Alphason ADP3/96-PB Reviews: Black Glass TV Stand for for 40" TVs TVs

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Score: 8.6/10

57 Real Customer Reviews - In Summary

+ This TV stands and mount scores high on shelf space. - It scores very poorly on ease of setting up. “Good looking and solid stand. good cable management below the top shelf.” David , Leighton Buzzard View all 57 real customer reviews

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57 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
99% of people recommend it.

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All purchasers (57)
Appearance/Style9.3
Cable management6.7
Ease of setting up6.6
Shelf space9.4
Value for money (at time of purchase)8.2
Overall rating8.6
DIY novice (1)
Other (56)
 

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David , Leighton Buzzard

Score 8.0/10

+ Good looking and solid stand. Good cable management below the top shelf.

- Feet are "hollow", making them ok for solid floors, but moving the stand is very difficult on carpet.
Screen rotation is limited to 20 degrees either side of the pivot.
Despite the appearance, the cable management provision in the hollow rear middle leg does not extend above the top shelf.
The holes in the "universal" screen fixing brackets do not fit the standard VESA vertical hole pitch of 10cm.

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 Jan 2008

Neil, London

Score 9.0/10

+ Very sturdy and well made. Rock solid. Piano black shelves look great with my 40" Sony LCD.

- Had a few troubles putting it together - got a few critical bits upside down towards the end. Managed to do it single handed although it says it requires 2. Cable management is OK but doesn't continue up to the TV.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Aug 2008

Milun , Colchester

Score 9.0/10

+ Acres of shelf space, looks & feels sturdy. Solved the old problem of having my YV, Hi-Fi units all over the place.

- Took 2 people 2 hours to assemble. Instructions could be clearer. Have seen some other makes that looked more elegant, but with insufficient shelf space.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 10 Jan 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ It's solid! Weighs more than the TV, feels very sturdy. Secure, too - nobody's pinching the TV without an allen key!

- Cables are nicely managed up the back, but there's no management between the top shelf and the TV. Okay if you've got something to hide them (I've got a speaker sitting on the top shelf) but otherwise you'll need velcro straps or similar to tidy things up.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 24 Jul 2008

James, Cork

Score 8.0/10

+ Great Shelf space, it can hold just about everything.
The fact you can rotate your screen is really good.

- Instructions are poor.
I was missing a few pages.
Took forever to put it together, but was worth the time.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Jan 2009

June, Bristol

Score 8.0/10

+ looks good and the viewing angle can be changed for all to view the plasma tv.

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 20 Aug 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ The overall looks of unit when a TV is added. Fairly easy to assemble. Value for money.

- Bit tricky when making the frame work for the back of the TV but apart from that,nothing.

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purchased 11 Sep 2007

Amanda, Leicestershire

Score 10.0/10

+ We are over the moon with the appearance, set up and quality of the product and would reccommend it to anybody.

- We are yet to find any.

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purchased 03 Dec 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Sturdy, Excellent shelf space without appearing cluttered, Fantastic ability to swivel TV screen, Looks great.

- Could do with better cable management from the TV screen swivel mount. But certainly not enough of an issue to regret the purchase.

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purchased 03 Dec 2007

Michael, Swindon

Score 9.0/10

+ Apart from the trusted good design and quality being an Alphason product, the best aspect by far is the excellent swivel mechanism. Not only does it easily hold my 42" plasma, but the range of movement is perfect to suit the different seating positions in a living room that forces the need for the TV to be in a corner.

- There are a lot of components that needs some close attention before starting to put the stand together. It is also heavy and is best put together by 2 people.

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purchased 27 Dec 2007

Mick, Burnley

Score 8.0/10

+ beautifull appearance. very sturdy. simple to construct.

- cable management could be better

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purchased 06 Dec 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ It is beautiful and holds our 42 inch screen securely.

- Number of parts to set up. Instructions could be better.

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purchased 27 Dec 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Well built, solid, very good looking

- Took a while to assemble as lots of bits and quite challenging

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purchased 11 Apr 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Excellent product. I was a bit aprehensive about putting this together after reading other reviews who suggested it was too complicated. However, I found the instructions clear and easy to follow (albeit there are lots of parts). Does need two people for parts of the assembly as it is heavy. Looks fantastic

- I was disapointed with the limited 'swivel' - which is only about 20 degrees from centre. Attacking the offending piece of metal with a Dremel soon sorted this out !!

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purchased 16 Jul 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ Excellent design and goes well with my Samsung LE40A656

- If you dont follow the instructions closely you will driver yourself mad. ;-)

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purchased 24 Jul 2008

Jim, Motherwell

Score 8.0/10

+ Good sturdy table which is relatively easy to build and looks good.

- Cable management is not the best.

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purchased 23 Jul 2008

John, Aberdeen

Score 9.0/10

+ looks great and very sturdy! Suprisingly the tv looks much bigger on stand than when wall mounted. I very pleased with it - Great quality!

