Alphason Apex APX50/4-B Reviews: Black Glass TV Stand for for 50" TVs TVs

+ Looks Stunning
Easy to erect
Adjustable height

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+ it is a good product enough shelfing for all your other electrical products to go on and the cable tidy is an excellent ideal.

- it needs to be ajustable height for the tv. i do find that the tv on the stand is quite low.

+ This is actually an attractive piece of furniture, far better than the usual cabinet type tv stand. It is not a bulky piece of furniture that overpowers the room hence the emphasis is on the tv.

- Tricky to put together, actually took quite a few hours! Would also be better if it stood a little higher so that it really did look as though the tv was hung on the wall.

+ sleek, unique and uncommon

- not quite flushed to the wall as i thought it might be from the picture so the cables are still showing at the back

+ Very robust/sturdy - looks good. Very easy for anyone to move around and also easy to twist the angle of the TV screen. I would have ideally liked to put the TV on the wall but after much deliberation I realised I would only then be able to have the living room furniture in one position. As we've drilled holes in each corner of the room for Sky access this stand's ideal as it's easy to move, as it's on wheels, into a different position whenever we choose...

- Cable management doesn't hide as much as I'd like it too could do with being a bit deeper to include more cables but it does enclosed the four/six gang plug which hides the majority of the ugly thick leads...

+ Very solid, sturdy poduct, well engineered and stylish.

- A pity the TV has to sit to the front of the stand, if it could sit back it would improve the appearance. We did not realise this when we ordered the stand.

+ Looks Great, well designed

- End Caps for shelf support legs don't always stay on

+ well made, easy to assemble.

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+ it is an excellent well made product & look great

- fiddly to assemble & cables can still be seen.

+ Sylish, value for money, sets off the TV, clean

- Assembly took about 90 minutes

+ Looks fantastic, the swivel is very smooth and does not require much energy, castors on the base make it easy to mopve around too.

- Tricky to put the shelves together and the glass shelves move if you are not careful when putting things on them and setting up the cables

+ The ALPHASON APX50/4-B shelfing system looks fantastic and has tonnes of space for all your appliances. Everyone will comment on this!!

- When you empty the box, you feel like theres a million parts, I would definately recommend you familiarise yourself with all the parts in advance of attempting anything!! The cable management is adequate enough for a 4 socket extension lead, however a number of my appliances had the bigger 'transformer' type plugs. Until manufacturers limit their cables [i.e. my stereo has two plugs!] you will always struggle to hide the cabels!

+ Space on top shelf for a large amp, Strorage good, Looks great.

- Maybe a little expensive, Takes a while to setup although instructions are very good.

+ Style and practical aspect are excellent looks super in our lounge we had spent weeks and weeks trying to find the correct stand it really fits the bill.

- cable management cound be a little better

+ Looks great, easy to build, strong and functional. I have a 6gang plug socket in the cable tidy area easily with coiled up cables as well. Great unit.

- The covers for the shelf supports do make the lower shelf smaller than you would think, but if you dont have large items - amp etc then its not an issue.

+ Very robust.
Very well packaged.
Shelf space is good.
Excellent build quality in all parts.
Good instructions with no missing parts :-)

- Cable management only allows for the small 4-way sockets NOT as often is used with AV equipment the larger surge protection type etc. Takes a fair amopunt of time to build, not complicated but time consuming.
NOT the most sleek and stylish IMHO.
Shelf space *may* be too much for some folks, they do protrude quite a bit from the centre pillar, but I`m being a bit picky there as more shelf space would of course mean larger shelves, DOH.

+ Looks excellent and the 'floating' glass shelves are classy.
I'm no DIY but easy to assemble and I had no parts left over!

- couldn't hide all my cables and being a Scotsman thought it on the higher end of the price scale

+ Nice design

- Pherhaps not enough space for the four way and different stlyes of plugs

+ Fantastic unit, really does hide all the cables, absolutely nothing shows. Really pleased with it and I am a girl and I put it together !!!!!

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+ looks great & plenty of space for equipment. Other feedback complained about lack of space in the cable management area, but we didn't find this was a problem. My husband's pretty good at assembling kits, so didn't have too many problems putting the stand together - took him about 1 1/2 hours.

- Identifying which bolt is which might not be so easy for someone who doesn't have much experience of DIY or self-assembly kits.

+ Good comments from friends and family on looks of stand, good shelf space and very stable for heavy av equipment. Cable management is limited but should be ok for most.

- Assembly could be so much easier if screw bags were tagged A,B, C etc. Instead its trial and error which screws and bolts are the tight ones.
Also stand has no horizontal adjustment.

+ Once it has been set up this stand is very sturdy, mobile due to the casters and allows easy swiveling of the TV through a wide range. It looks gorgeous in my living room set up with my 46" Sammy.

