Freshome used its interior design and architecture knowledge to discover the modern flat panel TV frames from HD Envy. They simply love the Invidia line of flat panel TV frame, and marvel at its FastenEZ bracket mounting system. The ability to snap the frame onto the TV in just a few minutes makes HD Envy stand miles above their competitors. And the customization options to create your very own flat panel TV frame is something that Freshome adores.

The fact that the TV frames are versatile and varied enough to be incorporated into traditional décor or modern style means that they are poised to be a hit with consumers across the board. HD Envy’s personalization options go beyond just matching your private home décor – they can also create a brand-specific flat panel TV frame for a commercial setting. Freshome compliments the versatility of these flat panel TV frames, and recommends them to anyone who wants to make a bold fashion statement or just blend the latest technology with some interior style.

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The modern furniture review blog Padstyle has recently come across the fashionable plasma TV frames from HD Envy. Their post makes it clear that they love the unifying aspect of any HD Envy plasma TV frame, with its ability to take a wood stain or leather color right from your home theater and incorporate it into its design. This creates a TV frame that will polish off your home theater’s look.

The customization that HD Envy offers is something that Padstyle believes makes the HD Envy plasma TV frames the favorite choice for any interior design enthusiast. Because customers can choose from any number of materials, colors, and designs, they can create a plasma TV frame that reflects their home décor and brings a unique and personal element into their home theater.

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Dave Szymanski takes a look at HD Envy’s recent success in the flat screen TV frame industry. He gives a glimpse into what HD Envy looked like in its early days – a year-long prototype in the making, using Sean and Howard’s own money to finance the project, and little money left over for advertising once the frames were ready to hit the market. Sean and Howard weren’t phased. They tackled the social web, advertising on Twitter and other media, and eventually got the word out to custom audio/video installers and interior designers alike.

Now, the word is really spreading about HD Envy’s variety of custom-built frame options. Leather, wood, 39-inches, 59-inches… HD Envy can do it all. By using industry standards and secure mounting engineering, HD Envy is proving to be a fierce competitor in the flat panel TV frame market. They have already secured a display in 12 local Best Buys, and are looking to expand by offering even more products and more customized logos. To read this article in its entirety, visit the Gulf Coast Business Review.

Sean Thorp , Co-Founder of HD Envy, sat down with Elizabeth Wasserman of Inc. Magazine.com recently to talk tech behind the TV frames at HD Envy. Sean was quick to point out that all of the frames are designed and produced in three facilities they occupy in Florida, but that communication between the locations proved difficult in the early days. Sean and Howard wanted to avoid costly IT professionals and pricey software licensing fees, so they did the FTP management grunt work themselves for a few weeks. This proved too time-consuming, and the pair did a little research online and found Egnyte. Once a virtual office was created using Egnyte online hard drives, mobility between branches and sharing documents that included pictures and specs became a breeze.

A truly grassroots operation, HD Envy began as an idea, a few low-cost software programs and didn’t even have four walls in which it could operate. Now it has a one-click relationship with vendors such as Best Buy, and by managing the tech side themselves, Sean and Howard are able to cut down on costs and keep their prices low – so everyone can afford a high-tech frame without the high price tag. To read the whole interview, visit the Inc Magazine article on HD Envy.

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Furniture Fashion has recently found out about the stylish Plasma TV frames at HD Envy and posted a review on their site that highlights their favorite features of the frames. They love the idea that HD Envy Plasma TV frames can enable a large HDTV to be mounted in places that were previously out of reach, because the frames are easily attached to a wall-mounted TV.

They also note the sophisticated element that the Plasma TV frames from HD Envy will bring to any home theater. This is complimented by the wide range of materials and size options that HD Envy presents to its customers, a fact that Furniture Fashion doesn’t overlook. Including pictures of their favorite Plasma TV frames, this article makes it clear that HD Envy is making a splash with those who appreciate beautiful interior design.

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It looks like news is spreading about the flat panel TV frames at HD Envy. Mark Albright, a staff writer for the St. Petersburg Times, reports on the duo behind HD Envy’s premium products, their vision for the company, and the TV frames themselves in a piece released last week. The article pinpoints what makes each frame from HD Envy both affordable and stylish: the patient, determined work of founders Howard Hochhalter and Sean Thorp. After teaming up, the pair was able to create a unique engineering process that brought the cost of the frames down to an affordable level for any family, professional or home theater enthusiast looking to add some sophisticated style to their home.

HD Envy is starting to move quickly, establishing a presence in several Best Buy stores local to the Sarasota-based company, flexing their social networking muscle in order to beef up their online presence, and expanding their custom frame options to include the University of South Florida logos for future frames. They currently have nine employees working to create and sell quality frames, as demand has rocketed from about one frame per month to one frame per day. To read more about HD Envy, its founders and its future, visit the St. Petersburg Times article here.

Gentleman’s Gadgets recently reviewed the LCD TV frames from HD Envy and found them to be perfectly in line with their philosophy of discovering and sharing items to improve the lifestyle of America’s gentleman. The sophistication that a LCD TV frame brings to any home theater is clearly something that Gentleman’s Gadgets has embraced, and by contrasting this with the stale plastic LCD TV frame that come standard with most HDTVs, HD Envy comes out on top.

