Comments on: Pop-up TV

By: Infinity Auto Insurance

Infinity Auto Insurance — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 15:15:53 +0000

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By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:11:20 +0000

Chris: I disagree. The box stores not just your TV but also some components, just like any entertainment center. But it has the advantage that (a) you don’t have to look at your TV when it’s not in use and (b) dropping the TV down to floor level frees up wall space for some lovely art. It’s really the same as any TV armoire that hides your electronics, except it is not a towering monolith, which will make your room appear much more open.

However, I agree with Faculties about the flat top being useless yet attracting clutter. They should have made the top sloped to head off the temptation.

Disclaimer: I wouldn’t buy this myself; it’s too expensive for its purpose, and as a guy who lives alone, I don’t mind having my giant TV visible.

By: nk

nk — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 01:01:19 +0000

OK, never mind — I just can’t read.

By: nk

nk — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 00:58:37 +0000

It looks like it’s backwards — if that were in a bed’s footboard, to watch the TV, the cabinet doors would be lodged against the bed and unable to be opened. Good thing they’re still prototyping although I think this is cool.

By: chris

chris — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 22:28:26 +0000

So you buy a flat screen TV, and hide its sleek 5″ depth in a box that’s about as deep as a regular TV? Considering the only thing you can put on, or in, the box is said flat TV, this seems more like a unitasker to me.

By: Faculties

Faculties — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 20:02:47 +0000

What are the chances that people would not put a lot of junk on the top that would have to be removed every time you wanted to watch TV? How many flat surfaces in your house have nothing on them? I’d bet most of the enormous TV-hiding apparatus gets left open all the time anyway. And what’s the deal with hiding the TV? It seems like just an excuse to sell new stuff to me. People aren’t hyper about hiding their computers. Why the mania to hide something so big that’s used so often?

By: Reg Tait

Reg Tait — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:51:15 +0000

Very good for us Brits who want to evading paying our Television License. We can press the ‘hide’ button when the inpectors come banging on the door.

By: Kris

Kris — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:32:34 +0000

We don’t have a TV in the bedroom and I actually bought a cabinet to cover the flat screen we have on the wall in the living room. It hides the TV but still looks kind of goofy, at least to me. I’m going to show my husband the lift mechanism. We have a nice cabinet that would work well for this and he’s handy so could definitely install it. Thanks for this great idea!

By: Dan Gendreau

Dan Gendreau — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:29:13 +0000

I still think a DLP front projector is the best all around option. A projector can be hidden away on top of a shelf in your living room and you can use any white wall as your screen.

Business class projectors are reasonably priced, produce a larger screen, and are much cheaper than plasma or LCD TVs.

By: Joyful Abode

Joyful Abode — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:53:33 +0000

That is VERY neat… I am not a fan of TVs in the bedroom either, but it would be nice to have such a sleek hidden TV in the living room.