Broadway Black 60-inch TV Storage Console

I bought this piece for my living room to put a 46" flat screen on. It arrives in 2 very heavy boxes, one about 6ft tall. It took me about 3 hours to put it together by myself, and wasn't difficult to put together (for me) mainly because I had ordered other pieces for the bedroom that had similar hardware and instructions. You do have to remember that the shaded areas on the illustrations in the instructions represent the unfinished side of the pieces. Overall it is a very nice console with good weight to it, I didn't expect it to be as heavy as pieces in the furniture stores. It looks very contemporary and sleek, and has storage in the cabinet doors. I also like that the 2 pieces in the back with the holes where you put wire through slide open, making it very easy to remove or add media devices, and there are 5 legs for support instead of 4.

This item was easy to put together but very cheaply made. Most of the pieces had big scratches on them and the particlae board flakes off in your hand. The picture is very deceiving. I thought it was way too expensive for such bad workmanship. My husband and I were going to return it but didn't want to take it apart so we put in in our garage and use it as storage. I would not want people to see this swap meet furniture in my house.

I had such high hopes for this piece when I saw it, boy, was I disappointed. It is cheaply made, the snaps doesn't work and as soon as you touch it, it smears. Finger prints just stick to this thing. Now just to convince my husband to take it apart ( after the few hours it took him to put together) so I can return it.

We were dreading assembling this item due to the reviews we had read, however it went together very well, taking roughly a little over an hour. We made sure each piece was set aside in order before tackling the assembly. We were missing instructions, but Ella at the manufacturer emailed them within 5 minutes, and she was extremely pleasant to deal with. We love it, it accomodates all our stereo surround system in the middle, all our DVD's and CD's in the enclosed corner cabinets. As others have pointed out, the sliding rear doors should be mandatory for every maker of these units--it makes setting up equipment a snap. The appearance is very nice, it is extremely heavy and sturdy. Make sure you don't have to move more than a few inches after you set your equipment up, it weights a ton. It has a very pleasing sleek appearance, cleans easily too. It does scratch a little, but then, it is very easy to use a permanent black marker to repair the scratches. I actually think this is a plus, as accidents will always happen, and it's nice to be able to fix something yourself, restored to pre-damage state, in a few seconds with a marker. For general purpose, I think this item is wonderful.