas has to be produced to the precise dimensions and on the correct media for the mechanism. Future Automation’s own bespoke canvas printing service supplies an image — from the client or from their library — printed to exactly the right specification, removing that risk from the process entirely.

Motorised Wall Mounts and Advance & Rotate

For displays that need to move rather than simply appear, Future Automation’s motorised wall mount range includes advance and rotate mechanisms such as the LSM-AR — bringing a screen forward from a recessed wall position and rotating it to the optimal viewing angle, useful in rooms where the seating position changes depending on the activity, or where a single display needs to serve two different sightlines.

A typical example is a kitchen-family room where the same screen needs to face the dining table in the evening and the sofa at the weekend. The mechanism is recessed into the wall build so that, when closed, the display sits almost flush with the surrounding finish, and the movement is programmed into the control system so that it advances and turns as part of a scene rather than from a separate remote. We plan the wall construction, cable loop and ventilation with the builder at first fix, because a moving display needs more space behind it than a fixed one.

Bespoke Engineering

Where a standard product does not meet the brief, Future Automation’s in-house engineering team designs and builds bespoke mechanisms to order. Sofas that retract into a wall recess, joinery that opens to reveal a bar or a screen, ceiling sections that drop a projector and retract it again — the constraint is the brief, not the catalogue. Every Future Automation mechanism we install is specified to be triggered by a single press on a Crestron keypad or touchpanel — the same scene that brings up the screen also dims the lights and selects the correct AV source.

Concealed Speakers for Yachts and Terraces

Concealment is not limited to screens. For superyachts, Steinway Lyngdorf and Future Automation offer a servo-driven mechanism that hinges the Steinway Lyngdorf Marine Speaker out from the deck when it is needed and folds it away flush when it is not — fully concealed, and able to bear weight so the deck remains entirely usable when the speakers are stowed. It is the same philosophy we apply throughout our installations on land: technology that disappears when it isn’t needed, and performs at a reference standard when it is. Read our guide to the Steinway Lyngdorf range, including Marine Speakers →

Designing the Room Around the Mechanism

A TV lift or reveal mechanism is only as good as the joinery, wall or ceiling it lives in, so we bring the mechanism into the design conversation early. We work with the architect, interior designer and joiner to agree the cabinet or recess dimensions around the chosen mechanism and screen, the position of the display when it is deployed relative to the seating, and the route for power, video and control cabling so it travels with the mechanism rather than being strained or pinched as the screen moves.

We also plan for the things that are easy to forget until the room is finished: ventilation for the display and any equipment sharing the cabinet, service access so the mechanism and screen can be reached without dismantling the joinery, and the finish of the lid, flap or panel so it matches the surrounding surfaces exactly. Getting these details right at the drawing stage is what makes the finished result look as though the technology was never there.

Crestron Integration and Scenes

Once installed, the mechanism becomes part of the wider Crestron system rather than a separate device with its own remote. A single “Watch TV” scene can raise the screen, switch on the display, select the source, route audio to the room’s speakers and set a lighting scene — and the “All Off” scene reverses the whole sequence, lowering the screen and returning the room to its everyday state. Because the mechanism is under system control, it can also be included in whole-house scenes, so leaving the house or going to bed stows every screen automatically.

Buy Future Automation On-Line

We often sell Future Automation equipment on a supply only basis for clients who would like access to the equipment without engaging us for a full custom installation. We ship Future Automation TV lifts and mounts around the world using our world class shipping agents. Contact us for a quote and help specifying your lift.

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