Page 16 - TV lift cabinets

  1. Laser TVs: Cool Idea but Won’t Fit in a TV Lift Cabinet

    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

    Categories: TV
    Posted on: October 18, 2010
    Posted by: Kerry Mann
  2. TV Lift Cabinets Can Give You a Reason to Upgrade Your TV!

    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.

    The hardest decision may just be which of the unique designs best suits your home. From eye-catching centerpieces to slimmer foot of the bed TV lift cabinets, there is no doubt that you will find

    Categories: TV Cabinets
    Posted on: October 13, 2010
    Posted by: Kerry Mann
  3. Wynterhall TV Lift Cabinet on “I Hate Your House”

    Wynterhall TV Lift Cabinet

    The ImportAdvantage Wynterhall TV Lift Cabinet was recently featured on DIY’s television program, “I Hate Your House.” The show is very popular among DIYers who love to get their hands on projects that improve their homes and lives.

    “I Hate Your House” features a brother-and-sister duo, Jonathan and Nicole O’Leary, who intervene when homeowners begin to hate their houses after living in them for a few years. The show prides itself on two things: teaching homeowners how they can improve their houses with a stronger eye for design and for featuring the latest, most innovative products available on the market.

    This is where ImportAdvantage comes in – we have been providing the latest technologies and designs in TV lift cabinets for many years. It’s not hard to understand why top designers seek out the quality and dependability of our pop-up TV cabinets to pull together a dynamic and stylish room. And the Wynterhall TV Lift Cabinet, specifically, is one of our most flexible designs, allowing

    Posted on: October 12, 2010
    Posted by: Kerry Mann
  4. Know Your Wood, Glossary of Terms

    When dealing with fine hardwoods and custom craftsmanship, as ImportAdvantage does every day building and delivering top-quality TV lift cabinets, many customers prefer to educate themselves in the terminology of wood and woodworking. So ImportAdvantage has compiled this resourceful glossary to increase your appreciation of the details we put in every TV lift cabinet we design.

    • Air Dried: Lumber dried naturally by the air.
    • Bookmatch: layers of veneer arranged side by side to resemble a mirror.
    • Common Grade Lumber: Lumber with defects, used in construction framing.
    • Dovetail Joint: A joint where the fingers are shaped like a doves’ tail, used to join pieces at 90 degrees.
    • European Hinge: A hidden style hinge fastened to the door with a cup hole.
    • Finger Joint: Long, tapered fingers used to join material together.
    • Grain: The appearance, size and direction of the alignment of the fibers in the wood.
    • Hardwood: Lumber from trees with broad leaves.
    • Heartwood: The wood from the pith extending to
    Posted on: October 11, 2010
    Posted by: Kerry Mann
  5. Product Focus: Craftsman TV Lift Cabinet

    Craftsman TV Lift Cabinet

    If you appreciate the beauty and durability of oak hardwood, you will adore the craftsmanship of the ImportAdvantage Craftsman TV Lift Cabinet. Built by hand in a timeless, functional style of “Mission” furniture, this pop-up TV cabinet will be an appropriate centerpiece in any home.

    Sophisticated and solidly constructed of oak and oak veneers, the Craftsman TV Lift Cabinet highlights clean lines and a purity of functionality. It is absolutely timeless!

    Built with an integrated Uplift 3700 lift system, which can lift a flat-screen TV weighing up to 130 pounds, the Craftsman TV Lift Cabinet also features a built-in Infrared Relay System. The IRS allows you complete, uninterrupted transmission between your remote control and the corresponding media player.

    With enough room to store, lift and display a flat-screen TV up to 56” wide, 5” deep and nearly 33” wide, the Craftsman TV Lift Cabinet will work well in the living room, against a wall in the master bedroom or in an office.

    Take a moment

    Categories: Product Focus
    Posted on: October 08, 2010
    Posted by: Kerry Mann
  6. Going Green in the Flat Screen

    In the U.S., it is estimated that 70 percent of all heavy metals in our landfills comes from discarded electronics, and since TVs are getting cheaper every year, that amount could easily rise. Already, ImportAdvantage has discussed the importance of recycling your old TV lift cabinet by repurposing it or giving it to a shelter or charity.

    However, the Tel Aviv University is the first to discover that a new nano-technology may be able to “green” the optics used in flat-screen TVs, making them more environmentally friendly. The new technology is a form of biological material that creates light via light-emitting diodes (LED), reducing the need for toxic heavy metals in TV sets.

