Buying An Oak TV Cabinet?
Media, TV or Audio storage units are neat and tidy means to keep any home cinema system, CD/DVD collection or games player and accessories organised. Media storage comes in many styles, with different materials and features to suit your taste, home decour and budget.
Take a quick inventory of the equipment you already own. If you already have the major components installed (audio/video receiver, CD player, widescreen TV and DVD/Blu-Ray unit) , you may only need widescreen TV unit with a double-shelf storage unit underneath.
If you have a CD player, tape deck, VCR and a gaming system, with a snake's nest of cables behind them, an audio component rack next to a TV stand might be the best option and so if you consider storage cabinets with plenty of additional space than you'll have enough space to expand your system later on if needed.
Its important that the components have plenty of protection, so look for wood, perspex or glass doors. Glass doors allow you to display your equipment. For a tidy presentation in traditional decour, a solid wood TV cabinet with wood doors will close to hide all of your components and present only the façade of a fine piece of furniture.
Either way it is very important to have a unit with doors to protect the equipment from the dust attracted by the static electricity generated by the audio/TV components. Make sure the audio cabinet is well ventilated at the back, with holes for routing audio-video cables and power cords.
Think about your collecting habits and future storage requirements when choosing media cabinets. If you think you will require more space over time then modular systems might be best.
Be aware that if you plan to increase your collection substantially, the brand and style of your chosen solid wooden television unit you buy today may not be available next year. Bear in mind that it might be difficult to find a matching cabinet once your existing one has been filled up completely. You'll be faced with either buying a new, larger storage unit or a couple of smaller, mismatched cabinets.
Look at storage units with adjustable shelving. CDs and DVD and Blu-ray cases are all different heights when arranged on a shelf like books.