Best TV Beds

A TV bed — a bed frame with a flat-screen that rises silently out of the footboard at the touch of a button — is a genuinely brilliant bit of bedroom design. The problem in Australia is supply: the ready-made upholstered TV beds you see in UK showrooms are barely sold here, and the ones that do turn up are expensive imports or one-off listings that sell out.

So the practical question isn’t really “which TV bed should I buy” — it’s “what’s the best way to get a TV at the foot of my bed in Australia”. There are three routes: fit a motorised TV lift into a footboard or end-of-bed cabinet (the true TV-bed effect), mount the TV on a full-motion wall bracket, or use a moveable floor stand. We compared all three.

Here are the best TV bed solutions in Australia for 2026, led by a motorised TV lift mechanism.

Top 3 at a glance

What is the best way to get a TV bed in Australia?

Because true built-in TV beds are rarely stocked in Australia, the best route for most people in 2026 is a motorised TV lift mechanism. It is the exact part that makes a TV bed work: a hidden electric lift column, rated for screens roughly 42 to 70 inches, that you build into your bed’s footboard or an end-of-bed cabinet so the TV glides up out of sight and drops away again when you’re done. It delivers the real TV-bed effect for a fraction of the cost of an imported frame.

If you’d rather not build anything, a full-motion TV wall mount is the simplest way to get a perfectly angled screen for watching in bed, and a mobile TV floor stand gives you the same result with no drilling — ideal if you rent or like to move the TV around.

1. Motorised TV Lift Mechanism (best for a true built-in TV bed)

Type: Electric TV lift column
TV size: About 42–70 inches
Effect: TV rises and hides on demand
Fitting: Built into a footboard or end-of-bed cabinet
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Rating: ★★★★☆ (4.3/5)
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A real TV bed is, mechanically, just a bed with one of these hidden inside the footboard. This motorised TV lift is an electric column, remote-controlled and rated for screens around 42 to 70 inches, that raises the TV up on demand and lowers it out of sight when you’re finished — the exact silent, glide-up effect that makes TV beds so appealing.

Fitting it into an end-of-bed cabinet, an ottoman base or a custom footboard costs far less than importing a ready-made TV bed, and you get to choose the screen size and finish. It runs on a standard power point and folds the TV completely away, keeping the bedroom clean when the set is off.

It asks for a bit of DIY or a cabinet-maker, but for the genuine TV-bed experience in Australia, this mechanism is the smart, affordable core — which is why it’s our top pick.

Pick if...

You want the authentic rise-from-the-footboard TV-bed effect and are happy to build it into a cabinet or footboard.

2. Full-Motion TV Wall Mount (simplest solution)

Type: Articulating wall bracket
TV size: 26–70 inches, up to 45kg
Movement: Swivel, tilt and extend
Fitting: Into wall studs
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Rating: ★★★★☆ (4.6/5)
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If you don’t want to build anything, a full-motion wall mount is the easiest way to get a great in-bed viewing angle. This bracket handles screens from 26 to 70 inches and up to 45kg, and it swivels, tilts and extends, so you can pull the TV out from the wall and angle it straight at the pillows, then push it flat when you’re up.

It is by far the cheapest and quickest route — an afternoon’s job with a stud finder and a drill — and it frees up all your floor and footboard space. It fits standard VESA patterns up to 400x400mm, covering almost every modern TV.

You lose the hide-away magic of a lift, and the TV is always on show, but for pure practicality and value it is the option most people should choose.

Pick if...

You want the cheapest, fastest way to a perfect in-bed viewing angle and don’t mind the TV being on show.

3. Mobile TV Floor Stand (best no-drilling / movable option)

Type: Height-adjustable floor stand
TV size: 23–75 inches, up to 40kg
Mobility: On wheels, moves room to room
Fitting: Free-standing, no drilling
Price: Check current price on Amazon
Rating: ★★★★☆ (4.4/5)
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Renters and anyone who hates drilling should look at a mobile TV floor stand. This one takes screens from 23 up to 75 inches and up to 40kg, adjusts for height, and rolls on wheels, so you can position it at the foot of the bed for a movie and wheel it into the living room afterwards.

It needs no wall fixing and no cabinetry, which makes it the most flexible solution here and the friendliest for a lease. The trade-off is that a floor stand takes up space at the end of the bed and doesn’t tuck away like a lift or sit flush like a wall mount.

For flexibility without commitment, though, it does the job with zero installation.

Pick if...

You rent, move often, or want to share one TV between the bedroom and another room without drilling.

How we choose TV bed solutions

Because true TV beds are scarce in Australia, we judged the realistic ways to put a TV at the foot of the bed. For each option we:

• Checked what it actually achieves — the hide-away lift effect, a fixed viewing angle, or portability — and matched it to the kind of buyer it suits.
• Confirmed size and weight limits — the TV sizes and VESA patterns each supports, so it works with a real bedroom screen.
• Weighed fitting effort and rental-friendliness — from joinery for a lift, to studs for a mount, to zero installation for a stand.
• Prioritised local availability and value — options you can actually buy in Australia now, and read verified owner reviews on, rather than imported frames.

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Are TV beds a good idea?

For the right person, yes. A TV that hides in the footboard keeps the bedroom looking clean, saves wall and floor space in a small room, and gives a perfect in-bed viewing angle. The counter-argument is a health one: screens in the bedroom, and especially before sleep, are linked to worse sleep, so the smart move is to use any bedroom TV earlier in the evening and keep it off once you’re winding down. Built well, a TV bed is a great feature; just don’t let it become a fall-asleep-to-Netflix habit.

What size TV can go in a TV bed?

It depends on the mechanism and your bed width, but most motorised lifts handle screens from about 40 up to 70 inches, and the wall mount and floor stand here go to 70 and 75 inches respectively. As a rule the TV should be no wider than the footboard it rises from, so match the screen to your bed size — a 43 to 55 inch set suits a queen, up to around 65 inches for a king.

Do TV beds come with a TV and mattress?

Almost never. Imported ready-made TV beds are usually sold as the frame and lift only, and the DIY routes here — the lift mechanism, wall mount and floor stand — are all just the hardware. You supply the television, and the mattress separately, which actually lets you choose exactly the screen and bed you want.

How much does a TV bed cost in Australia?

A ready-made imported TV bed frame can run into several thousand dollars once shipping is added. Building your own with a motorised lift is dramatically cheaper — the mechanism plus a cabinet or footboard — while a wall mount or floor stand is the lowest-cost route of all. Add the price of the TV itself to any of these.

What size is a super king bed in Australia?

An Australian super king mattress is 203cm wide by 204cm long — the widest standard local size. That extra width comfortably suits a larger 65-inch screen on a lift or mount; on smaller beds, size the TV down so it doesn’t overhang the frame.

Verdict

With true TV beds hard to buy in Australia, the best way to get one in 2026 is to build it yourself around a motorised TV lift mechanism. Fitted into a footboard or end-of-bed cabinet, it delivers the genuine rise-and-hide TV-bed effect for a fraction of the cost of an imported frame, and you choose the screen and finish.

Prefer to skip the joinery, a full-motion wall mount is the simplest, cheapest route to a great in-bed angle, and a mobile floor stand does the same with no drilling for renters. Whichever you pick, keep the screen sized to your bed — and switch it off before you settle in for the night.

Sources

1. Sleep Foundation – ‘Technology in the Bedroom’
2. Better Health Channel – ‘Sleep’