TV Stand Help

[littlepooch21]

I have been looking for a tv stand and nothing seems to fit the bill. I want it to be able to hold at least a 50-55 inch tv, a ps3, cable box, wii u, avr, center speaker. I have bought ones with doors and the remote can't go through them. I liked the doors b/c it keeps the kids out. Has anyone here just built one themselves? If so would you happen to be nice to share your designs/thoughts?

Thanks

[blujacket]

If you need the doors to keep the crumb snatchers out, just get some IR blasters.

[cricepng]

You could always find a kit/pre-assembled that you like, take the doors off, cut out large holes in them and install some glass. Your remote signal should go through and it would be cheaper than paying someone to custom make a TV stand from scratch.

I hve custom made a stand overseas out of Papua New Guinea rosewood (only a couple of dollars per linear metre there) but w/o a door and not to your desired specs.

[AmishParadise]

The stand I purchased is pictured here. It's made by Salamader Designs. Note that the doors are perforated which allows for IR signals to penetrate if needed.

[jautor]

Get the stand you like, and for $20 fix the IR repeating issue:

http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...seq=1&format=2

Jeff

[AmishParadise]

Originally Posted by jautor

Get the stand you like, and for $20 fix the IR repeating issue:

http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...seq=1&format=2

Jeff

Exactly. Great point. There's no need to limit your choice of stand to just those that work where "line of sight" IR is required. You're much better off in the long run not relying on line of sight. Once you start using an IR receiver/emitter solution such as the one Jeff suggested you'll never go back. The first such solution I used back in the early 90's was called the "Hot Link Pro" which is still being sold today. Fantastic product. The IR receiver is killer. See here.

Additional notes on my Salamander stand...
I didn't purchase the Salamander stand for the fact the doors allow for IR to pass through them. The stand just fit my needs. Was looking for something that not only could house all of my gear under the plasma including my center channel speaker, but also wanted a stand that offered "infinite" shelf adjustability and caster wheels for making it easy to pull the stand out from the wall when filled to capacity if needed. The Salamader Synergy line fit the bill perfectly for me in this case. As for sending IR to my equipment, the remote that I use, a Philips Pronto Professional TSU9600 actually communicates over my Wi-Fi network to extenders (Philips RFX9600 Serial Extender) that are part of the remote control solution. The extenders translate what is received from the remote over my Wi-Fi network sending the needed IR/RS-232 commands on to my equipment from there via the various outputs of the particular extender. The RFX9600 extender offers 4 IR outputs and 4 RS-232 outputs. Each output is addressable as well which allows for controlling say 2 DVR's independently which use the same codeset.

[littlepooch21]

Originally Posted by blujacket

If you need the doors to keep the crumb snatchers out, just get some IR blasters.

yeah never really thought about this. I have a Cox HD-DVR, my bluray player, and the AVR I would need access to.

[littlepooch21]

Originally Posted by jautor

Get the stand you like, and for $20 fix the IR repeating issue:

http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...seq=1&format=2

Jeff

never seen these before. do you just put them in front of the device and then outside the stand so it can work?

[Anthony P]

never used this model before but


looks like it might be an IR receiver, so the front of it needs to be outside and it plugs into



that can be anywhere (inside or outside) and


are stick on IR emitters, usually you stick them on the device around their IR receiver.

[Anthony P]

PS IR repeaters are OK, but if someone is also looking for a universal remote a better choice would be an RF remote, since then there won't be a need for an IR receiver and pointing the remote to it