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Friday, October 14, 2011

Techcraft HBL60 60-Inch Wide Television Stand (Black)

60 Inches Wide Television Stand fits most 60 Inches and Smaller Flat Panels

Amazon Sales Rank: #236 in Home Theater Color: Black Brand: Techcraft Model: HBL60 Format: CD-ROM Number of items: 1 Dimensions: 19.75" h x 19.75" w x 59.00" l, 94.00 pounds 60-inch flat-panel television stand Fits most 60-inch and smaller flat-panel televisions Heavy gauge diamond shaped tubing for strength and durability Brilliant black silkscreen glass matches many flat-panel televisions 19.75" H x 59.25" W x 19.75" D 19.75 x 59.25 x 19.75 Inches

Most helpful customer reviews 46 of 46 people found the following review helpful. Amazing stand for the money. By Vincent Yau I shopped for a TV stand big enough to fit a 61" DLP TV and I went everywhere from Wal-mart to Best Buy to Ikea (online). This is the stand to get. This stand looks amazing in black metal and black tempered glass. Wal-mart has some cheap particle board set for roughly the same price as this item. Best Buy has two classes of TV stands, those in their Magnolia section (which look great but run $1300+, I might as well get another TV) and their more moderately priced units run $299-$600. This unit still looks better than any of the stuff I saw in that section and it's bigger. There was a really basic particle board Ikea TV stand (Lack) for big TVs for $69, but they didn't deliver that model nor is there an Ikea store near where I live. And I'm glad there's not because I found this gem next. This bad boy is 90+ pounds HEAVY and I really felt sorry for the sole UPS guy trying to carry it up the hill to my door but made me appreciate the fact that I didn't have to lug a unit in my car from a nearby store Ideally takes two people to setup for alignment purposes, but building it out is really easy and quick and the instructions are a snap. I'd probably build out the metal frame first, move it to where you want it, then put the glass on. My only concern with the stand is that one of the parts came scratched and slightly dented. Luckily it was one of the support beams that runs underneath the glass and you can't see it anyway so I really didn't care because I was so satisfied with the unit after it was done, but this review probably would've been a different story if it had been one of the visible bars. 30 of 30 people found the following review helpful. Functional and sleek By L. Lestha I confess that this stand really doesn't go with our home's colonial styling but, then again, neither does our 52" Sony Bravia XBR The stand does however suit the flatscreen beautifully in style. I went oversize on the stand (60" stand for a 52" flatscreen) because I wanted a little 'margin of error' around the television so we'd be more likely to bump into the stand than the television and thus reduce the chance of knocking the television over. The stand is pretty darn heavy. The frame isn't at all heavy, it's the three thick glass shelves (with the topmost shelf being especially thick) that add all the weight. I used the thin styrofoam type packing wrap to handle the shelves, which helped my grip as well as keep the glass fingerprint-free. Assembly might have been tedious but I worked while watching television so I didn't notice the passing of time. Everything lined up nicely and went together without even a single muttered curse. Knowing my husband's proclivity for spontaneously rearranging furniture, I stuck some heavy duty felt pads onto the bottom of the feet before I loaded the stand with the glass shelves The 1" felt pads fit nicely into the bottom of the feet and allowed me to shift the stand on the hardwood floor even after it was weighted down. (Obviously, only do small, careful 'tweaks' to the positioning of the stand while the television is on it, otherwise remove the television before moving the stand! I know that should be obvious but...) As others have mentioned, the shelves are not actually anchored onto the stand but the little rubbery adhesive nubs included do add plenty of friction as well as protection and the weight of the glass, even unladen with equipment, keeps the shelves pretty firmly in place -- unless perhaps you live in earthquake territory and, if you do, you probably should consider something that doesn't contain huge glass shelves, even if the glass is tempered. I do not agree with other reviewers about the lack of doors doors would only slow the accumulation of dust, not stop it, and the doors would actually make it a more difficult to clean, difficult to assemble, etc. The simplicity of the style.

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