PERLESMITH Universal TV Stand Table Top TV Base

Overall, I felt the Perlesmith Universal TV Stand to be a solid, well made product. The stand is made of pressed aluminum/steel w/ an anodized coating on top. The glass base is a nice touch. The directions were clear, although pictures alone can be misinterpreted. But assembly was completed without difficulty or missing (unused) parts.

The product states it can hold up to 88 lbs and I have no reason to doubt its claims. However, I do know my LG 65″ C3 TV only ways 36 lbs and it was a B**** to hang. Like the old shelving we once bought with wing inserts and mounting rod notches, you are essentially hanging your TV onto the Perlesmith crossbar using the same low-tech connections. And it is NOT easy, because you have to overlap the wing insert onto the bar, and the TV can only be angled so much without risking damage to the 1/2″ thick screen. We thought about setting the TV down and mounting the TV stand first, but the glass bottom has to tuck under the TV. It eventually required two people to hold either end and the bottom center of the TV and hook one side, then the other with the hope it was centered on the stand. I wouldn’t want to be lifting a TV weighing 88 lbs and trying to contort it onto the stand.

Anyway, it hangs straight both on the horizontal and the vertical axes, and with a bit of nudging we got the TV centered on the stand. A better application would be to eliminate the stand and simply hang the TV from a wall mount, but in our case we have the TV on a piece of furniture that is our entertainment center w/ cabinets and other bookshelves. Mounting on a wall wasn’t an option here.

My suggestion would be to be able to connect the stand directly to the TV without the low tech wing insert and notch/overlap bar and instead have the stand snap into the glass base after assembly. This way you know the stand is attached properly to the TV and you can easily lift the TV w/stand and snap into the base when ready.

Simple product, effective. We put our 55” tv on it and it feels sturdy.

If you throw out the original legs to your tv when you hang it then this works great as a tv stand

I needed a stand for an older (2013) smart TV, and this seemed like a really good option. I’ve used this brand’s wall mounts before and they are pretty well made. The included hardware makes it easy to mount just about any TV and, although I was skeptical of the size after unboxing, it was the perfect size for my application. The stand doesn’t have any tilt adjustments, but is advertised as such and is very stable after a display is mounted.

As a side note, DO NOT use a ratchet to tighten the 4 bolts that hold the mounting plate to the vertical tower part of this stand. I think hand tightening with an open end wrench is good enough, and you’ll end up starting to collapse the hollow tube. Luckily I stopped when I realized this, but you could ruin it if you really torqued them down.

Is was not difficult for this 77 yr old senior lady to put together! The directions were great and all the pieces (+) were easy to assemble. I actually needed help only to attach it to the 43” TV. I have no complaints at all and if I can do it, most anyone can put it together. I have never done that type of work with tools etc and I was proud I could do it myself.

My Samsung TV gave up the ghost. Replaced it with a 46” TCL Roku Tv from another one of my homes that was mounted to the wall. This stand was perfect. Instructions were clear. Got the tv on the stand and in position in under 20 minutes.