Entertainment Centers For Flat Screen TVS
This is a wonderful console to place under your wall mounted flat screen TV. I was looking for something that would get the TV/DVD/Cable wires up off the floor and hidden. This console does this beautifully. However, be prepared to have some time on your hands in order to mount this on the wall. My husband had the kit opened and was ready to put it up, when he realized there were no mounting screws. The directions did state that they were not included, but there were no guidelines as to what type to buy, etc. So, after a trip to the local Lowe's, the correct mounting equipment was purchased and he was ready to do the job. Everything went fairly well, although it was a bit trickly getting the holes drilled in the back of the unit. It's up now and is really solid. Very attractive unit, just time-consuming and tricky in some ways to put up. Also, we called the Prepac Helpline, asking if there was a kit with the mounting materials. All they could tell us was that there wasn't a kit and they referred us back to the seller for information. Anyway, they weren't much help.
We just got a new 60" TV that I wall mounted, I first tried the Mount-IT three tier glass shelves but the center of our TV (where you mount them) was only dry wall. We used the anchors as per the directions but after seeing the wall flexing and having one of the screw type anchors start to come lose I took it down immediately and started looking for a new entertainment center. My wife and I really wanted the floating look to go with the TV since the wires are ran down through the wall but wanted something that mounted to studs.
Install: we have 24" studs where the TV is mounted, the wall mount is mounted off center and the TV sits on it to the right a bit for where we wanted it on the wall so we were only able to span two Studs. For the support brace one 5/16 lag is 7" from the left hand side and one 24" from that, this left 15" on the right unsecured. While I was comfortable the two studs would hold the weight I used a 3/16 toggle a few inches from the right side just to keep it tight to the wall and for peace of mind. I mounted a powerstrip to the inside compartment wall with two short self tapping wood screws and really took my time on the wiring routing (we crammed a lot of equipment into this thing). We have it mounted on the wall so the back compartment covers the wall outlet, cable outlet, and outlet for the TV wires. While it is lower than some of the user pictures on here having it completely cover all wires from every angle it really gives a true "floating theater" feel to the room.
For the one reviewer who gave this a one star rating because they had to remove the unit each time they had to unplug something, in reality how often is that? I can reach the powerstrip switch from the bottom access hole. If you are worried about having to remove it frequently and still want the primary unit mounted to the wall here is what I did. Use a 3/8-16 x 4" Coarse/Standard Steel Plain Hanger Bolt from Home Depot which screws into the stud and leaves a threaded tip for a nut/washer. You will need to use a dremmel tool or similar to cut out an oval shape in the back to allow the up/down sliding motion needed to remove it over the lip of the support bracket but it works perfect, a few quick turns with a socket and the nut comes off, lift 1/2" and pull it out. Simple. Sure, it takes some extra work and maybe they could incorporate such a feature in the future but that is no reason to rate this outstanding entertainment center a one star.
My only con is the lack of hardware included. Sure this gives you the flexibility to mount it to your application as you see fit, but lets face it, a lot of people are that that 'handy'. They really should include a kit for installation, even if just a basic one. Heck, any wall mount TV bracket comes with all the hardware you would ever needed for any type of installation. I spent a total of ~$10 on hardware to install this.
Product Details :
- Textile
- Imported
- Cutouts adjacent to wall neatly conceal cables and wires
- Mount below any sized flat panel plasma/LCD TV
- Main shelf is 15-inch deep for cable box, DVR or other components
- Media Capacity: 118 Blu-Ray Discs/CDs or 80 DVD's
- Console mounts easily to wall with our innovative hanging rail system. Hanging system for TV not included
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