Archive for June, 2011

It is time to reveal the answer to our weekly Friday trivia game.

Question: The Notting Hill TV lift cabinet comes in what four colors?

The correct answer is: The Notting Hill TV lift cabinet comes in Brown, Black, Tan, and White.

Congratulations if you guessed correctly and made it to the Winner’s Circle. Don’t forget to call in to place you order and redeem your 10% discount.

Over the past several months, executives at Sony have found themselves in hot water over a series of security breaches in its PlayStation network. While very popular for their flat panel TVs in TV lift cabinets, Sony is also a gaming giant. In April, a severe security breach allowed hackers to obtain personal and credit card information for millions of Sony users. Despite the massive blow to their reputation, Sony CEO Howard Stringer remained positive at the recent shareholders’ meeting.

Boasting that approximately 90% of users have returned to the service, Stringer told the crowd that brand perception is improving. According to Yahoo News, the attack cost Sony nearly $173 million. Sony’s service gradually reconnected in May, offering users a ‘Welcome Back’ package and a $1 million identity theft insurance policy for the next year.

Stringer expressed concern that he felt that the breach was an attack on Sony’s intellectual property. His words suggest that the attack may have been carried out in possible retaliation to past legal battles with hackers.

Security was obviously a hot topic and it was discussed how a completely secure network is impossible in today’s day and age. Nobody’s network is 100% safe from attacks. Regardless, Sony appears to be committed to protecting users and ensuring the network is as secure as possible.

Check out our new two toned Sycamore TV Lift Cabinet!  With its classic antique style and two toned contemporary coloring this is the perfect transitional piece of furniture to compliment both traditional and modern homes.

A built in Uplift 3700 lift mechanism silently lowers and raises the television.  The center cabinet door features interchangeable wood, glass, and speaker cloth panels, which makes the cabinet highly customizable.

This TV lift cabinet has AV storage areas each containing a built-in Infrared Relay System which amplifies and distributes remote control commands to your AV equipment without the need to open the console door.

Question: The Notting Hill TV Lift cabinet comes in what four colors?

Now Listen Up!  Here are the rules.

Rules:

1.) In order to play, you must send an email to info@tvliftcabinet.com.  The subject line must read: Four Notting Hill Colors

2.)    In body of email, you must include the following: TV Lift answer, Your Full Name, Address, Phone Number, and Email Address.

Only one vote per household will be considered!  Sara will personally respond to each contestant notifying them whether they are a winner or not.  If a contestant has answered correctly, their name will be added to the winner’s circle.  When a contestant is ready to purchase TV Lift Cabinet, contestant can simply call us at 561-417-0999.  Contestant must notify us they are on the winner’s circle to redeem discount.  Every Thursday, we will reveal the answer on our Thursday Reveals.

LET THE GUESSING BEGIN!

It is time to reveal the answer to our weekly Friday trivia game.

Question: What is the name of our smallest TV lift Cabinet?

The correct answer is: Notting Hill XS TV Lift Cabinet

Congratulations if you guessed correctly and made it to the Winner’s Circle. Don’t forget to call in to place you order and redeem your 10% discount.

Mitsubishi, a small-scale player in the TV manufacturing world, is ready to unveil their 92-inch TV to consumers. Yes, you read that right – 92 inches. First introduced in January, this gigantic set uses rear-projection technology and is capable of displaying 3D content. Such a huge TV is a deviation from what the leading manufacturers are introducing to the market. Not only that, but rear projection?

Rear projection TVs aren’t exactly commonplace these days. Not only do 92 inches make this TV way too big for a TV lift cabinet, the 15 inch depth is in stark contrast to 1-inch deep flat panels. Large TVs are popular but once the size increases past 65 inches, there is a steep drop off in sales. Although these super-large TVs may not be the most popular with consumers, they are profitable for the manufacturer and cater to consumers with a need for a huge screen – think media rooms and the like.

Another bonus with rear projection TVs is the cost. The television is much larger than its LCD counterparts (LCD screens only go up to 72 inches) and they are also significantly cheaper.  Mitsubishi’s 92 inch TV will retail for $5,999. In comparison, Panasonic’s 85 inch plasma will cost you a whopping $22,000.

Are rear projection screens a thing of the past? If you’re in the market for a super sized screen, would you consider the less expensive but thick Mitsubishi model?

“Green Lantern” opened at the box office this weekend to much hype. The latest addition to the long list of comic book adaptations was estimated to pull in $55-$60 million domestically in its opening weekend. As the sales amounts begin to trickle in, it appears that the film fell short of expectations bringing in only $52.7 million from 3,816 screens. It’s worth noting that “Green Lantern” has approximately $200 million to make.

In the past, comic book movies have been big hits in theaters so “Green Lantern’s” performance comes as a shock. Two other comic book based films have opened recently, “Thor” and “X-Men: First Class” – both of these films out-performed “Green Lantern”. Like many comic book and action films, “Green Lantern” had a widespread 3D release. It debuted on 2,711 3D screens yet still underperformed when compared to its counterparts.

Box Office analysts reported that from Friday to Saturday, ticket sales dropped a whopping 22%. In comparison, “X-Men” and “Thor” only dropped 8% between Friday and Saturday the weekend that they opened. For more information on this weekend’s box office numbers, check Variety Magazine’s article.

Did you check out “Green Lantern” this weekend or are you waiting to watch it on your flat panel in your TV lift cabinet?

Comcast TV lift owners, did you know you that very soon you will be able to make Skype video calls on your TV?  According to the NY Times, Comcast and Skype announced last Monday that they would be working together to provide Comcast customers the ability to video chat on their TV sets from the comfort of their homes.

For those whom are not familiar with Skype, it is a wonderful free internet based service that allows families and friends to video chat all over the world.   However, this free platform may disappear.  Microsoft announced last month that it agreed to acquire Skype.  With Microsoft and Comcast now leading the new wave of communication, it will be interesting on what the new pricing structure will be.

For the time being though, Comcast will be conducting a trial run to select Comcast customers offering Skype-on-TV.  Skype-on-TV customers will be able to make Skype calls and send instant messages while watching TV.  In the long run, Comcast will provide video cameras to Skype-on-TV customers.  However, Skype is already embedded in some state-of-the-art television sets.  In the future, this will most likely be added automatically to most new television sets.

Question: What is the name of our smallest TV lift Cabinet?

Now Listen Up!  Here are the rules.

Rules:

1.) In order to play, you must send an email to info@importadvantage.com.  The subject line must read: Smallest TV Lift Cabinet

2.)    In body of email, you must include the following: TV Lift mechanism answer, Your Full Name, Address, Phone Number, and Email Address.

Only one vote per household will be considered!  Kate will personally respond to each contestant notifying them whether they are a winner or not.  If a contestant has answered correctly, their name will be added to the winner’s circle.  When a contestant is ready to purchase TV Lift Cabinet, contestant can simply call us at 561-417-0999.  Contestant must notify us they are on the winner’s circle to redeem discount.  Every Thursday, we will reveal the answer on our Thursday Reveals.

LET THE GUESSING BEGIN!

It is time to reveal the answer to our weekly Friday trivia game.

Question: Can you name which TV lift mechanism is required to mount a 60” TV?

The correct answer is: Uplift 3875

Congratulations if you guessed correctly and made it to the Winner’s Circle. Don’t forget to call in to place you order and redeem your 10% discount.