Archive for October, 2010

Hideaway TV Lift with Bookcases

One of the most popular and unique pieces of classic English and American furniture must be the antique chest, and it is from this piece of décor that the Hideaway TV Lift with Bookcases was born. Available in brown or black, this old-meets-new design is expertly crafted from kiln-dried hardwoods and veneers, and features rich, hand-applied stains and paints.

Roomy enough to house a TV measuring up to 46” wide and nearly 29” tall, along with two additional pieces of electronics (media players) with depths of 13 ¼” or less, the Hideaway TV Lift with Bookcases is your answer to maximizing your space. It can be used as a centerpiece in your living room, in a master bedroom or against any wall in your home.

The addition of two bookcases to this TV lift provides more than ample storage for nearly anything you can think of, as each bookcase features two individually adjustable shelves and measures over 22” wide, 17” deep and 32” high.

This TV lift cabinet comes with its own surge-protected onboard power, a full 1-Year In-Home Warranty, free White Glove Delivery and a heavy duty TV lift mechanism preinstalled.

Its elegance is achieved by the classic lines of its design and accents of solid brass hand-stamped hardware and fittings.

Check out the Hideaway TV Lift with Bookcases at ImportAdvantage.com today.

Whether you are a devotee of Feng Shui or just need to get your house in order. One of the top tips professional organizers and “de-clutterers” often give their clients is to invest in a TV lift cabinet for storing their flat-screen TVs. And ImportAdvantage couldn’t agree more! With 40 different styles to choose from, including eight unique foot of the bed pop-up TV cabinets, we are confident you will find one to please your professional organizer and suit your home.

What professional organizers seem to like most about TV lift cabinets is their ability to give a room a larger “feel,” while also having space to store things like photos, media and books. TVs, especially large flat-screen TVs, can sometimes be distracting when sitting out on an empty-looking TV stand surrounded by little black boxes (media players) and enveloped in a clump of electrical cords. With a custom hardwood TV lift cabinet, your room retains its elegance without sacrificing technology.

The principles of de-cluttering and organizing are truthfully about maximizing space. Traditional TV stands are built to do one thing, keep your TV sticking out like a sore thumb in the middle of your living room or bedroom. A TV lift cabinet breaks the mindset that a TV has to remain motionless, and that your TV stand can’t do more than hold electronics.

A pop-up TV cabinet essentially consolidates two pieces of furniture into one – an ornate wood cabinet and a TV stand. You get the best of both worlds, being able to store keepsakes and photos on parts of the cabinet or behind cabinet doors (at ImportAdvantage, most of our cabinet doors can be interchanged with wood or mesh panels, but you can also install your own custom glass if desired). With a TV lift cabinet, your options are nearly limitless and your house is one giant step closer to being “de-cluttered!”

Are you creative, have a few woodworking skills and tools, and looking for something to do before winter sets in? Perhaps you also have a piece or two of furniture lying around that you don’t yet have a good use for. Why not make your own custom TV lift cabinet? It’s easy, saves you money, and with an ImportAdvantage TV lift, you will have a reliable and quiet TV lift cabinet in no time at all.

There are numerous instructional sites for DIY-type, such as Instructables and Makezine, but the most important step to take before making your own TV lift cabinet is finding the right TV lift. ImportAdvantage has a unique measurement guide that will show you which TV lift mechanism will be right for your TV.

Are you ready to get started? Here’s an overview of the steps required to build your own TV lift cabinet. Grab your chest of drawers, hutch or cabinet you’ll be converting into a high-end TV lift cabinet and read on.

Step 1: You’ll need to remove a top section of the cabinet big enough for the TV pass through, and you must clear out a space large enough to house the TV when it is lowered (i.e. cabinet drawers, dividers, frame support).

Step 2: Save the top cut-out piece and hinge it to the cabinet, so the top of the cabinet will have a solid surface when the TV is not in use.

Step 3: Securely attach the ImportAdvantage TV lift mechanism to the cabinet. You may need to build a support structure to hold the TV lift. Now attach your TV to the TV lift.

