Prepac Altus Plus AV Console, Drifted Gray

This console is just what we were looking for. It is pictured with our 60” vizio tv. I ordered the grey color. It arrived in pieces but the easy to follow instructions made assembly fairly simple. It looked daunting with all little bits of hardware, but it was basically, “stick these screw things in these (predrilled) holes, now stick these nut things in these other holes, then line it all up and stick it together and twist the nut things to tighten them around the screw things.” I did that alone and I’m not handy. Lifting it to mount to the wall requires two people. The most difficult task was finding studs to mount it to the wall, but that is no fault of the product. It is particle board, but surprisingly heavy and sturdy. I will probably mount the TV above the console instead of leaving it sitting on top, but that’s mostly because I’m not entirely sure I got into the studs, and so I don’t want to test the load capacity at all. But even so, it’s currently holding up Captain Picard, as pictured. I’ll update if it falls off the wall (but even that wouldn’t really be the fault of the product, but my inability to find a stud).

This was easy to assemble, but a little bit of a challenge to get up on the wall. It does take two, relatively strong, people to be able to hang it up. I have gotten many compliments and love the aesthetic. I wanted something to store my game consoles without my cats being able to jump up on it and knock the tv down. My only complaint is that behind the shelves there is nothing covering the wall and you can see the big metal bar that hangs it on the wall. I bought some fancy paper and poster paper, cut it to fit the empty backs and pushed it to the back of the shelves to cover the wall. It would be a cheap fix to add some sort of back cover.

Disregard other reviews stating this unit doesn't hide wires. As long as you have your wires routed properly and your outlets placed in a good spot the look is seamless. Very easy to install and product seems very sturdy. My only complaint is you can see the wall mounted rail through the 3 compartments. Mine is mounted fairly low so this is not an issue. If it was mounted higher I would've made something to hide the rail. Can't beat the price for what you get in return, highly recommended.

Excellent quality. Easy to assemble using my power screwdriver as another reviewer recommended! Also cannot not stress enough... make sure you have a stud finder before you install the mounting bracket. I was able to easily align the bracket to four studs (instructions recommend mounting onto at least three studs). I agree with multiple reviewers who mention it is tight to feed the cables down through the plastic cover on the top shelf. I just left the plastic cover off completely. It doesn't show behind my tv (although if your tv is wall mounted, that may not work). Other reviews mention the lack of backing on the component shelves. My old school dvd/VHS player blocks the view of the wall through it, but I can see the wall behind the cable box when sitting directly across from it. I may put some backing paper behind it. Though that would have been easier to do before mounting it! Two people of modest strength needed to lift onto bracket. It's a little too long to manage solo even if you are muscle bound! All in all very happy with my purchase.

I've had this console for about four months. I was worried after reading some of the reviews, so I just want to say that this is way stronger than I expected. My area recently experienced several earthquakes, up to a 4.8 plus dozens of after shocks , tons of stuff in my house fell and broke. But not this console! Still sturdy and attached to the wall!!! So I'm impressed, I'd recommend it (plus it looks great beneath my giant TV!)I will say though, you'll probably want to have at least three people to get it attached to the wall. There were only two of us, and making sure all the wires were tucked away was pretty hard, and it was pretty heavy.

This is very well built, with good directions and very nice when it was all together. We have a very big flat screen mounted above it with a sound bar on the top of the stand and many electronics inside. I couldn't image anything better... especially for the price.Only negative is that a little scrapes showed up somehow as I was moving some electronics onto it. Maybe I'd get the darker color if there was a next time.

I LOVE this console. We purchased it shortly before Thanksgiving and I ended up in a race against the clock to get it installed prior to my family coming over for the holiday. It was my first time hosting and I wanted this console up! I got the entire thing assembled by myself in one night, but it was not easy at first. It took some time to figure out the assembly but once I got the hang of it, it was pretty simple to put together. If you're not confident putting furniture together it might be good to have help, or give yourself more time than I did. I've had a lot of experience putting stuff together with my dad so the only help I needed from my husband in the end was lifting it onto the wall Thanksgiving morning. It now comfortably houses a litany of video games and DVDs, three video game consoles and a DVD player, and still has room left over on the top shelf. It also freed up a ton of space in the living room that our big clunky "TV table" had taken up. It makes the living room feel bigger and more organized. Highly recommend.

The box is very heavy and long so it may be difficult for one person to carry. Buyers should be aware that the instructions say that 2 people should put this together and mount it. I didn’t realize that when planning to assemble it alone. I had to figure out a way to mount the assembled shelf to the wall bracket. I did so by putting it on risers that I use for working out and then pushing it up to the wall. Otherwise it was very easy to assemble. I recommend that you read through the instructions before beginning the assembly.

Product was well packaged and shipped promptly. Product was as described with all parts, a fairly easy instruction set and went together without issue. Helps to have two people. It looks great after install. Very pleased.

Went to put it together and was missing one screw. Called right away and in under a week the screw was at my door. Excellent service! My only issue with this unit (Not any fault of the furniture, It's the fact that i live in a 100 year old house with Lath and Plaster walls) I drilled a couple holes looking for a stud and can't seem to locate one. Studs don't seem to be 16" or 24" on centre. Waiting to borrow a heavy duty stud finder before i proceed with the hanging. Can't wait to get it up on the wall. It's very nice and exactly what i had in mind.

Product was easy to assemble & install, feels sturdy and looks nice on my wall.I did have an issue with the cheap screws included in the wall-mounting hardware as one of the hex bit heads rounded out partway in despite having drilled the recommended pilot holes & going slowly while installing. I tightened it in the rest of the way with pliers and will deal with it later if/as needed.I would prefer if the hole in the bottom level was a little larger as it barely fit the large-ish surge suppressor I had and is a little tight to reach into.It would also be nice if the mounting rail wasn't extremely visible through the upper slots though they'll be somewhat obscured by the media devices placed there.

Excellent product!

Took about 1.5 hours to install. Looks good on the wall. Not the best quality materials, but not bad either. Would recommend.