Alphason Ambri ABR1100-LO Reviews: Brown Wood TV Cabinet for for 50" TVs TVs

+ Solid construction and easy to put together.

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+ Good looking solid product with loads of space. I have a PS3, PS2, Sky+ box, DVD player and Video in there and there is room for more. It's taking the weight of a 50" Panasonic with ease, and there's still room for my son to climb up onto it ;-)

- Ventilation could be better as it seems pretty warm in there with all the AV equipment on but that might be characteristic of all enclosed cabinets.

+ LOOKS STYLISH AND LIKE A PIECE OF FURNITURE.COMPLIMENTS PERFECTLY MY OAK BOOKCASES

- THREADING CABLES THROUGH HOLES A BIT AWKWARD.

+ solid build, price, quility item

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+ Good quality product. Easy to build up.

- Could have been a bit taller

+ Excellent design, well implemented. Lots of room and great to use

- Not really a bad point, more of a comment, but it was a fairly complex DIY construction job to build.

+ brilliant unit if you have young children, keeps everything out of reach and also looks a lot tidier when all the usual sky, ps3, dvd etc are all tucked away.

- haven't found any yet!!

+ Excellent quality throughout, stylish and value for money.

- Everyone comments on the cabinet rather than the new TV I purchased which 4 x the amount - oh and the hernia I nearly got from moving the box when it was delivered into the lounge - wow was it heavy

+ Very good looking and practical.
would recommend.

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+ very smart modern piece of furniture which sits a 40" tv comfortably.

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+ Excellent quality. Easy to build, with good instructions

- Cable mgmt holes at back of unit need to be bigger. This would also help air-flow around the cabinet

+ very good quality tv cabinet

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+ Looks stylish, keeps the equipment dust free and looks well made

- Getting the equipment connected is a problem. I left the back off which also aids ventilation

+ Looks great, nice design and perfect height/size.

- Would have been better if the back could be removed after construction to help make it easier to get the equipment connected and keep the cables coming out the back tidy.

+ It it is very good quality.We looked for ages for a decent oak cabinet which was on wheels so could be moved around to change the angle of our TV if neceessary.. We have the sky box, video, dvd player and the wii all fitted in nicely.

- My kids sometimes leave the front down when they are changing the wii game and so it is a bit vulnerable if you have people prancing around your lounge and they leave the glass flap down.

+ well it's nearly perfect, basically.

- Needs dust barriers on cable access points

+ Looks, ease of assembly, practicality.

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+ easy to build, looks good

- surface looks a little grubby easily!

+ Stylish and excellent build quality.

- Rear cable access could be better

+ Good quality, nice size.

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+ Sleek, good looking unit. Superb quality.

- I can't think of any.

+ stylish

- difficult accessing the back of components

+ looks awsome, hides cables and keeps the kids away!!

- Not very deep so scart leads can cause a problem with lack of space.

+ Strong looking

- Flat pack

+ Sturdy construction

- Too large; impossible to assemble; instructions awful; too fiddly with tiny holes in the bacl. My husband nearly divorced me over having to put this together.

+ Easy to put together (even by yourself). Very solid when assembled.Clean modern lines. Fronts drop down with dampened mechanism enhancing the overall quality. The heavy glass shelves are unobtrusive which suits the overall effect.

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+ stylish

- too small in height

+ Nice finish, solid and well constructed

- Cable management could be better and glass front should be slightly tinted

+ looks good

- expensive

+ stable and attractive

- very heavy and can be difficult to move

+ it is just what i was looking for... a hi fi unit with a glass door

- the holes for the door brackets where not in the correct place and had to be re drilled.

+ looks stylish and holds all the equipment.

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+ love the slow open/close - stops little fingers getting stuck and bigger fingers slamming the door!

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+ Nice looking versatile piece of furniture

- A bit of a challenge to self assemble. Complicated instructions

+ everything

- nothing except could be longer for more storrage

+ Very neat. Looks smart with the other lounge furnture Keeps all those machines away from little fingers.

- Takes time to build but once done you have a smart soldly built piece of furniture

+ Very modern and slim line for a small apartment/space - good space inside for equipment

- none so far!