    Not only would this new technology be more environmentally-friendly, it could produce a higher quality picture, too, by improving the TV’s resolution. Production of these new TVs is still many years away, as the discovery was just released this past August, but it is an encouraging step in the right direction.

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    Categories: Press
    Posted on: October 07, 2010
    Posted by: Kerry Mann
  7. Turn Family Heirlooms into State of the Art TV Lift Cabinets

    Perhaps you or your spouse inherited an antique curio cabinet or china hutch, but you’re not quite sure what to do with it. Putting it in storage seems disrespectful, and selling it is out of the question. But it doesn’t match any of your other furniture and you’re not excited about it drawing attention away from your other fine furniture pieces. What’s the answer?

    The answer is to make it the focal point of any room by converting it to a custom TV lift cabinet with an ImportAdvantage Uplift mechanism, which quietly raises and lowers your flat-screen TV with the touch of a button. With models available that lift TVs up to 150 pounds, it’s easy to find one perfectly suited to your family heirloom.

    By creating a custom TV lift cabinet, you’ve just turned a potential eyesore into eye candy. Your guests will be amazed by how you made a dated piece of furniture into a modern work of art.

    With how easy it is to install an Uplift mechanism, you may start spending your weekends antiquing, looking

    Posted on: October 05, 2010
    Posted by: Kerry Mann
  8. Breaking News: Consumer Product Safety Commission Urges Securing TVs

    The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) just announced a reminder to all parents that they take extra precautions in their homes to inspect and secure TVs, furniture and appliances. The CPSC estimates that, on average, one child dies every two weeks due to tip-overs.

    Between 2000 and 2008, the CPSC received reports that nearly 200 children eight years old and younger died from tip-overs, and 93 percent of those 200 children were five years old and younger.

    Astoundingly, 16,000 children five years old and younger were treated between 2000 and 2008 in emergency rooms due to injuries sustained by TV, furniture and appliance tip-overs.

    Thankfully, ImportAdvantage’s TV lift cabinets offer the safety and security to prevent accidental tip-overs by keeping TVs and media players tucked away in handcrafted cabinets. The stable, quiet TV lift mechanisms ImportAdvantage uses in its pop-up TV cabinets can hold up to 150-pound flat-screen TVs while also keeping them secured at the base, preventing

    Posted on: September 27, 2010
    Posted by: Kerry Mann
  9. ImportAdvantage Offers an Affiliate Program

    Do you like to make money online? Do you spend time keeping a blog or website? ImportAdvantage can reward you for every sale you send our way through the ImportAdvantage Affiliate Program.

    Imagine, by placing a special link to ImportAdvantage’s fine selection of handcrafted TV lift cabinets, foot of the bed TV lift cabinets and TV lifts, you can watch your account balance grow. It’s a win-win-win (you win, we win and your website visitors win)!

    ImportAdvantage allows you to receive payment via PayPal or a paper check. It’s up to you! To get started, all you have to do is fill out a simple online registration, understand and agree to the terms and conditions, and then you’ll get your specialized referral code. It’s that simple to make money!

    So how much can you earn? ImportAdvantage pays you 10% of each sale you deliver through your affiliate link. Payments are made once a month, for the previous month, and when your account reaches at least $100. You also have access to your account

    Categories: Press
    Posted on: September 20, 2010
    Posted by: Kerry Mann
  10. Security is a Top Priority at ImportAdvantage

    At ImportAdvantage, your security is our top priority. As there are countless new computer viruses and internet scams being launched every day, savvy shoppers are looking for the trademarks of safe and secure online shopping.

    This is why ImportAdvantage is proud to be certified as a McAfee SECURE site, which means our site is tested daily for online threats, and we keep a current QuickSSL certificate that carries the highest level of encryption and security possible.

    All this means that when you send us your credit card information for purchasing one of our fine handcrafted TV lift cabinets, that information is encrypted and protected, and when you browse ImportAdvantage.com your identity is kept anonymous.

    Your email address is also considered private information to us, so we will never sell or rent your email address to anyone, and we only use it to send you order-related announcements, such as shipping confirmations, or for company promotions. Access to your information is completely

    Categories: shopping tips
    Posted on: September 13, 2010
    Posted by: Kerry Mann