The importance of cable management

Having got a new DVD player at the weekend after the old one conked out (it would only play Desperate Housewives - not ideal when hoping for something a bit more manly!) I had to hook it up to the TV.

This involved:

Removing the old DVD player

First find which plug it is attached to, done by trial and error

Unplug and spend next 10 minutes untangling the wire from the others

Get frustrated that the hole on the back of the TV cabinet is not big enough to get a plug through!!

Eventually squeeze the plug through the hole

Try and shove the new DVD player's plug back through the small hole

Get the thing plugged in - to find that my lovely partner wants to watch Desperate Housewives!

There is a point to my little rant - that being that it is quite nice to find something that has been designed to make using it easier rather than harder. Take the ipod for example, I'm no genius but can make music come out of mine and I have never looked at an instruction manual as it's designed with its use in mind.

The same goes for the cable management on the TV stands that we stock - it guides the wires out of sight and can keep them neat and tidy so that you don't end up tearing your hair out when you come to get yourself a new DVD player.

Here's a picture of how it can be done if you want to avoid a lot of messing around setting up your new TV on a TV stand.