Alphason Sona HES42/3-B Reviews: Black Wood TV Stand for for 42" TVs TVs

+ Looks a little different, appearing modern yet stylish. The shelf space is ideal for my particular equipment, a Virgin V+ box plus a Bose Lifestyle system. The finish and colour also perfectly matches my Panasonic Viera plasma, and the height of the unit is ideal for my particular circumstances.

- There is no cable management at all ( if the base panel was hollow you could feed all the cables inside), and the veneer on the wood panels look as if they might start coming away after a few months of cleaning and dusting.

+ Looks very stylish and very different. The unit has had lots of good comments from visitors.

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+ it looks lovely and is good value for money

- nothing yet

+ Looks expensive, sturdy

- None as yet

+ Superb styling complements current flat screen TVs and also provides sufficient shelf space for the usual set-top box and DVD recorder/PVR.
I chose it primarily for its design and compact height which placed the centre of my 40" LCD screen at exactly eye level. It was quite easy to assemble and is reassuringly solid construction.

- With a central glass shelf it was difficult to hide all of the cables and I could really have used another two of the self adhesive plastic cable guides which were supplied. Two were needed for the TV cabling - but with additional items on the shelf, two extra cable guides would have made a big difference.
No other bad points; - it really is a lovely item of contemporary furniture which performs its function in a discrete manner.

+ Elegant and modern looking, stylish and expensive looking but at an affordable price. Lovely lines and contours, attractive on the eye - love it!!!

- Other than cables but you can never hide all cables really unless you trunk them. The thick columns of the unit do go some way in hiding them though. This 'problem' is totally outweighed by the reasons above anyway.

+ Looks fantastic and good value for the money

- Need to be careful building the unit and one of the threaded post wouldn't align properly, but sorted eventually

+ good looking

- no cable management. requires 2 persons for assembly. it is constructed upside down; quite risky when you turn it upside down.

+ stylish, modern...designer look, not bad for price.

- poor cable managmet , could look untidy if too much on it , eg sky box dvd player game console . slightly low...cant put nintendo wii console uprught due to shelf height

+ I like everything about this stand. It looks expensive and is a very good design. As the television is black predominately the whole image looks great.

- You must remember to dust following the "grain".
Difficult to assemble alone. Really needs two people.

+ Stylish
Looks very expensive
Well built & very well packaged

- No cable management

+ It is different - not the standard stuff you get in the high street

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+ Substantial stand that looks good

- Better cable management could hide cables more effectively

+ Very stylish. Colour co-ordinated to TV & accessories.

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+ sleek and beautiful! Solid and just really ties in nice with any black Plasma/Lcd

- cables just run everywhere!

+ Looks great up close ,the finish is really classy has a nice feel to it. I would recommend

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+ appearance and ease of assembly.

- My receiver will not fit in it. I have put it in another room where there is a smaller receiver.
If there was a similar but larger version available, I would be interested in purchasing same.

+ Sublime style and extremely good value.

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+ design and eye catching.

- no wire managemet

+ The only TV table we found that we liked and fitted in with our decor. It looks brilliant

- Absolutely none !!

+ Looks good, very solid construction.

- Come of the fittings (screws etc) are poor quality.

+ Modern looks and sturdy

- on the expensive side

+ Looks great

- No cable management

+ Great looking. Really funky.

- No cable management, but was not interested in that. Most are awful anyway.

+ Very Stylish, quality fit and finish, very easy to assemble.

- Its black = collects dust! Cable managment not too hot. Its heavy!

+ Very Stylish

- Nowhere to store cables

+ I think the product looks good and a bit unusual compared to a lot of other TV supports.

- Cable management could be better.

+ neat design smart appearance

- little tricky for one person to build but easy with two

+ excellent bit of kit looks really good with a 46 in samsung tv would definatley reccomend everyone whos been round to my house asks where did i get it

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+ Excellent space and looks.

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+ I'm really pleased with the product. It was very easy to put togeatherand looks really good with my tv. The unusual design always attracts comments.

- I would of prefered a smoother finish to the wood

+ Very well made & easy to set up.

- Very heavy and seems to attract an awful lot of dust!

