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StudioTech U-22T April 18th, 2006 | by Ian Bell

Design and Features

The U-22T is one of StudioTech's most versatile TV stands and comes available in three different wood veneers: Rosewood, Black Ash and Cherry. For our review we chose the popular Rosewood veneer. The wood veneer encompasses the side panels in addition to the doors and is enhanced with black metal vents in the front and sides of the unit. The metal vents not only provide much needed airflow to the system, but allow you to hide your home theater components inside the U-22T without hindering remote control reception. This combination of wood and metal helps to give the U-22T a very clean and uncluttered look in your home theater room. There are also three back panels which provide ventilation and cable management. All of the internal shelves are height adjustable, and the front doors can be mounted to open from either the left or right side. The stand measures a total of 66.75” x 24” (W x D). Each shelf is 20.75” x 20.5” (W x D)

StudioTech offers a number of accessories for the U-22T, which includes media storage drawers, a rail mount system, heavy duty casters, a fan system and more. For our review we also received the rail mount system and accessory fans.  The rail kit costs $19 for a set of two seven inch rails, and the fan kit costs $99 dollars for a dual fan kit (or $89 dollars for a single fan kit).

All three of the front doors use a European hinge design, which helps to conceal the mechanism when the doors are shut. The back panels click into a pre-cut slot and help to conceal the back of your components and the mess of cables.

1. European styled hinges 2. Door handles 3. Side vents

Our review unit came shipped in three separate packages: one large box which contains the top and bottom base pieces, another that contains the shelves and rear back panels and the last box which contains the side wood veneer and door pieces.

Depending on where you live, StudioTech uses a number of shipping companies to deliver their products to your home. For our unit, StudioTech used Bullet Freight to ship their review unit and we had some problems with them. These problems included failed driver delivery promises and being told they were too busy to make it to our area. We finally received the stand three business days after promised, being told by the driver they would not bring it inside.

StudioTech gives the U-22T a lifetime warranty from defective materials and workmanship when used in normal applications. As long as you deliver it to them, they will cover the parts and labor.

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