A Glossary of TV Stand Terms

Whether you’re just setting up a brand new TV or looking to change the look of your room with a new piece of furniture, a quality TV stand can be exactly what you need. As you shop for yours, you’ll find that there are a lot of options to choose from and a lot of factors to consider. Let us help you decide what’s right for you by defining some of the terms and choices you’re likely to encounter.

Corner TV Stand:Corner TV stands are shaped to fit into the corner of a room. Choosing one of our corner stands allows you to use up less space in the room than you would with traditional TV stands.

TV Cabinet: TV cabinets, also known as armoires, generally allow you to store a number of components, such as DVD players and speakers, in addition to the TV. They come in a variety of sizes and shapes to accommodate different types of televisions and to fit different room arrangements.

Entertainment Center: Like a cabinet, an entertainment center provides storage space for both a TV and its components. Entertainment centers generally provide features to accommodate a variety of multi-media equipment. There are a number of different sizes and configurations that you can choose for your entertainment center.

TV Cart: A cart is a wheeled TV stand that allows you to move your television as needed. Whether you need to shift the angle of your television when the sun glares on it during a certain time of day or you wish to watch TV from a different room, a cart can fit your needs as a moveable stand. In the early days of TV when connectivity with cable was not an issue, carts were the norm, making a family’s one and only TV set portable.

Plasma TV Stand: Because a plasma TV is so different in size and shape from an older cathode-ray TV, a different TV stand is optimal. A plasma TV stand can be much smaller and still accommodate a plasma TV, or the stand can serve as a storage place for all your TV components when you mount the TV itself on a wall.

Medium Denisty Fiberboard (MDF): Also known as “engineered wood,” medium density fiberboard is a lightweight and durable material made by compressing multiple wood fibers together. It can be made from recycled materials and can be made to look very much like real wood.

Laminates: A laminate is a material made through the combination of multiple layers of material and then sealed with a resin. Laminates can be made from a number of different materials, such as wood, plastic, and metal. Laminates are durable and easy to maintain.

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