+ everything!

- nothing!

+ Black panels match flat screen TV - glass panel adds lightness and interesting feature. Gliders aid moving unit for easy hoovering.

- No cable management. It would be good if the central column (made up of 2 pieces) could have a cable tidy column as part of the structure. As the unit is see-through all the wiring hanging down the back is unsightly - and is totally at eye-level when sitting watching the TV. It is obviously possible to add a separate cable tidy but there is no way to attach it to the central column so it can be hidden.

+ Stylish but unobtrusive

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+ its sexy, strong and looks quality

- was expensive

+ Very easy to assemble, all the components fit perfectly with each other and a really nice finish.

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+ Very pleased with this TV stand - it looks very attractive, solid build, was fairly easy to assemble, ample shelf space.

- Not much of a cable management system, quite heavy to move.

+ price matches its looks,easy to setup and solid once set up.

- lack of cable management.

+ Looks good and thought it was a great price.

- Poor/cheap laminate

+ very stylish, good price

- Could perhaps do with a 'back' so that the cables can not be seen

+ looks good and is very sterdy

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+ LOOKS GREAT AND FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD TO SET UP

- LOW DOWN, LACK OF CABLE MANAGEMENT

+ cheap! looks modern and very nice, looks much more expensive than it was, very pleased.

- there are cable fasteners included with the stand, but a bit difficult to make the cables look neat if you can see the stand from the side, if not its perfect. (we did manage to make it look good by hiding slack from the cables under the stand, but was a bit fiddly!)

+ Sleek, elegant design. Good quality materials. Fairly easy to assemble.

- Heavy! but can't be avoided with this design.
I had trouble screwing in one of the assembly pins

+ It's exactly what we expected. It's well made and robust.

- No cable trunking due to the styling.

+ suit with the samsung tvn. look beautiful. Natural and stabal.

- Heavy, Difficulty to clean down side, dust attractive.

+ Looks great, quality finish..

- Like everyone else.. no cable management at all

+ An extremely tasteful piece of furniture - looks fantastic and is functional.

- NONE!!

+ Looks nice. Very sturdy. A little bit different from the norm. Very happy with product. Glad I took the time to look around.

- Would be good if the product came with a weekly housekeeper who cleaned it - it does show the dust!

+ Modern & stylish stand, far better than many other stands on the market. Fits in well with existing furniture.

- Cable management isn't brilliant, but the centre division conceals most of the cables.

+ Once assembled it was exactly as it looked on the website. High polish wood finish is stylish. Sturdy and definately fit for purpose. 47" TV looks great on it.

- No cable management.

+ great style, can hold many items e.g. dvd player, sky box etc

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+ It's just perfect, stylish & slick makes a massive diference to the room

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+ Very strong; Solid wood construction; Appearance

- Cable management is terrible (comes with 2 stick on plastic hoops, which detach after 2 weeks).

+ Ease of assembly. Colour.

- Could possible do more to hide cables. Otherwise an excellent product.

+ modern, holds a lot,

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+ Superb modern looks which in my opinion, better match the black surrounds of my screen than a chrome/glass stand. Appears to be sufficiently substantial to give many years of use.

- Being black it shows every speck of dust. It is important to dust in the direction of the grain to prevent streaks. Although there is a cable management system, some cables are still on view because of the clear glass shelves. Although it would add to the dust problem I think these shelves would be better in black.

+ Exellent quality, looks amazing, The finnish on this unit stays practically dust free!!! .

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+ well built, looks great easy to assemble.would recommend

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+ Lovely, stylish to look at when its fully assembled and in use.

- Not wide enough between shelves. Only good for things like dvd players but not for speakers as they are too wide for the space. Perhaps the height of the whole product could be extended a bit as well as space between the shelves.

+ Stylish, sturdy, a bit different from many other tv stands

- Not much cable management built into the design

+ Trendy looking and stable

- Reviewer left no comment

+ looks good and different from all the rest

- poor cable management

+ Stylish appearance and reasonably good value for money.

- Reviewer left no comment

+ A well designed, stylish and modern piece of furniture that really complements the (Victorian) room it resides in. It would equally attractive in an ultra modern setting.

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