- Instructions are rubbish! I think you get standard bits for neumerous stand types as i had more spare screws and nuts left over than i used to assemble the unit!

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purchased 14 Aug 2008

Sam, Edgware Middlesex

Score 7.0/10

+ Shelf space & style is very good & attractive.

- Time consuming to set up & not easy to identify the varioou screws ,nuts, bolts & washers. Cable management is not very user friendly

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purchased 21 Sep 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Sturdy good looking stand

- Instructions a bit misleading, could be clearer.

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purchased 24 Sep 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 5.0/10

+ the unit looks ok, .

- the instructions for putting the thing together were a joke I am practically minded but you would need to be an apprenticed trained fitter to put this thing together in less than several hourse

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purchased 23 Sep 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 7.0/10

+ Style - this item looks fantastic! It's great to have the plasma 'floating' over the main shelf.

- Assembly - it's not as bad as some people make out, but does require a good couple of hours and a methodical approach.

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purchased 08 Oct 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ looks very nice and good quality

- instructions will drive you mad

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purchased 24 Sep 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Appearance and flexibility, ability to adjust height of screen.

- Cable management could be improved, I purchased a black backboard to hide the cables at the rear of the unit.

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purchased 07 Sep 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Good looking. easy build and of good quality.

- cable management is poor.

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purchased 02 Dec 2008

Brian, Sutton Coldfield

Score 10.0/10

+ Good Solid Unit

- None

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purchased 31 Mar 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Reviewer left no comment

- no real cable management, would have been nice for Alphason to incorporate something from the top of the TV mount all the way down to the base to run cables down from the TV to the shelves.

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purchased 11 Apr 2009

Gary, Wallsend

Score 8.0/10

+ swivel feature allows tv to be viewed around the room. There is plenty of shelf space for home theatre equipment or DVD storage. I found it easy to assemble, but the screws were not always clearly identifiable.

- No access for cables through the top glass shelf.

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purchased 31 Aug 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ solid quality products that appears to be made to last - looks good too!!

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 10 Sep 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser , “blu-ray fan”

Score 9.0/10

+ The stand looks amazing when you get it all together. Alphason were very helpful when we had problems putting the stand together.

- Instructions are long, a bit fiddly to put together, lots of bolts, screws left over at the end/

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purchased 29 Jun 2008

Dave, South Godstone , “New to home cinema”

Score 9.0/10

+ Very attractive with silver columns and black glass. Blends well with Sky HD box and mixture of silver & black cinema components to match. (Advised not to get them all in black finish).

- Perhaps extra thought by me on cable management (not yet re-visted). Cables can be run up the rear column to almost top shelf level.

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purchased 28 Jan 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Proud ADP3/96 Owner”

Score 9.0/10

+ Looks great and has the most shelf space of any unit in this style I could find.

- Definately a 2 man construction! Some of the parts were mis-labled in the instructions, but could easily be sorted out with a bit of common sense. Cable management is only in the shelf space.

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purchased 04 Nov 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Really robust, really nice looking and excellent storage and cable management. The best thing about it is the "adjustability" of the cantilever - any TV size could fit on here at a really wide range of heights off the ground there are that many possible permutations for adjustment.

- Very heavy (but that's what makes it so robust I guess!) and complicated to assemble. There were three adults assembling it and the two guys struggled with the weight on occassions and the gal (who was relied on for common sense interpretation of the instructions) also struggled on occasions. Also, unladen this thing is heavy, fully laden it is immensely heavy. And the provided feet would make it impossible to move. We bought furniture glider feet from Homebase which fit into the legs perfectly and mean you can actually move the stand, otherwise forget it!

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purchased 28 May 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Looks great. Well made and very solid. Cable management is OK, but not enough to hide a 4 gang socket with plugs installed.

- A 2 man job most of the way through. My advice is to make VERY sure you keep each individual bag of bits (and there are hundreds) separate as it makes the whole assembly much easier to manage.

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purchased 18 Jul 2008

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Product Features

Material Glass
Compatible TV Size 40
Compatible TV Size 26
Compatible TV Size 28
Compatible TV Size 37
Compatible TV Size 32
Type Stand
Colour Black
Number of Shelves 3
Max. Holding Weight (kg) 40
Height in mm 449
Width in mm 1100
Depth in mm 495
Cable Management Yes
Release Date 9 May 2007

Also known as: AlphasonADP396-BLACK, Alphason ADP3-96-PB, Alphason Universal, Alphason 'AD, Alphason ADP3 96 PB, Alphason ADP3/96PB, ALPHASON ADP3/96

 

Manufacturer's Description

Unique flat panel pivot assembly precision engineered to a high standard complete with universal fixing bracket for up to 50” Plasma and LCD screens. Optimum viewing position guaranteed with angle of adjustment left to right in excess of 40°.


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