+ The main good point about this product if its appearance, its absolutley beautful and with my 50 inch plasma on top it looks great.

- My main gripe is with the openings at the back to get your cables through I have a Sky HD box and a PS3 and trying to get all the cables through was a challenge to say the least.

+ Looks good, opening glass panel can be set to be very slow and stiff, which is good if you have small kids around

- not all the panels were the same colour, definite variations.

+ Looks good and solved my space problems , generally happy.

- The turn type screws for locking the cabinet together leave the unit a bit wobbly and you are unable to tighten them up further

+ Quality is very good & had excellent shelf space

- The front door panel is very heavy and wide, a smaller door front might be more manageable, but this would needa design change & is only a minor observation.

+ looks good and quality is excellent

- the plastic glass holders in the door slightly awkward to fit

+ We were looking for a cabinet with a glass door on the front to stop our baby playing with the DVD and sky equipment and this TV stand ticked all of the boxes for us. We also wanted something quite modern to fit in with our other furniture. We are really pleased with this product and the quick turn around time for receiving it.

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+ Sturdy well made quality piece of furniture. Would grace any front room.

- Cable management could be better with larger openings.

+ appearance
style
adaptability to fit to the wall

- shelf flexibility
no groove on rim at back of unit for cables to come out when unit is tight against wall

+ Great stand, well constructed with quality components. Easily assembled.

- Not quite deep enough fit my denon receiver (my fault for not considering added depth of the cables sticking out of the back of the receiver), but with a bit of jigsawing of the back panel everything was fine.

+ STYLE QUALITY OF FINISH AND FITTINGS EASE OF ASSEMBLY

- RAW EDGE OF M.D.F CORE IN GLAZED OPENING

+ all positive really pleased with this product as it was the colour of the wood we needed to match the rest of our furniture

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+ stylish,good to have everythiung contained behind glass and not on show

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+ Good looking and well built, just the piece of furniture for my precious plasma !
Loads of space for kit and cable managment very easy - so much better than the usual stands where the cables look a right mess whatever you try - makes the room so much better

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+ Stylish, good height. Modern look but with classic oak finish.

- Not enough ventilation, equipment (PS3) tends to get very hot inside the cabinet, so have to leave the door open.

+ Looks good, excellent quality and does what it's supposed to.

- When satelite reciever is inside and door closed the control is sparadic. Seems to block remote signal.

+ Solid and stylish unit.
Easy to build

- PS3 gets very hot if door keps closed

+ Good design. practical and usable

- Heavy to assemble, drop down door is wrong it should lift.If you leave it down it could get trodden on.

+ Functional, stylish, easy to assemble.

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+ looks fanmtastic
plenty of room for sky box, games consoles etc
great price

- cables not easy to get at once everything is in place

+ Well constructed and reasonably compact storage for boxes and support for TV. Easy to assemble.

- A bit disappointed by the matching of the veneer on the ends of the top & bottom panels. Bad enough to matter in some locations

+ very attractive and solid. A very good peice of furniture.

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+ easy to assemble,looks good and value for money

- not enough space for cables but would be fine for majority of customers just i have a lot of hi fi and audio equiptment to house,thats why i bought two!

+ It is not black!
Solid smart unit with glass front to deter dust.

- Rear cable exit holes too small (my hands are not big).

+ Straightforward instruction set enabling ease of assemblance. Cables all kept tidy with rear exit holes accommodating connectivity to TV, plugs etc. Solid, sturdy and looks good!

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+ Build quality, look.

- A bit of a fiddle fitting the door hinges, but only a minor bad point.

+ I didn't even realise it did gentle self closing. Too smooth!
A Wii fits nicely in the centre shelves.
Our 6 month old daughter can no longer vandalise all our home entertainment stuff and thanks to the glass door we can still use the remotes without the self defeating exercise of having to open the door.

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+ Looks great, and the glass front stops dust whilst allowing IR remote controls to work. The door opening and closing is really cool as it operates on a damper and spring so it won't crash open or slam shut. Also it will self close the last few centimeters which looks great. The interior capacity is really good too; I have AV amp, LD player, DVD player, BlueRay and Humax Digital TV HHD boxes in mine and there is also space in the middle for the Wii.

