{"id":36796,"date":"2016-04-03T09:00:55","date_gmt":"2016-04-03T16:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movinginsider.com\/?p=36796"},"modified":"2019-06-27T14:42:15","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T21:42:15","slug":"why-should-i-buy-a-tv-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/03\/why-should-i-buy-a-tv-box\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Should I Buy a TV Box?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Picture this! You go into an electronics store and purchase your dream flat screen TV. You know, the one you\u2019ve been wanting to buy for months. You finally bring it home and set it up and toss the large cardboard box it came in. Flash forward a few months and you find yourself having to move. You ask yourself, \u201c<em>How in the world am I going to move my TV without breaking it<\/em>?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Well&#8230;the solution is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/MovingSupplies\/Boxes\/Electronics-Boxes\/Flat-Panel-TV-Kit\/?id=16343\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flat Panel TV Kit<\/a>! Another question you may be asking is \u201cWhy should I buy a TV box?\u201d Sure you could lay it flat on layers of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/MovingSupplies\/Protective-stuff\/Quilted-Pads?id=3053&amp;utm_campaign=uhaulsm&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=movingsupplies&amp;utm_content=20160403-whyshouldibuy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blankets<\/a> and pillows, but do you really want to risk damaging one of the most expensive household items you own?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/movinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/e1f193cacbef7e714fb430015f2543cc.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-36801\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36801 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/e1f193cacbef7e714fb430015f2543cc.jpg\" alt=\"Why Should I Use a TV Box\" width=\"564\" height=\"877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/e1f193cacbef7e714fb430015f2543cc.jpg 564w, https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/e1f193cacbef7e714fb430015f2543cc-193x300.jpg 193w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>More Affordable Than a New TV<\/h4>\n<p>TVs are part of our everyday lives, in one way or another and it\u2019s a luxury that many save for long periods of time to own. You\u2019re already spending money on moving, so properly protecting your TV during your move will help ensure that you don\u2019t have to spend more money on a new one later.<\/p>\n<h4>Measuring Up<\/h4>\n<p>The Flat Panel TV Kit is one of the many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/MovingSupplies\/?utm_campaign=uhaulsm&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=movingsupplies&amp;utm_content=20160403-whyshouldibuy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">moving supplies<\/a> U-Haul offers and it provides great support for your TV.<\/p>\n<p>The kit will fit any 32-70\u201d flat screen TV (measured diagonally) and that is 1-4\u201d deep.<\/p>\n<p>Each kit contains:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Two heavy duty, double walled telescoping boxes (1 inner box, 1 outer box) with 5 handles <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Four foam pieces that fold in half to provide 8 points of protection around the TV (2 on the top, 2 on each side and 2 on the bottom)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The kit measures 36.5\u201d x 6\u201d x 40\u201d (W x L x H) and if you purchase it at or pick it up at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/Locations\/?utm_campaign=uhaulsm&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=movingsupplies&amp;utm_content=20160403-whyshouldibuy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U-Haul store<\/a>, it will be pre-assembled for you. In addition, you want to make sure you to use a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/MovingSupplies\/Covers-bags\/Flat-Screen-TV-Cover?id=13568&amp;utm_campaign=uhaulsm&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=movingsupplies&amp;utm_content=20160403-whyshouldibuy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flat Screen TV Cover<\/a> before packing your TV.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Low-Maintenance Assembly<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/movinginsider.com\/2015\/01\/07\/packing-flat-panel-tv-kit-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Packing <\/a>it is simple! Just follow these steps:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"U-Haul Flat Panel TV Kit Product Features\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OnbhekmIk8I?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Have you used a TV Kit? What tips do you have for anyone thinking of purchasing one?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mlinksva\/2992997518\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flickr:\u00a0mlinksva\/via: cc<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Picture this! You go into an electronics store and purchase your dream flat screen TV. You know, the one you\u2019ve been wanting to buy for months. You finally bring it home and set it up and toss the large cardboard box it came in. Flash forward a few months and you find yourself having to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":198,"featured_media":36805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[497,10,7],"tags":[498,126,134,174],"class_list":["post-36796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ask-the-expert","category-packing-2","category-tips-tricks","tag-ask-the-expert-2","tag-moving-supplies","tag-packing","tag-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36796"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48251,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36796\/revisions\/48251"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}