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Our  Traveler TV lift cabinet is a true beauty!  It features beautiful select hardwood in a rich tobacco finish.  The Traveler’s rich tobacco stain is complemented with brushed nickel hardware creating a clean transitional look sure to work in any room. This TV lift cabinet offers a center lift unit directly below your TV to store two electronics with depths of 13 ¼” or less.  It features a surge protected onboard power for your TV and two components. The Traveler can also accommodate most flat panel TV’s as large as 46”.  Plus we offer free white glove delivery!  Check out the Traveler TV lift cabinet today!

TV lift cabinets are becoming more and more popular. The combination of a beautiful cabinet with the ability to hide your television inside is an idea that has appealed to consumers around the world. The first time I had ever heard of a TV lift cabinet was on an episode of the MTV show “Cribs”. The program featured this unbelievable foot of the bed cabinet that with the touch of a button, the flat-panel TV magically appeared from within. Similar cabinets began popping up on several episodes. Each episode featured different celebrities showing off their flashy new cabinet with the latest technology to hide their TV when not in use. Pretty soon, I was hearing about these TV lift cabinets on more than just programs broadcasting the luxurious gadgets of the rich and famous. These TV lift cabinets were on design shows, game shows and online. How did you discover TV lift cabinets? Was it on a TV show, in a magazine, through a friend? Share your TV lift cabinet story in the comments section below

So much for controlling computers with a mouse or touch screen! According to a new article released by TechNewsWorld, the latest method to control your computer is with your eyes. Tobeii Technology has recently unveiled their latest computer, a laptop controlled by movement of the user’s eyes.  By eyeing parts of the screen, the user is able to open and close windows, browse documents and photos, even zoom in and out. Simply looking at the screen will cause it to brighten from auto-dim energy saving mode. Reviews from consumers who have had the opportunity to test the technology are favorable.  The computer is in the prototype stage and is reported to be bulkier than the typical laptop.  However, Tobeii Technology has plans to partner with computer manufacturers to further develop the product into a design that makes it feasible for everyday use.  Maybe in the future they will add this technology to our TVs.  The possibilities are endless!

Some of you may have received a new Nintendo DS handheld gaming device for Christmas this year, and though you’re probably already in tune with whatever game or games you got with it, you may be wondering if it has any other unique capabilities.

One of its features is that people can watch recorded TV shows and movies on the Nintendo DS by placing them on a MicroSD card and loading the card into a M3 DS Simply adapter. After a quick software setup on the Nintendo DS, you’ll be watching your favorite movies in astoundingly great quality in no time. Anytime you’re ready for a different movie or show, just pop it on your MicroSD card and back into your adapter and viola!

While this is great for portability and convenience, many Nintendo DS owners wonder if they can save their eyesight by playing their favorite DS games on their home TV by connecting the two devices. And while there is no “official” way to do so, some have had success by sliding a screen adapter over the DS and connecting

Just got a new flat-screen TV, or thinking about getting one, and want to protect your investment? Do you know how fragile the screen is? Well, the answer is that it depends on what kind of television you have.

In the world of flat-screen TVs, LCD and plasma sets are the two types currently being produced (and either will fit into a TV lift cabinet). But as far as fragility is concerned, one is definitely more fragile than the other. Plasma TVs are much heavier than LCD TVs, primarily due to the extra glass screen and components, and this heaviness contributes to it being more fragile than an LCD. However, a heavier TV could also make it harder to tip over.

LCD TVs, being lighter, means they can also be made thinner than a plasma screen, and many LCD TVs are commercially available as thin as 2” thick. A thin Plasma TV is about 3” thick.

While a discussion of fragility and TVs does little good if you’re planning on mounting and storing your TV in a TV lift cabinet, especially since the

Whether the acoustics in your room are not top-notch, or you suffer from a hearing-impairment, closed captioning is a helpful tool that aids in the enjoyment of movies and television. But do you know how it works? Does it come through your television, antenna, satellite dish or cable box? If you have a TV lift cabinet, do you have to do any additional wiring or keep your media players in view to keep your closed captioning abilities? Here are the answers.

The ability for closed captioning is already embedded in the signal sent directly to your television, so every show, television movie and commercial comes with the possibility of closed captioning. In order for you to be able to read it, though, it has to be decoded, and that is done by your TV.

Since 1993, every television manufactured that measures over 13 inches must have a built-in decoder, per the Television Decoder Circuitry Act. The information for closed captioning is hidden in the “line 21 data” of your television signal, which

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

Did you know that you can surf the web right from you bed through your TV? Sure, most people can check email or tool around on the Internet from their smart phones and laptops, but smart phones are not designed for prolonged web searching, and dragging your laptop into your bedroom or sitting it on your lap on the couch can be cumbersome.

Special devices for the TV have been around a number of years, such as WebTV (now MSN TV), which provides users a wireless keyboard, unique remote control and the ability to surf any web page while you are in your comfort zone. The Nintendo Wii also allows users to find their favorite websites without getting up from the sofa.

Both Panasonic and EspriTV will soon be releasing televisions with built-in technology for accessing the Internet, complete with wireless keyboards.

Imagine surfing the web while propped up in comfort on your bed pillows. A foot of the bed TV lift cabinet makes this dream a reality, by allowing your TV to raise up from an ornate,

You watch your TV almost every day. You spend hours in front of it each week. When was the last time you actually looked behind it to see the condition of its wires? Chances are, if you’re like most people, you’ve probably put it off – until now.

Checking the power cord for your TV or any of the other wires and cables that run between it and your home entertainment equipment can ensure that you’re on top of any frays or problems that could compromise performance, not to mention, cause a fire. Frayed wires or cables that are in poor condition need to be replaced to keep your home safe and your home theater setup running at its best.

So take some time today to check your wires. Look to see their condition. Find out if they need to be replaced and do it before it causes a major problem in your living room.

That's right, Import Advantage has made it to the big screen that we so often support with our merchandise.

The Banyan Creek TV Lift Cabinet has been featured as a prize item on the popular show, “The Price Is Right.”

This particular cabinet is perfect for a TV that has both a large and flat screen. It allows you to display, or hide, your television, while giving you a lot of storage space for DVDs, stereo equipment, television receivers, and gaming systems.

But the neat thing that most people don't know about TV lift cabinets, is that there is a heavy duty lift mechanism that actually raises and lowers the TV into and out of the cabinet. If you want to watch TV, you can have it raise the TV out of the cabinet to be viewed. Having guests and would rather a beautifully finished cabinet? Have the TV lowered and your guests won't even know that you have a television in the room.

You can view our products on “The Price Is Right,” here.