Bell’O – TV Cabinet for Most Flat-Panel TVs Up to 65″ – Embossing Oak

So I bought this cabinet sight unseen. First, let me say the colors are a little hard to understand from the product photos in this item listing. In some pictures it appears brown, in others it appears steel/gray. Now in fairness, the name of the product includes the word “nickel”. I’d say this definitely veers towards being gray more than brown. Second, the inner dimensions of the shelving are nowhere to be found (not even in the manual which you can download from the manufacturers website). So sadly my new AV Receiver will not be able to fit in one of the side shelf areas with a door, but it will fit in the center space easily.
Now, on to the quality control (or lack thereof). Upon opening my FedEx delivered package, the first pieces that came out appeared to be OK. The back panel appeared to collect a lot of residual Styrofoam at the bend point which I attributed to the adhesive perhaps not being applied evenly. Sadly, once I took out the top piece, I noticed a sizable chunk was missing completely. As this piece was packed near the center of the carton, I couldn’t really attribute it to shipping damage, but rather damage that was likely done at the factory or at least damage that could have been avoided. I did a quick inspection of the remainder of the package, and my local store agreed to swap out the top piece from the unit they had in stock locally. Now sadly, I somehow missed that there was a vertical gouge on the front of the right door near the right edge. It was hidden slightly by the faux wood grain. There was also a gouge in one of the outer shelves. I’ll try contacting the manufacturer to see if they can provide another right door/outer shelf, but this had me non-plussed.
Assembly went fairly quickly, and I did it by myself. I did notice that some of the pre-drilled holes appeared to be off (more QC issues), or in some instances there weren’t any pre-drilled holes at all.
Upon completion the unit appears to be pretty solid for being your standard particle board coated in faux wood grain furniture. I do wish they wouldn’t cheap out on the back panel and instead use some thicker wood to give the overall unit more rigidity.
Depending on their response to my request for the extra shelf/door, I may modify my review, but this was not a good first impression. Hopefully this was the anomaly.

It provides a great space saver in my apartment. The extra cabinet space help me with hiding my cable cords and cable box. It fits my television perfectly and it only took me and hour to put the cabinet together.

Let me start by saying the stand is amazing! It took a minute to assemble it due to the fact I installed the small separation boards wrong due to the illustration didn’t show which direction to install but after installing the first board I noticed they both are installed the same direction. But very easy after that. This is a very sturdy TV stand and my first high dollar stand that I have bought. I originally wanted to mount it but I do not trust my apartment wall with a 65” TV and a single stud! There is circular cut outs in the back to run wires in-and-out of the stand for cable management. Highly recommend!

No complaints with this purchase. Very heavy duty wood stand. Overall very satisfied with my decision.