- Package is very heavy so make sure you have it delivered or have some help otherwise if necessary. The TV sits very forward on the stand so you need to have a decent sized room or an alcove to accommodate it. Not really a bad point - I set up the TV myself - took 3 hours with the kids running about. Key thing is to sort out the screws etc before you start off.

+ Excellent cable management, sleek design with quality build.

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+ Looks pretty good! Set-up wasn't too bad but could have been better. Like the rollers under the base, it's still heavy to move but at least it's possible.

- The instructions didn't make it clear that the huge array of screws etc were packaged seperately - it was very diffuclt to be certain at first which were the required fixings for the current step. Cable management is awkward, although looks OK when done. Having a 50" tv on it has meant that it leans forward slightly, the adjustment is insufficient to correct this.

+ THE STAND MATCHES THE PANASONIC TV VERY WELL AND THAT MAKES THE WHOLE SYSTEM UNIT UNIQUE

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+ For me the stand is as good as the tv if not better, extremely stylish and a talking point , believe it or not

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+ A four leged table would have taken up too much space in my lounge, so the design of this unit is fantastic with its strong central support base. It is a very good compact but spacious stand taking up minimal floor space. The swivel flat screen support bracket is a great additional design feature. Because this stand forms a major focal point complete with my flat screen in my lounge it had to look great and it does.

- I can't find any at present.
The assembly instructions could do with some re-design. I managed and so will you.

+ solid piece of kit, well made

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+ Solid and very pretty

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+ quite appealing

- complicating in setting up

+ Great style, looks best in black. Holds a heavy 50 inch plasma with ease. Easy to keep clean, and can hold a six plug extension lead in it's base.

- Lifting the heavy box up the stairs!

+ style and ease of movement

- Having to hammer the shelf supports into the stand

+ excellent in look.it is exactly what we wanted. tremendous replacement of wall mounting

- cable management is not that great.

+ style and class

- cable manegement not really sufficient for 5 products

+ Solid build quality and good cable managment

- Adjusting or re-adjusting TV height not easy

+ Looks, Build quality

- Time it took to build, Doesn't hide all the bables round the back, Space for the power plug isn't wide enough

+ Looks great... sleek and subtle, yet immensely stylish
Plenty of shelf space for all your AV gear
Cables hidden away in the central column for a tidy look

- Takes a few hours to put together

+ Attractive - clean, modern look. Swivel feature for the television monitor is perfect for our lounge layout.

- Assembly. Once you can manage to get the plastic support pieces for the glass shelves over the metal bars, assembly becomes easier.

+ It is a good robust stand which is nicely styled and constructed. It's reasonably easy to put together.

- I think the shelves are a bit wide and this makes the whole stand and tv sit out from the wall. I think it is probably down to the balance of the whole stand, which is obviously crucial. What I find odd is that now I've got a plasma flaltscreen tv with enough space behind it to have a CRT tv. Maybe it will grow on me.

+ Style, solidity, fantastic quality and finish

- not too easy to assemble and is very heavy

+ Nice product, Easy to set up. Certainly would recommend to friends

- The cable management is poor. Not enough room to install all of the cables from dvd sat and ps3.

+ Very very impressed

- Took a while to work it all out as diagrams and descriptions are not overly clear

+ stylish, not overwhelming,well-built

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+ Very practical and good looking

- A little expensive

+ Modern, stylish, looks the part, would suit every make of telly, very functional

- cable management space is a bit limited which is a shame as the central support tube is quite large but not used effectively for hiding the cables. The styling does make up for this.

+ good build quality easy assembly looks fantastic plenty of shelf space and easy manouvering

- cant think of any only slightly high price

+ stylish and modern and easy to clean

- could have more space in the central column for cables

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- the only bad point is the tv seems to leen a little forward...

+ the Plasma tv sits in angle. looking at the TV is is not siting paralell

- tv stand is not parelell

+ looks great

- not that easy to put together .p.s you could number screw packets better.

+ The product looks 'chic'

- Pins and screws are not properly labelled which setting up a nightmare. Requires more space and probably socket points for cable management.

+ Plenty of shelf space for all your auxilliaries

- difficult to get TV perfectly level

+ An excellent well engineeredand aesthetically pleasing product that fitted perfectly in the allocated space.

- You need an Engineering Degree and a lot of patience to assemble the unit - but worth it in the end.

+ Very stylish and compliments any flat screen tv

- Maybe could have had longer mounting bolts for tv

+ Very good, modern and practical design. Has a visual affect of small footprint in practice as there are no legs at each end but a very stable pedestal in the middle.

- The cable management is not as good as one hoped for but I don't think given the constraints of the narrowness of the central support it could be a lot better. During the assembly the mixture of the bolts was a bit confusing and it would make life a lot easier if each kind of bolts were separately packed and give the title of a, b ,c etc coupled with equivalent labelling in the assembly instructions. Otherwise it was not difficult...