Step 4: Reattach the face of the cabinets or drawers to the front so it appears to be a working chest of drawers or hutch.

Step 5: Plug in your TV and TV lift and press the button on your remote. You’re done!

ImportAdvantage offers a wide variety of reliable and quiet TV lifts for practically any size flat-screen television. Unlike other models of TV lifts, the ImportAdvantage Uplift TV lift incorporates a heavy-duty rack and pinion system that will provide years of solid performance, and the prices of the Uplift TV lift mechanisms simply cannot be beat.

All Uplift TV lifts come with a standard Universal TV bracket, making mounting your TV on the TV lift easy and quick. Each Uplift TV lift mechanism also comes with perfectly calibrated gears and slides, a 1-year in-home warranty, a built-in wire management chain, a radio frequency remote control, numerous safety features and is ultra-silent when in operation.

Knowing which TV lift to match with your TV is easy. The Uplift is available in the following models: Uplift 3250, Uplift 3500, Uplift 3700 and the Uplift 3875. For smaller flat-screen TVs, the Uplift 3250 offers a travel distance of 28” (fully up in only 30 seconds) and will hold a TV weighing up to 130 pounds and measuring 32” – 46”.

The Uplift 3500 TV lift will hold a TV weighing up to 130 pounds and measuring 32” – 50”, and it has a 30.5” travel distance. It only takes 35 seconds and the press of one button to fully extend. For larger flat-screen plasma TVs, the Uplift 3700 TV lift will easily lift a TV up to 130 pounds and measuring between 32” – 52”. Its travel distance is 32.75” and is fully and quietly raised in 37 seconds.

For the largest TV lift available from ImportAdvantage, the Uplift 3875 is the answer. It will lift a TV up to 150 pounds in 39 seconds. It will also fit any flat-screen TV between 32” – 60”.

So no matter what flat-screen TV you have, ImportAdvantage has a TV lift to meet your needs and exceed your expectations!

Pine Valley TV Lift Cabinet

ImportAdvantage has tested the limits of craftsmanship with the Pine Valley TV Lift Cabinet. Built from salvage-grade Caribbean Pine, this fine wood is wire-brushed and distressed so its natural tones and textures in the grain are brought to life.

Accentuated with a hand-applied, weathered pine finish and protective top coat, the Pine Valley TV Lift Cabinet is capped off with decorative brass hardware fittings and ImportAdvantage’s heavy-duty TV lift.

The Pine Valley TV Lift Cabinet can house a TV measuring up to 46” wide and 29” in height. It fits perfectly against any wall in your home and comes standard with ImportAdvantage’s free In-Home White Glove delivery and 1-Year Warranty.

One of the unique features of the Pine Valley TV Lift Cabinet that sets it apart of the rest of the ImportAdvantage line is that the media player storage area is integrated with the center lift unit, and you can store two pieces of media electronics right beneath your TV.

To find out more about the Pine Valley TV Lift Cabinet, visit http://www.tvliftcabinet.com.

Will you be shopping for a new HDTV this season? You may already what screen size will work best in your TV lift cabinet, and you might have a trusted TV brand in mind, but do you know what resolution you’re looking for and why it’s even important?

Currently, the highest standard screen resolution available is 1080p, which means that no matter what your source of media images is (satellite, cable, DVD player, gaming console, streaming device, etc.) your TV will be able to display it to its fullest resolution.

The “p” in 1080p (as opposed to “i”) means the TV offers a progressive-scan. This technology allows your TV to scan the media image in one scan (instead of needing multiple scans) and display it on the TV screen, so you get a sharper picture that is stable and solid.

Most 1080p TV screens are measured as 1920 x 1080, which gives you the number of pixels in the screen: 1920 x 1080 equals 2,073,600 pixels! And as one might imagine, the more pixels in the screen, the sharper the image is portrayed.

Now that you know about TV resolution, you can shop confidently for the TV that will look the best on your TV lift cabinet from ImportAdvantage.

