PAL50 50-Inch Wide Flat Panel TV Credenza - Walnut

Type A summary:-Excellent packaging.-Assembles SO EASY (10 min a bit of a lie but under an hour taking your time)-Looks and feels like solid wood furniture all around-Great ventilation-All seams and corners fit tight (no wobbling or shaking here)-Beats the pants off the Ikea style assemble it all yourselfType B summary:Had some reservations about ordering this online with comparable models from same vendor and manufacturer arriving damaged but my UPS shipment arrived near pristine. I can imagine scenarios where it could be damaged in shipment but I know my UPS guy and he's great so unless someone at the depot ran over it with a forklift, I was confident he would deliver it "just like it was my own" as he says. I worried it would be too heavy to drag inside alone but it wasn't bad really. It comes near assembled with only a few panels and shelves to connect so my advice would be unpack it in the garage and carry the pieces to the final destination for assembly. You'll want to vacuum the pieces right as you pull them out of the box as they have some static cling styrofoam fibers all over them but that comes off very easily with a few minutes of work.The "10 minute, no tools required" assembly may be a bit like saying you can run a 5 minute mile to someone showing up for a Sunday jog at the park but by all means it is a no hassle, simple lock and twist style assemble that was FAR FAR easier than the Ikea style screw in 100 joints and take half a day to assemble a basic box product. The workmanship and detail was spectacular with very tight fits and snug joints everywhere. I would recommend a rubber mallet to gently tap the panels into position as the fit is so snug that trying to simply slide the pieces into the proper locked position might be a struggle. Just a few light taps with my handy mallet and all was good. You will WANT a 2nd person to do this easily but you could manage with just you putting it together if you had to.The top piece is thick and heavy and all the outer pieces are laminated wood with only the shelves inside and the partitions being thick HDF that still is beefy enough you'll never have to worry about them degrading or bowing. The glass is thick and tempered, and the hardware is a solid quality material with a nice aged finish that doesn't look cheap at all.In all, it took me about an hour from unboxing to final position wipe down taking my time to clean each piece and even windex the glass.The ONLY negative I have on the entire product is the cheap paper stickers they used to mark the panels. They don't just peel off and leave that annoying adhesive with part of the paper behind that you have to clean up. Vinyl stickers are what, a penny each? C'mon...Other than that, I will be looking at Techcraft and their near assembled products again as this was a breeze and looks like all real-wood furniture. The finish is a gorgeous dark walnut that matches our other non-Techcraft furniture perfectly. The doors have a uniform fit and solid feel when opening and closing. All the shelves are slotted to let air flow throughout and keep items from overheating. The back panel access is nice but you still have to fish cables through and connect before sliding into final position. The smart design would have been hinged back panel door you could open and close (or slide) to let you do all your connections in the back but that's being really picky for such an inexpensive piece.I'm sure this will be in our family for a long time and I have to recommend this after looking at the entire Techcraft, Bush, and Sonax product line and comparing quality and price. This piece is just as good as the Kathy Ireland line which costs more than twice as much.Check out the details at Techcraft's website yourself: [...]

I purchased this entertainment stand to replace our old one because our 8 month old is crawling and went up to our stereo and beat it up. I wanted a stand with doors on it to keep him out. The stand arrived quick and was easily assembled in 20 minutes. There were a couple of pieces with scratches on them but were in spots that no one would see. That was the good. The bad was a couple of days after I set it up I wanted to get behind the unit so I tried to slide it forward a couple of inches and the unit fell apart. I was able to get it back together and used wood glue in some of the joints together this will hopefully keep it together. Overall I like the unit it looks good and serves the purpose I intended for it. The build quality isn't great I would of preferred to of had a unit that took longer and required tools to get a stronger unit.

Let me start with the way this item is packaged.... all of the pieces are wrapped or protected by Styrofoam. When it arrived at my home, even though the box was damaged (by delivery person), the contents of the box was unscathed with no damage whatsoever (including ZERO scratches on the finish!). I was very pleased and impressed with how the furniture was packaged.Assembling of the unit was very easy for me to do by myself. I was impressed with the simple but well designed way to put it all together. It was not necessary to use any tools to assemble this will thought out cabinet. The fit and finish is superb. It is a well thought out product with ventilation holes on each shelf and big cut outs on the back panel to feed cables & wires through (also aiding in ventilation). My A/V receiver is large, so I needed to cut one of the cut outs larger to accommodate it and all the connections (wires) necessary. Cutting the hole larger was simple.I use this cabinet to support my 55" LED HDTV and various components. The cabinet fits into an entertainment niche built by the home builder. So on several occasions, I have had to slide the cabinet in and out of the niche to make adjustments (to cut the hole larger, re-direct wires, install a "drape" to cover the cut outs on the back panel) and the cabinet has held up well over this constant pulling, pushing and tugging. BTW, I use those plastic sliders under the cabinets' feet to assist in sliding it over my carpet.I am really pleased with the quality of this piece of furniture and would highly recommend it to anyone looking for something like this. It is a definite keeper and well worth what I paid for it.

Very well made. Even though the description says walnut, there is a reddish tint to the finish which is not characteristic to a walnut finish. It is slightly darker than pictured, which is fine for me. I read this in other reviews before I bought it and I was hoping this would be the case for mine, also. It assembled easily with my only trouble being the levers which lock the pieces together. They were too hard to push over all the way by hand. I had to use a tool to push them all the way down. The box was damaged when it was delivered, but the stand was protected well enough that I could find no scratches or damage. It took less than 1/2 hour to assemble and another 1/2 hour to clean up the packing material mess.I prefer 100% wood construction furniture, but this uses pressboard and MDF for the sides, bottom and shelves, which is why I didn't give it the fifth star. If 4 1/2 stars was an option, I would have done that because I knew it wouldn't be 100% wood when I ordered it. The front and top (the parts which show) seem to be real wood. Even similar units costing over twice as much at local furniture stores still had some parts made out of pressboard, so this is a good compromise.