Jofran Hardwood Media Stand Black

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Functional, Attractive Media Unit
By R. Kovacs
I ordered the Jofran 272 Series Hardwood Media Unit/TV Stand in Black, by way of Amazon, from Cymax Stores of Vancouver, BC on December 6, 2010. It arrived 9 days later, including a 4 day delay at my request. The box was heavy sufficient (113 lb) to require two persons to get it into the house. Assembly took with regards to 2 hours with much of that time expended emptying the box and laying out the pieces.

I had chosen this peculiar TV stand after reviewing hundreds of them. It was the only one I found that met my desired specifications: shiny black finish, at least 24 inches tall, sliding doors (rare), and suitable for a 42 inch flat screen TV (there are when it comes to 5 inches to spare on either side).

The main pieces were protected in a lot of Styrofoam and soft material. Unfortunately, the bolts, washers and other hardware were contained in a flimsy plastic bag that was torn. I never did locate the hex wrench tool necessitated to tighten the special bolts; fortunately, I had another in my toolbox.

The manufacturer cleverly attached the sides to the front with hinges, which saved assemblage time. All the holes lined up pretty well, but installing the top was overly perplexed in my opinion–it required placing the heavy top down on 6 widely separated dowels while fitting the back into a groove cut into the top. It took a couple of tries–I even double-checked that the groove was wide sufficient to receive the thickness of the back. One of the dowels arrived smashed and I had to fabricate a substitute from existent wood dowel stock that I happened to have. One of the wooden mounting strips was rather seriously cracked, but it didn’t impair assembly.

Instructions were poor, which is somewhat typical for these furniture projects. I had to look very cautiously to determine the proper orientation of the key center support. The diagrams were decent, but compensate attention to where the dowels get inserted.

The black finish has a great deal of streaks of coffee or bronze; perhaps the paint was thinly used in those places or it’s done measuredly to make the stand appear “blacker than black.” Anyway, the stand does look shiny black and the imperfections(?) are not noticeable more than a foot or two away.

The sliding doors have wheels on the bottom that ride in parallel grooved tracks. Spring loaded cylinders fit the upper tracks. A handy locking feature at the back of the doors grant you to effortlessly reinsert the doors after cleaning the framed tempered glass. Removing the doors ought to require a simple lifting to get the cylinders to retract and concede you to swing the bottoms out; but this is trickier than it seems, since there is very little clearance for the wheels. The manufacturer affixed tape to the panes of glass for safety reasons, and after removing the tape I noticed a heap of adhesive left behind. Glass cleaner wouldn’t totally remove it in spite of three tries. I’ll have to locate my bottle of Goo-gone to finish the cleaning.

Two adaptable shelves are provided along with metal support pins. Tiny screws are included that may be inserted from below, up through holes in the pins, into the shelves to with resolute determination hold them in place. I doubt a great deal of humans would bother do so (I didn’t), but it was a thoughtful idea.

The back has elongated slots near both ends, which–at an inch and a half wide–provide a handy way to pull cords with more spectacular plugs through. The adaptable shelves run all over these slots such that both the upper and lower storage areas have places to pull cords through.

I wanted my TV to sit when it comes to 26 inches from the floor, so I used my table saw to remove in regards to 3 inches from the bottom of the legs (I had pre-planned this when selecting this stand). There’s still a heap of space showing under the bottom and the chopped look works outstanding for me. I didn’t need the floor protectors at the bottoms of the legs since the stand rests on carpeting, but I did undertake to remove one without success. It would be having little impact to buy new ones if I ever want to set it on a wood floor.

Overall, the cost ($337 with free shipping) is a little high but I am fine with it since it met my needs like no other I could find.

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