Tips for Buying a Motorized TV Lift Cabinet
Technology is advancing very rapidly especially in the field of television. High Definition TV (HDTV) has now become the norm to the point that the federal government has mandated that there would no longer be any analog broadcasts made in this country. The wave of HDTV is seen in the advent of plasma and LCD TVs. The 1080 pixel resolution of these new sets makes for some of the finest viewing enjoyment ever experienced in home entertainment. To show off the new flat panel TVs you now have a huge variety of options in the form of a motorized TV lift cabinet.
Just imagine sitting in a beautifully furnished family room or living room. The room is deliciously decked out with the finest furniture and art pieces. There is no hint of any type of TV anywhere. Then the host picks up a remote and pushes a button. Instantly one of the furniture pieces reveals a hinged door that quickly flips up and open to allow a large plasma TV screen silently rising into view. In less than a minute the flat screen stops moving and the electronic wonder comes to life. For the next few hours you and your host enjoy some fine entertainment brought to you by way of the cutting edge in television technology.
There are many articles regarding the science behind the new HDTV phenomenon, but let us pay closer attention to the cabinet where the unit is installed. The new motorized TV lift cabinet styles match practically any major home décor imaginable. There are cabinets that appear to be chest of drawers, credenzas, vanities, and armoires. There are some that could fit into living rooms, dining rooms, kitchens, bedrooms, family rooms, and even on the patio.
The heart of the motorized TV lift cabinet lies in the mechanism. Remove the beautiful furniture casings and the quiet-lift technology is revealed that offers silk like movement to raise either plasma or LCD TVs weighing over 120 pounds and measuring 55-inches x 6.5-inches x 32.5-inches. In fact, one of the factors to add to the shopping criteria for the TV lift cabinet is just how big the new television is and how much it weighs.
It is also crucial that you decide where you wish to place your motorized TV lift cabinet in the room. Viewing angle is not too much of a concern with the new units, for they have close to 180°
viewing angle and therefore you can sit most any place in the room and get a good view of the display.
Some of the better motorized TV lift cabinets are put out by following manufacturers:
- Unique Style Solutions, Inc. of Springfield, Missouri.
- Auton Motorized Systems located at Valencia, California. They have been designing motorized TV lift cabinets for over fifty years.
- Cabinet-Tronix, LLC, based in Chula Vista, California, provides TV lift solutions for homes and major hotel chains.