Choosing The Best Flat Screen TV Stand

Television Stands for the modern flat screen models are available in a range of designs from contemporary TV pedestals to the more conventional wooden TV cabinets or stands. The best stands are those that allow you to get the best viewing experience from your TV by giving you some flexibility in where you site it in the room and easy adjustment for different viewing positions.

Slimmer and lighter plasma and LCD type screens meant that you could now put a TV where it would have often been impossible before. Although relatively light for the same screen size when compared to CRT TVs they still require a secure mount. Quick to catch on was the TV wall mount, which allowed you to hang a TV on the wall like a picture for the first time.

However, stylish as these wall mounted TVs looked, this novel way of showing off your flat screen TV had certain disadvantages. You had to have the wall space and the TV had to face in the right direction, so that you could orientate your seating to make watching it comfortable.

Also with LCD screens there is a problem that the viewing angle is far more critical than with the plasma or old style CRT TVs i.e.the quality of the picture drops off as you move from the front to the sides of the screen, noticeably the color intensity is reduced.

Viewing angles have improved for LCD type screens, but including 3D televisions the best picture is viewed from directly in front of the TV screen. This problem similarly applies when you look up or down on to the screen.

Although most mounts did tend to have a tilt (up & down) adjustment, few allowed you to pivot the screen significantly. Now however there is a good range of mounts with extending arms that fold flat against the wall when not in use. These arms when pulled away from the wall to allow you to pivot the screen for the best viewing angle when needed.

TV wall mounts also give you the problem of where to put other audio-visual equipment you have and that needs to be connected to the television.

Moving from commercial applications, TV pedestal stands designed for the home appeared, offering a stylish and flexible alternative way of displaying flat screen TVs. These TV pedestals in their purest form consisted of a single column or support mounted on a freestanding base or one that was attached to the floor in some cases. Pedestals came available in different heights or were adjustable and could be positioned in areas of the room without taking up much floor space. This design also lacked any storage space for peripheral equipment.

TV pedestal stands overcame the above limitations of storage by combining benefits of the pedestal with shelves or cabinets. Also giving some height and swivel adjustments in some designs and still allowing a bigger choice in where you positioned the TV in the room.

Other benefits of the TV pedestal are that the screen is more secure against being knocked over and that there is often hidden cable management built into the design. This gives what can be a substantial and very visible piece of technology in your room a very sleek and stylish look.

Pedestal stands can also come designed as corner TV stands, as corners are often convenient place to site a TV and provide a good range of viewing points around the room.Designs finishes range from black ash to polished chrome.

No matter what your home style is, here should be a TV Mount or TV Stand to suit you and enhance your TV.