They point out that the beautiful and functional LCD TV frames from HD Envy not only frame your movies and other entertainment media, but look stunning even when the LCD TV is off. In particular, Gentleman’s Gadgets highlights the Invidia line and praises its sturdy construction, easy installation and protective features.

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Best Buy of St. Petersburg, FL has just launched an innovative flat screen frame product line in an effort to boost holiday sales and profitability in its television department, specifically targeting its Magnolia flat screen customers, with flat screen TV frames from HD Envy.

Best Buy Customer Experience Manager, Genevieve Holmes, says that the flat screen frame works with wall-mounted flat panel televisions and “is gorgeous, I love it, I want one!” Select Best Buy locations are selling the flat screen frames for $799 with the option for a $100 install.

The concept behind the development of the flat screen TV frames is quite simple. Most flat screen televisions produced today try to minimize the impact of the frame by having flat screen TV frames of either black or grey to allow for a more general integration into the typical home decor. HD Envy has created a beautiful product line of standard flat screen TV frames that fit just about anyone’s decor and even offers very affordable custom solutions for that, “just the right look.”

The majority of televisions sold today are flat screens. Ian Naster, who heads up the Best Buy partnership at HD Envy, believes that “your flat screen investment deserves more than tangled wires and a boring facade. Revolutionary flat screen frames and mounting systems are affordable, stylish, and effortless to install.”

The flat screen frames can be found at select Best Buy locations in the St. Petersburg market including: Best Buy Tyrone Square, St Petersburg, FL; Best Buy, Clearwater, FL; and Best Buy Citrus Plaza, Tampa, FL. Future Best Buy locations where the flat screen frames will be found, beginning of 2009, will include Best Buy South Tampa, FL.

About HD Envy Flat Screen TV Frames

HD Envy offers standard and custom designed frames and mounts for flat panel LCD and plasma televisions. Our Flat Screen TV Frame products are affordable, incredibly easy to install, and come in a wide range of finishes and styles to match your home decor. Our frame designers have years of interior design and frame building experience, so you can be assured that your new HD Envy frame is of the highest quality. For more information, to see product images, or to purchase a flat panel frame go to www.hdenvy.com or call 727-642-4158.

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Ian Naster, HD Envy Best Buy Partnership Manager

HD Envy

727-642-4158

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Did you know that aside from offering a selection of standard flat panel television frame products, HD Envy provides its customers with the option to custom build frames for any home, office, or commercial need? Whether you desire something more personalized to your decor or you already have a specific idea in mind, our experienced design team can create a distinctive custom TV frame that uniquely completes any room.

There is nothing that compares to seeing a design in your mind and watching it come to life as a finished frame; and the design team at HD Envy has accumulated a lot of experience in doing just that. They have been honing their skills at translating ideas to paper, then to a digital medium, and finally to a finished custom TV frame that pleases like no other.

Our lead frame designer brings high standards and attentiveness to any project and has worked with top-notch commercial and hospitality businesses and five-star luxury hotels throughout the world. Our design team is proud to offer our services to create a custom piece of breathtaking art for your wall-mounted flat panel television. So how exactly do we create these custom creations? By working with You! The following section outlines the processes involved in designing and fabricating a custom TV frame.

Step One: THE CREATIVE DESIGN PHASE

* Contact our design team and work together to bring your vision to life! It begins with an idea or concept that exists purely in the mind. By exchanging your ideas on colors, materials, and decor our design team will be able to quickly convert the data into a sketch fitting the description of your ideal flat panel TV frame.The sketch is then sent to you for an initial approval, rejection, or request for alterations.

Step Two: CUSTOMER APPROVAL

* Once the sketch has been approved it’s sent to HD Envy’s Digital Artists who transfer the concept and ideas to recreate the sketch digitally to ensure the design is as accurate and life-like as possible.This highly detailed image will need your final approval before the custom TV frame goes into construction. * After approval, a precise dimensional drawing is created. This drawing is required to manufacture and assemble the custom TV frame.

Step Three: MANUFACTURING AND CONSTRUCTION

* The detailed blue-prints are passed on to manufacturing. This is where years of experience comes into play. Our Master Craftsmen have been building custom furniture and cabinetry for years and bring a wealth of experience and knowledge that will ensure that the final custom TV Frame is not only a measure of quality, but a truly unique work of art.

From start to finish, HD Envy ensures that the custom TV frame you order is a decorative frame you will be proud to adorn the walls of your home or business with. Do you have an idea or design that you’d like to see wrapped around your flat panel television? Contact our design team today !

HD ENVY is the creation of two friends who realized early on in their careers in the digital signage industry that a wall-mounted flat panel television just isn’t complete without a TV picture frame to compliment it. Researching their idea further, they soon understood the need to invent a quick, simple, and affordable way to universally install such a decorative frame.

Not happy with the thought of reinventing the wheel for every model and order, and uncomfortable with the idea of securing a costly television with a costly TV frame by tying on straps and shims, they diligently set about to create a bracket system that would be unrivaled. Along with this they realized that people would need lots of options when it came to the plasma TV frames. People are unique- their flat panel television frames should be too.

The employees of HD Envy firmly believe that after viewing our product you too will forevermore see unframed wall-mounted flat panel televisions as…well, naked! And not a pretty naked either. The stark ugliness of an appliance in the buff hanging on the wall will demand that flat panel televisions everywhere need to be dressed.

So dress to impress. HD Envy – The craft of simplicity.