- Cable ports at the back are a bit small which makes cable management rather fiddly.

+ This cabinet looks and feels like a quality product. I spent a lot of time searching for a TV cabinet to suit my requirements before I decided on this one, and I didn't find anything else for a similar price that would rival this - it is excellent value for money. In my experience you would have to spend more than double to get anything any where near this standard. The cabinet looks fantastic too. I did read some reviews prior to ordering, and many of them said that the holes at the back were too small for the cables. I think this design problem may have been rectified recently, as I found the holes to be more than adequate to accommodate cabling for my sky box and DVD sound surround system.

- If there was one problem, I would say that it was in following the first few instructions for putting it together. This was because the actual pieces didn't match those on the printed booklet. However, I think this was due to another improvement that has been made, which is that vents have now been put in the base (I presume in response to feedback that the cabinet could get quite hot), and as there were no pieces with vents on the printed instructions, it took me a few minutes to work out which was the top & which was the base. Once 'I'd worked that one out, I put the cabinet together fairly quickly.

+ Really easy to build up. Nice sturdy piece of kit.

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+ It is an attractive modern piece of furniture that does look good quality

- Was quite fiddly to put together and be would more useful if you could fit more DVD's on the shelves. Perhaps make it slightly higher to allow more depth on the shelves.

+ Fairly easy to set up and looks great. Doesn't show the dust like a glass one!

- Cable management not very good, Main shelves just not quite wide enough - hinge scrapes side of AV AMP.

+ Very well made and fits together perfectley

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+ Excellent product easy to assemble but takes a little time

- none I can think of

+ Piece of cake to put together, and an extremely well made cabinet that looks gorgeous once assembled.
Space is good too, with adjustable glass shelves, although there is once caveat - see bad points.
I've seen mention of heat and ventilation issues, which I had some problems with at first as I had my AV amp and Sky HD box on top of each other, but shuffling them around so they are opposite sides seems to have completely solved that problem. Pretty much kiddy and kitty proof!!

- Be careful of the internal measurements as they don't take into account the width of the hinge mechanism, and probably knock about 1.5 cms off the width, which can make fitting a full size amp in a bit of a tight squeeze. My Denon 1910 JUST fits.
If you're running component AV rather than HDMI you may find the sheer bulk of cables a problem for the cable management slots, but HDMI is fine.

+ looks good

- shelves were a bit narrow for my amp, but it did squeeze in

+ Good build quality and fairly straightforward to assemble.
Clear assembly instructions.
The final result looks good and suits my requirements very well.

- An extra 5mm width in the wider shelves would have been a significant advantage when it came to placing traditional standard-size (44cm width) hi-fi separates on them. They are fractionally too wide to fit alongside the hinge assemblies of the front door, so they had to be placed 5cm further back on the shelves, which means that access to them is not quite ideal.

+ Easy to build, fits with any decor and looks the TV look great!

- A little expensive.

+ High quality components used in construction and overall build quality. Stylish appearence.

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+ Styllish and well made.

- nothing. Exactly as expected

+ Sturdy feeling, good looking. I could set it up alone with no trouble at all. Good value for money.

- It could be a bit more deep and the spaces a bit wider considering newer, bigger devices. I had to cut the back panel, because my AV receiver wouldn't fit. Heat and cable management could also be better (it's only two holes in the back, and when the ps3 is on I have to open the front door so it doesn't heat too much).

+ SERVES ITS PURPOSE

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+ Looks nice and was easy 2 assemble.

- This item is already scratched after only a couple of weeks, even the use of a soft sponge seemed to scratch this item. It also needs dusted every day but now only use the cloth that came along with my tv as its the only way i can clean it with out scratching it.

+ very good design and good value for money

- could not fault this cabinet would recomend it to anyone

+ Simple classis design, adequate space for various component items and associated cabling.

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+ classy and easy to assemble - well made.

- shelf is narrow for amp.

+ looks great, good quality

- thought it would pre assembled for the price

+ Looks great and has a quality feel to it.

- The unit does not need to be so deep seeing as it is made for thin plasma/LCD TV's, would therefore take up less room space.

+ Looks good and no problems at all

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