Last month, Panasonic announced that its line of 2010 VIERA CAST televisions is now capable of streaming Netflix movies without the need for an external streaming device. This new capability complements the VIERA CAST’s current ability to connect users to Skype, Twitter, Pandora, Picasa and local weather and news.

Netflix currently has about 15 million members and is the largest subscription service for streaming movies and TV episodes over the Internet. Previously, Netflix members could only stream movies and TV episodes via a computer, capable gaming console (i.e. XBOX 360) or a streaming device (Roku player). Now, with the VIERA CAST, movies can be viewed from the comfort of a home TV and more room will be available in one’s entertainment center or TV lift cabinet.

Imagine, having more room in your ImportAdvantage TV lift cabinet to store DVDs, games, books or keepsakes. These fine handcrafted pop-up TV cabinets are already generous in their storage space, but by being able to reduce the need for another media player for streaming Netflix movies and television shows, makes an ImportAdvantage TV lift cabinet a great fit for Panasonic’s 2010 VIERA CAST line of HDTVs.

Would you like to add a touch of technology to your kid’s stuffed animal-filled, puzzle-piled playroom? One of the most unique and useful touches you can add is a TV lift. Whether you buy a complete, handcrafted TV lift cabinet from ImportAdvantage or just the Uplift mechanism for building your own cabinet, your kids will be amazed when they see a flat screen TV magically and quietly rise out of nowhere.

While some may question whether putting a TV in the playroom will actually encourage more TV-watching, it’s actually easier to control how much TV your kids watch because you can control when the TV is accessible and when it isn’t. If your kids can’t see a TV, they may be less likely to ask to watch it.

And when it comes to safety, a TV lift cabinet can’t be beat. A TV kept in a pop-up TV cabinet is attached securely to the Uplift mechanism, making it virtually impossible for a child to tip over the television. And with the selection of hardwoods ImportAdvantage uses to construct its TV lift cabinets, it will stand up to the knocks and kicks it might receive in the playroom.

So go ahead and check out our full line of TV lift cabinets and TV lift mechanisms. You and your kids will be happy with our extensive selection.

A California company, Prysm, has released the next “big thing” in television technology, literally and figuratively – a quad HD laser TV, or LPD (laser phosphor display). It works by bouncing laser beams off phosphor pixels embedded in a glass and plastic screen. The result is a television that is low in power consumption (using one-tenth of what a plasma flat screen TV uses) but able to display the absolute sharpest image on a screen, and the screen can come in any size – from a “jumbo-tron” or as small as one might ever need. The “jumbo-tron” screens are already in use in Europe.

The lower energy consumption in the TV is due to not needing to stimulate the darker regions of the TV screen, which also allows the LPD to remain cool to the touch no matter how long it’s been on.

The downside, though, is that the LPD quad HD TV won’t be available as a slim flat screen anytime soon, which means for the time being, you won’t be able to house one in a state-of-the-art ImportAdvantage TV lift cabinet. Since the technology for laser televisions is now on the market, it won’t be long before the market demands the TV sets to be slimmed down. When that happens, ImportAdvantage will still be the leader in pop-up TV cabinets and will have the right handcrafted TV lift cabinet for your LPD.

Livingston TV Lift Cabinet

The Livingston TV Lift Cabinet offers a unique design among pop-up TV cabinets because of its simple, elegant shelf system beside two hardwood cabinet doors. Giving it length and a traditional look, this tobacco-finished hardwood cabinet is perfectly suited for placement against any wall in your home.

The Livingston TV Lift Cabinet adorns brushed nickel octagonal hardware for its cabinetry fixtures and will conveniently hold a TV measuring up to 53” wide. The bookcase shelves adjust easily and offer ample storage for media players, books, videos or your collectibles.

The Livingston TV Lift Cabinet is fully ventilated and the TV lift mechanism comes pre-installed. The TV lift cabinet also includes on-board, surge-protected power for your TV and two additional media players or components.

If you are seeking elegance delivered with simplicity, look no further than the Livingston TV Lift Cabinet. Check it out today!