REVIEW: Bush TV Stands And Entertainment Centers
The diamond standard in tv stands are Bush tv stands. Any style you could want from contemporary to ultra-modern to replicas of old fashioned furniture, the Bush company offers it in a tv stand or an entertainment center. These television stands offer three features that not all of their competitors can claim: quality, looks, and style. This post will review a few of Bush’s different products to help you decide for yourself which one is best for you.
Contemporary Bush TV Stands
The Napa TV Stand can hold up to a 27 inch traditional television or a 37 inch flat screen. It is in a light cherry finish, comes with rear access for wiring, and an adjustable shelf. The pull out drawer features a slide with ball bearings for longer wear and easier use. The contemporary look can fit into many different decors and the quality of this model offers a long life.
The Sonoma 60 Inch Flat Panel TV Stand can hold up to a 36 inch standard television and a 60 inch flat panel tv. It features 3 tempered glass doors that offer adjustable shelving for video or audio equipment. The mocha cherry finish should fit into nearly any room quite nicely.
The Savannah corner tv stand holds up to a 36 inch traditional television and a 42 inch flat panel. It features two glass doors for component access, rear wire routing, and 6 drawers to let you store your cds and dvds. The space saving design holds up to 240 lbs. The dark cherry finish will accent most light colored rooms and other dark furniture, nicely.
Modern Bush TV Stands
The Raptor Video Game Station can hold a 42 inch flat panel television or a 36 in traditional TV. This model features notched doors so you can have the wires for your controllers out without exposing the entire game system, two tempered glass doors, and a drawer with a drop down face for easy access to your game console. The Quest Video Game Station is another ultra-modern cabinet, but this one uses wood and plastic to pull off its unique look and style.
Another of the Bush tv stands that is modern looking is the Segments Swivel 50. Most 50 inch flat panel tv’s will mount to the Segments Swivel as long as they weigh 117 lbs or less. When mounted the tv can turn a maximum of 10 degrees to either side. This model has been thoroughly tested to make sure that it will not tip.
Bush tv stands come in a large variety of styles for you to choose from. The main reasons to choose a Bush product over the many other brands available are quality, style, and function. All of their products deliver on these points. As an added bonus, there is free shipping on some products and no sales tax in 49 out of 50 states. Kansas is the only exclusion. Bush offers good quality furniture at low prices with free shipping and no sales tax. What else could you ask for?
What to look for in a new TV Stand
Much excitement follows the purchase of a new television. Euphoria floods the household when it arrives. It changes the look and feel of the room it enters. Hours of research and thought are put into that decision. But often, not near enough thought is put into the stand it sits on. So here are few tips on what to look for when shopping for tv stands.
Corner vs Flat Wall
One of the first things to consider when searching for a TV stand is the location. Where you intend to place the television is important to determine before you get to the store. For instance, are you going to go with a corner stand or place the tv against a flat wall? Choosing a corner for the television could save you valuable space in the living room. However, if you have a large flat panel screen, putting it against a large empty wall may be ideal. Think through your intended location for the television and imagine…
Set Depth
Another important point you’ll want to take into account during your shopping excursion is the set depth. The modern trend for plasma and LCD television sets is to make them as thin as possible. If you intend to purchase one of these sets, you do not need a stand with much depth at all. In fact, you might want to go with a slim stand which protrudes only a few inches from the wall. Your living room may look unbalanced otherwise. However, if your set still uses a large tube to project the image onto the screen, it is necessary to get a good idea of the set depth before heading to the store. Be sure the leave an inch or two for cables or cords when calculating your measurements.
Weight Requirements
Just as important as set depth and your intended location is the weight of the set. All TV stands are not constructed the same. And all do not hold the same weight. Determine how heavy your television is and make sure the set you go with can handle that amount of weight. It would be unfortunate to come home from a long day at work ready for a weekend of college football on the tube only to find you’re new HDTV shattered into several pieces amongst the heap of plywood which used to be your tv stand.
External Units
Now this is an important one. Make sure you take into account all of the other devices that you intend to attach to your television now and in the future. Will you need space for game systems, DVD or Blue-Ray players, stereo equipment, external speakers, or laptops? Do you need just a stand or an entertainment center? Make sure you think ahead. If your children aren’t yet old enough to play video games, they soon will be, and they will certainly want to plug them into the “big TV” from time to time.
Accessibility
Cords, cables, antennas, inputs, - will you be able to get to them? Nothing is more frustrating than when you have your television on its stand pushed back against the wall in the perfect place - and then you need to get behind it to plug something in. In many cases, you end up struggling either to pull that heavy set out from the wall or to stuff your hand behind it at just the right angle to get the cables into the appropriate position. This can easily be remedied by purchasing a TV stand with enough room for easy access to the rear panels.
Term of Use
Also vital is the estimated term of use for the stand itself. If you wish to keep this television stand around for several years, it is important to pay attention to the construction. A cheap stand is fine if you only intend to use for a short time. Maybe you want to mount the tv on the wall next year when you have some time. If however, you want to pass this stand down to your children one day, a furniture quality stand may be a better fit than composite wood or aluminum TV stand.
Why do Plasma TV Stands cost so much?
If you’re in the market for a tv stand for your newly purchased plasma screen tv (which you got a great deal on, I hope), then you have no doubt run across the exorbitantly high prices they tend to garner. Many of them cost $200 on up to $1000 plus. Does it seem to anyone that we may be getting hosed? Well, if you answered a resounding “YES”, then you may proceed with the rest of the article.
So the question remains then: why do these low-quality, cheaply-made, snap-together tv stands cost an arm and a leg and maybe even a big toe? The answer, my friend, is the same as it is in real estate: location, location, location.
Consider the situation: You just bought your shiny new Samsung 50-Inch Plasma HDTV, and your about to wet yourself with excitement. You somehow get that thing home, thanks to your brother-in-law who curses the day he ever bought that F350 longbed. You break your back and his trying to get that acward yet massive box into your house, uncrate it, and regret sincerely that you didn’t just pay the guy at Best Buy to deliver it. So, your starting down at it and then up at the wall you’ve set aside - it will be the center-piece of your entire world. And then it sinks in. How are you ever going to hang that beast on your pristine living room wall? You look over at your brother-in-law to ask his advice, but he has already checked out (he can read the tea leaves, oh yeah). So, you decide after much internal debate - that you might just be better off for the time being to get yourself a nice, cheap tv stand. Nothing fancy, just something to put the tv on, after all who’s going to be staring at the tv stand when you have a 50-Inch Plasma HDTV directly above it? So, you return to Best Buy (or whatever electronics store you bought the plasma from). They have two stands that may hold your tv. One is perfect, and it is $800. The other is of questionable quality and may collapse under the weight of your collosal television, but it only costs $650 so you go it. On the way home, you are either praying that your tv survives once you set it on top or you are calling your brother-in-law again to return for another back-breaker.
Now, what have we learned from this? Brothers-In-Law are useful in some cases? Yes. Always pay for the delivery? No doubt. Never buy a tv stand from an electronics store? Now you’re catching on.
Electronics stores do not specilize in furnature, so your best prices are not going to be there. In addition, they have a captive audience. You just bought a freakin’ huge tv from them. Why not just get the stand while you’re there. Finally, since they aren’t primarily selling tv stands, they are only going to have room for a few of them, leaving your selection minimal at best.
Bottom line: Forget buying a tv stand at an electronics store or general retailer. You will get the best prices at a store who specilizes in furnature or online (watch the shipping).