Help me find a rolling cart for an LCD TV

March 26, 2008 6:07 AM

Where in the world do you get a (reasonably priced) rolling cart for a flat screen tv?

I work in a medical center and we just purchased a 32" LCD TV for our Pediatric HIV program. The TV will be used with a Wii, and most of the time it will be in the clinic, but sometimes we'll want to transport it around the hospital for the kids to use it when their moms are at meetings or if they end up staying here. I have searched online for a rolling cart to put the LCD on, but everything I've found is several thousand dollars. The carts for old school TVs are a couple hundred max.

Can anyone suggest companies that I should contact for this? I have done the google search, but am hoping someone here has experience buying this sort of thing and can make a recommendation. I tried calling the purchasing folks both with the hospital and the university where I work to see who they've used, but of course neither of them called me back. I'm on a short time frame here, as the grant funds we'll be using to purchase said cart need to be spent by next Tuesday.

posted by uvaleg to shopping (6 comments total)

Why not just use a cart for an "old school" TV, and have your maintenance guys rig up a secure mounting bracket so the thing doesn't tip when being moved around?

Alternatively, if you look here, there are some pretty fancy carts but also carts in the $300-600 range.
posted by beagle at 6:26 AM on March 26

Unfortunately I work in a state university where getting maintenance guys to even do routine things is like trying to get an amendment added to the Constitution. Otherwise that'd be a great idea!
posted by uvaleg at 6:29 AM on March 26

Unfortunately I work in a state university where getting maintenance guys to even do routine things is like trying to get an amendment added to the Constitution.
Serious suggestion: a couple of sixpacks will get this done.
posted by beagle at 6:44 AM on March 26

I saw this one at IKEA just yesterday. $69.99, plus shipping if you live in a non-IKEA area.
posted by nitsuj at 6:46 AM on March 26

Thanks, beagle, I went to that site and bought one! And I will keep that six pack idea in my back pocket. It's sure to come in handy.
posted by uvaleg at 6:56 AM on March 26

Another tip for the future is that seeing as you're at a university, perhaps you could find a student to help with stuff like that? I'm an engineering student at my university and certainly have enough skill to make something like that. A lot of departments, at least at my school, have boards where approved employers can post job offers and such.

Kinda goes with the sixpack idea, as well.
posted by DMan at 9:12 AM on March 26