+ Elegant, spacious

- assembly. lack of useful instructions

+ Good quality and stylish.

- Many different pieces to use when constructing it sometimes causing confusion: "which screw type do I need now?". It takes a long time to construct it.

+ The stand is not too 'much in your face'. It is easy to manouvre the unit on the castors which is great for centrering the screen when using surround sound.

- You have to take TV off the bracket to lower it which is a two person job.

+ Style, Usability

- Cost, Setup

+ Stylist, plenty of space and doesn't take up too much space.

- Is a two man job for putting together.

+ castors and swivel mount olso adjustable height

- lot of building not hard if your comptent

+ looks fantastic and is very sturdy

- took a few hours to assemble!

+ looks good

- cable tidy too small

+ Fantastic stand very well designed and easy to put together, shelf space is more than enough for all your AV equipment

- Maybe it is just me and not fastened something tightly enough, or my floor is not level.. but i find that my TV slants to one side (left). So i have had to move the TV over to the far right of the bracket to make it hang straight (or as close as i could possibly get it)

+ Good strong unit, looks great but has a high price to it.

- cable management

+ aesthetic, space saving, practical, TV well positioned.

- In asembly appeared to be a mixture of metric and imperial dimensions. We had to modify to get fit to the Panasonic TV.

+ Looks modern and stylish.

- Very difficult to get the tv straight. Had to use wedges to straighten the tv. Could do with a slot near the back of the shelves under which the cables could be managed. Compartment for power supply is too small, would be better with an integrated multi-socket. Would be better if a large 50" TV could be hung higher as the bottom of the tv covers some of the design features and gives limited space for the top shelf. My uncle bought the same stand and has same issues with hanging tv straight.

+ Excellent good looking piece of kit that amply covers my requirements for an integrated entertaiment centre.

- Not convinced about the cable storage. I have 4 pieces of equipment as well as the TV and it is a struggle to contain all the cable involved

+ The most stable TV stand I've seen. Very robust but with smooth, silent movement. Superbly built & packaged ; everything fits perfectly snug without any need to use force. Just allow 1 to 1.5 hours to build it properly as there are a lot of parts ... but it is worth the effort !

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+ Well packaged, good design, lots of shelf space.

- Tv mounting point could do to be placed further back so the tv dosnt sit as far forward.

+ Stunning appearance which moves easily on our wood block floor. Quality build and overall very pleased with purchase.

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+ A very nice stand, easily assembled, lots of shelf space

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+ Fantastic product and really adds a feature to the room,high tech and stylish looking without being a techno anarak

- maybe a bigger cable management tray would add benefit

+ Looks, Easy to move aroun, Swivel feature

- More room fo cables would be better, A bit difficult to put together for an amatuer

+ Very easy to set up - takes a bit of time but the build instructions are clear.
The stand looks very stylish. Althought it is heavy and so not easily moved, the stand swivels from side to side so the TV can easily be turned if you wish to adjust the angle at which you view the screen.
In my view an excellent product and we are very glad we found the website and purchased the stand.

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+ well engineered,looks stunning and swivel action makes it easy to get to connections on tv.

- shelves slightly deeper than expected. takes 90 mins to assemble

+ stylish appearance

- could do with bit more space for cable management

+ looks good, reasonably easy to set up about right height

- none yet

+ Look good

- Shelves are too wide, hence takes up much more space than I originally envisaged.

+ Stylish. Strong. Easy to move when cleaning. Well designed.

- Can't think of any.

+ Once assembled the product looks stylish and robust.

- The assembly instructions and/or the packets of screws etc were poorly labelled and left too much to conjecture.

+ There are no diferences beetween the catalogue and the reality.

- I have not found bad points

+ A stylish & contemporary stand that would suit a modern house.
The stand can be positioned in a corner or in the middle of a straight walled room. When the stand is positioned in a corner the TV can be turned to the desired viewing position.
Good assembly instructions.
The overall measurements of the stand are large, however, the open shelf design gives the illusion of a smaller stand.

- Takes considerable amount of time to sort out the nuts and bolts, would be much easier if the nuts & bolts weer packaged in seperate bags and labelled.
The glass panels are too wide and long. Modern day AV units are narrower and don't weigh much, so, no need for big shelves. The wider shelves prevents the stand being pushed flush agains corner walls.
Also, cables from the AV units are visible.

+ From the moment I assembled it and the new TV was delivered, I have received nothing but compliments about the stand. IT oozes style and fits perfectly into the corner of the front room.

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+ Very Stylish, easy to assemble, excellent value for money, easy to move around even on carpet. Not at all bulky or dark as a table type set-up would be. Surprisingly stable. Very well made. An excellent design. Would be a good idea to have mains sockets built into the cable verical stand, I fitted a 4-way lead in mine.

- The glass shelves could be narrower front to back to allow the stand to sit nearer to the wall