Questions On TV's and Instructions For Making A TV Stand

I remember the tv stands you speak of. No, I dot have that kind of tv... I have a good size tv in my room, it sits on an old floor model that doesn't work anymore. I've just never thrown it away.

Good luck on finding a tv. I just have a 19 in. tv that I bought at Walmarts. Our tv got fried when our wires got hit by lightning. That tv stand/cabinet does look nice. Here is a good idea you might be interested. I have seen people do this before and it looks nice. Measure the opening in your old tv cabinet, try to find a tv that would fit in the opening. You and your hubby sound like handy people, you could easily take the old tv out of the cabinet and put another one in its place. You would probably have to have a shelf inside for the tv to set on. I bet with your imagination, it wouldn't be too difficult to do. I have also seen people put aquariums inside old tv cabinets, that looks nice too. The old style cabinet tv's were a nice piece of furniture.

I have the 32 inch black model that was so popular about 6 years ago only I think we will need a new one soon, we have a series of white lines going across the top.

Thanks for the instructions I have a t.v. stand but it is a cheap one that was gave to me and I would like a sturdy one. I love the cabinet televisions you are talking about we had one and it was over 25 years old and worked fine till my sister started playing a playstation on it then one day while she was playing the picture tub all shrunk to the middle of the screen couldn't see anyhting but you could hear it. It was a magnavox. And thatr is the only type of t.v. my hubby will buy so we now have a 19 inch magnavox. Smaller but we got used to it. Took us awhile to figure out all the things that was on it the settings and things. So thanks for the directions I appreciate it..Magnavox is a really good brand and we paid $119.00 for it including taxes. It was on sale. I am sure they are cheaper brands but my husband has this thing buy cheap get cheap made and you'll just be spending money a few years later buying another t.v. so I would check out the different brands and choose wisely.

Thank-you so much I need a new stand .
Good luck finding the TV you like .
Have you gone to Walmart they have some nice TV`s and they are affordable, just before Christmas I bought a 27" and it was only 280$ not bad for a 27" .
Thank-you for the instructions .

Interesting that you should post this Village.My father had a cabinet TV for YEARS. It finally died a few years ago. When it died, he couldn't bear to just haul it to the trash. He came over and asked my hubby, who is a genius with woodworking and other odd jobs, if perhaps we would like to have the cabinet portion. Well, my hubby and father took the guts out and hauled them to the trash, but kept the cabinet. It had no back, just the sides and top. My hubby made doors for the cabinet, inserted a shelf in the cabinet and tacked a piece of thin fiber/wood board to the back. He managed to stain the doors to match perfectly to the sides/top. The gorgeous finished piece (which everyone comments on when they see it) now lives in our 'florida room' (recently enclosed deck) and houses my table linens and non-breakable dishes that we use in the summer out by the pool. It freed up so much room and needed space from my dining room hutch! My father beams each time that he comes over and sees the cabinet. He always tells everybody, "That was my old TV!" Just shows that anything can be reused/recycled!

This is a great stand and one that my hubby could make in his free time. The one we currently have is made of cheap materials and will eventually collapse if it gets a ding in it and get wet. If you are lucky enough you can find materials at the local lumbar yard that are somewhat flawed and can get it for a lower price. Don't be afraid to dicker on an item. Hubby has been fortunate when shopping for materials for a project. He finds a board that has a ding in it and they give him 25-50% off the cost. Of course you can always work around the flaw or hide it with paint when you finish it!

I can recommend that you try looking at www.ciao.com to read reviews on different appliances. If you want an ethical appliance try the following brands of TVs: Akai, Bang & Olufsen, Casio, Grundig, LG and Sanyo. You can also try looking at www.gooshing.co.uk or something similar to that which will show brands for the US. I am not sure if that website also has a .com version.

The tv type you mention sounds like one of the original ones which were first available in the UK back in the 1950s. I saw some old footage on a programme the other night. The screens were quite small and the wooden cabinets were much bigger and they had doors which closed to hide the screen when not in use.

We have a fairly large size tv which sits on special stand and at the bottom there is room for a video player and our satellite box and dvd player. I hope my suggestions work. If you simply want to compare prices Kelkoo or price runner are sites I use. I am not sure if they have a .com one as well.

That is a great cabinet! Right now we are using a serving bar type piece of furniture for a TV stand. It works, but I don't like how much room it takes up, although it fits the TV perfect.

We have a Panasonic TV and it seems to be working fine. We have had it for about three years now. We still have my very first color TV in the bedroom. It is a GE and is about 20 years old. It has been acting goofy for the past couple of years. When we turn on the TV to watch a DVD, it does this weird flipping of the picture before it straightens out. I hate to get rid of it yet even though my husbnad wants to buy a new. It still works and until it dies completely, I intend to use it and not spend the money.

I know what you mean. I have no clue about these new tv.s We've had the same one for 9 years and it came used. It's fixing to go to the bedroom and a newer one in its place. I don't like the idea of a tv in the bedroom, but I sleep alone half the week and I don't have to turn it on. Why would you put something else in the bedroom that has to be "turned on?"

Oops, I'm off topic. I think we're looking at a flat screen to hang over the mantle (so expensive) so kiddo can't lick it and push the buttons. So we may not need a stand. However, with the expense of it, we may decide to buy one that needs a stand.

This stand design you found is pretty. It's not huge and clunky.