Measurement Guide

Did you know a 75-inch television isn't really 75 inches wide? The size is really the diagonal screen measurement from the top left corner of the screen to the bottom right corner of the screen.

So – how do you measure your TV properly if you want to place it in a cabinet?

First, get out your tape measurer.  You need to measure the horizontal width, vertical height and depth from edge to edge, including the frame around the screen.

Start with the depth.  Measure from the front to the back – but don’t include any stand it may be on.

Then, move on to the width. Measure horizontally from the outer edges (left to right)

Finally, measure vertically, from top to bottom (always including the frame)

Check out our TV Measurement Guide

If you have any questions, our customer service team will be happy to help you. Call us at 877-377-5435

While we make every effort to build TV lift cabinets that can accommodate a wide variety of media players and wiring, a few combinations of DVD players and surround sound systems may be a tight squeeze in a TV lift cabinet, but don’t worry, we have easy solutions for you.

First, double-check the measurements listed for the TV lift cabinet you are planning to purchase. You can do this easily with our Measurement Guide. For cabinet depth, most of our models have 16” shelves, and for some that might not provide enough clearance in the back, so here’s what you can do to make your media players fit.

If your cables protrude too much from the back of your media player, we recommend purchasing 90-degree angle connectors for all your cables which will shorten them greatly. These connectors can be found at most electronics stores.

But if this still doesn’t allow you enough room in your TV lift cabinet, you can clear up more space by making a simple cut. The partition walls in our TV lift cabinets

If you might be shopping for a new flat-screen TV and TV lift cabinet this holiday season, you will want to ensure you find the right match. Luckily, ImportAdvantage has made is easy to find the right handcrafted pop-up TV cabinet for your new TV with a convenient Measurement Guide, which you can print and take with you to the store.

Whether you’re looking for a smaller flat-screen for your bedroom, or ready to upgrade to a 60” centerpiece for the living room, ImportAdvantage has a beautiful, hardwood TV lift cabinet that will accentuate your new TV in style. And to give you plenty of choices to match your home’s décor, ImportAdvantage makes their pop-up TV lift cabinets versatile, fitting TVs of all sizes.

When ImportAdvantage lists a recommended TV size on the Measurement Guide, it’s listed as the Max TV Dimension, meaning you can fit a flat-screen up to that Max size. So when you are out shopping for the TV in your budget, you can easily see which of the many TV lift cabinets fall into

Savvy shoppers are already aware that this year’s Black Friday and shopping season will bring much lower prices on plasma flat screen televisions (If you didn’t realize this, see our recent post on this topic!). But did you know that instead of waiting to buy your dream plasma flat screen, and buying your dream TV lift cabinet first, you’ll be able to match your new TV to your TV lift cabinet?

ImportAdvantage has a full-featured and easy-to-read Measurement Guide available for our entire line of pop-up TV cabinets, so by getting your TV lift cabinet first, you have an even better reason to upgrade your TV!

ImportAdvantage TV lift cabinets can hold a flat screen TV up to 60” wide (see the Banyan Creek XL TV Lift Cabinet), so just about any TV can rest in a quiet and dependable pop-up TV cabinet.

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Are you considering shopping for a new TV and want one that will surely fit in an ImportAdvantage TV lift cabinet? Or perhaps you already own a Plasma or LCD TV and you are curious which of the pop-up TV cabinets will work with your unit. ImportAdvantage has made the selection process easy by creating a printable Measurement Guide (PDF) that features the minimum and maximum measurement requirements for all their TV lift cabinets.

To use the Measurement Guide, you will need to take three separate measurements of your TV: width, depth and height. First, measure the width of your television with a tape measure.

Measure in a horizontal direction (not diagonal), and be sure to include the TV frame. Write this number down on the printable Measurement Guide.

Next measure the depth of your TV. With the tape measure, measure the thickest part of your TV from the front to the back. Do not include in your measurement any part of a TV stand that came with your unit. Write this number down on the

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Plasma TVs are known for their warm colors and deep blacks. They excel in rooms with multiple viewers, as people can still see the picture clearly if they are sitting off-axis, or off to the side instead of directly in front of the screen. Plasma flat-screen televisions also work well when the room doesn’t allow much direct light on the TV screen, which means not placing it on an opposite wall to a big picture window unless you have heavy drapes that are capable of blocking out most of the light. Plasma TVs can also be found in large to very large screen sizes, over 42”.

LCD flat-panel TVs are great for smaller screens, which are less than 42”. If you will be watching television in a relatively bright room or mostly during the daytime, an LCD TV might be best for you. Also, LCD TVs usually consume less