I'm interested in where to put all the cables. Is the back panel flush with the sides in the rear, or is it inset to all some room to store cables?
487333
Flush with the sides, however, inside of the cabinet, the top shelves have about 4" of space between the back edge of shelf and the back panel. The cables are well hidden behind the items on the shelves and the back.
487334
All the cables are kept in the back of the stand so you would want to add another 2.5" to the width of the stand to give enough room for the cables from the wall.
487335
Yes, that would seem plausible, but my shelves have equipment and books on the lower shelves, so you can't see the cords at all. I even have a power strip on the lower shelf in the back, and it is hidden. The bottom shelf is the full width of the cabinet, so there is a great deal of space for cords in the back and books, baskets, or equipment in front. It has been a nice sturdy piece, too.
487336
The lip on the top keeps the unit not flush with the wall we had no problem getting cables connected
487337
There is a hole in the back panel to put the wires through and the shelves don't touch the back
929247
It has a separate zippered pouch on the side for the cables. The interior pouch is not padded, but I put the mount on the bottom first, then put a pad protector between the mount and the screen. That works great. I still love my little carrying case!! Sharon
293130
There are holes in the back for the cables, and gaps around the glass doors. I leave the doors open while using the equipment. If that doesn't work for you, it would be easy to cut bigger holes in the back.
852257
I currently have mine with about that much space on the sides and maybe 3 in the back and have no problems. Unit is quiet and very stable temperature.
328488
No, the back is pressed board with holes in it for electronics. I have it against the wall. It is a nice piece for the money.
1214063
The sides don't matter. However, with the desk in the low position, I found I needed about 3 or 4 inches of clearance at the back to accommodate the cords trailing from my docking station and monitors.
1757721
My recent setup on this is one (fairly heavy) dvr box on the bottom shelf, one (fairly heavy) cable box on the middle shelf, and one wii box and one small antenna/booster on the top shelf. I just removed the cable box and set my 17" (older = heavier) laptop on the middle shelf; it holds well and doesn't appear that it would sag. The laptop hangs over each side, of course, but there's a bit of protection from sliding forward/backward because of the built-in slant. I would suggest placing the heaviest laptop on the bottom and the lightest on the top for stability. Hope this helps!
114148
We do have ours on a narrow shelf that my husband cut to fit & mounted on the wall under our TV. Since all the ports are on the back of the unit, he left space between the wall & the shelf for all the cables to go through.
1569034
No, well I guess kind of, it has an opening on the side that you can put the wires tegu, it's not technically behind more like from the side and the cable has to come in from the side and come out from the side too it doesn't come in or out from below or above.
1173569
There is a fair amount of space to get your hands and tools into this case, and the steel isn't going to immediately strip out if you accidentally over-tighten a post. There are plenty of Zip-tie points behind the main bulkhead to make your cables go where you want them. The only real issue I ran into with cable management was on the back side, which became crowded. I'm running 6 HDD's, so there's a fair amount of cabling to be managed, it still closes just fine, and I can gain access to everything I need.
1892786
Yes, always open. That open space give you access to the cables and back connections.
682539
There are three bays in front. The top one has the DVD. The bottom one has the Hard Drive. The middle one is open, but maybe the hard drive could go somewhere else. I don't know, I don't want to open up the case at the moment. But you have one without any modifications.
1180625
Yes. unfortunately, certain parts could fit better, like the plastic plugs to cover the screw holes (I left half off because I couldn't get them to fit) and some screw holes that were not pre-tapped (I put enough screws to hold together, not all of them). Unstable until the back cardboard panels put on. cable access holes in back panels could be larger. On the good side, looks great. I kept it.
1488882
I had the same problem . It doesn't slide very well , and has a real snug fit . The way I do it is peel the center piece apart and lay my cables down on the bottom peace and just snap it together. It takes some time , but I will say they work great for me. Good luck.
195598
Yes, there'll be a little room on all sides but it will still fit very snugly. The case I bought I am able to leave the hard drive inside the case with the cable connected all the time so as to not scratch up the hard drive or if it fell the case would help to protect the hard drive.I hope this helps you.
706905
Not unless you don't care to access all the ports on the back--USB, HDMI, VGA...all located on the back
1942981
There is a panel that attaches to the back of the cabinet, there are holesin the panel were the cables can pass through, be carefull there is a top and bottom to the panel. Since the shelves are adjustable the cables easyily pass through to connect other devices, just follow the directions and all ends well,