| The decision as to whether your LCD TV should be | | | | These properties make it ideal for use in home, its |
| put on the wall or put on a stand on the floor is one | | | | durability make it highly resistant to scratching and it is |
| that may already have been made for you. If you | | | | very easy to clean. It is the shelves in LCD TV stands |
| have a newer home constructed with plasterboard | | | | that are typically made from toughened glass, although |
| walls you will probably find that without some form of | | | | you could get glass strong enough to support CRT |
| modification the plasterboard on its own will not | | | | TV's it would invariable have to be very thick and |
| support the weight of your TV. If you're handy around | | | | consequently cost a lot of money. |
| the home this type of modification may not put you | | | | There is one very important feature that you should |
| off, but for many this means that your TV is going to | | | | look for when purchasing a new glass TV stand and |
| have to live on the floor, on a purpose built stand.You | | | | that is some form of cable management. Why do I |
| may have had your heart set on putting your new TV | | | | recommend this? |
| on the wall, but if this isn't possible you shouldn't be | | | | When you're looking for a new TV unit you will |
| disheartened - even with your TV on the wall you | | | | probably want it to accommodate all of your set top |
| would have needed to find a unit to keep all of your | | | | boxes within the TV stand and this will give rise to the |
| set top boxes in. TV stands for LCD's have come on | | | | problem of having a lot of cables around the back of |
| leaps and bounds from the types of stand that you | | | | your TV stand. You'll have power cables, speaker |
| could buy for the older style of CRT TV. The reduced | | | | cables, HDMI cables and scart cable all congregating in |
| weight of LCD TV's means that manufactures can be | | | | a very small space. Unfortunately because your TV |
| far more extravagant with the types of materials that | | | | stand will be transparent you will be able to see this |
| stands are built from. Wood, plastic and glass are | | | | jumbled mess of wires behind the stand. A well |
| materials commonly found in modern TV stands. | | | | thought out cable management system will hide all of |
| Out of all of these materials glass is possibly one of | | | | these wires from view which will help maintain that |
| the most commonly used materials in contemporary | | | | minimalist look you were trying to achieve in the first |
| TV units. Although people think of glass as being a | | | | place. |
| fragile material it is actually very strong and durable. | | | | |