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Picture House Launches New Slimline Montana Plasma TV Fireplace (2/12/2008)

House TV Furniture launches the new slimline Montana plasma TV fireplace: the perfect way to conceal the plasma TV fireplace - now you see it, now you don't!

How do you avoid the plasma TV fireplace overpowering your living room? The answer is the new slimline Montana plasma TV fireplace from Picture House TV Furniture (www.picturehouse.eu). The plasma TV is hidden inside an elegant, fully working fireplace, which emits 2kW of heat. Press the remote and the plasma TV automatically lifts to viewing height; press it again and it magically disappears. The TV switches off automatically to save power.

It's the ideal choice if you're tight on space, as it has a small footprint (only measuring 334mm front to back).

With the Montana, there's space to put all your DVD and cable equipment, which are hidden when not in use. There are no more messy wires and cables, as they are all hidden from view.

Award-winning inventor and furniture designer David Free, who runs Picture House TV Furniture and presents "The Great British Woodshop" on Discovery Real Time says: "My living room looked soulless with this big black box on the wall - so I came up with this idea of concealing the plasma TV inside a working fireplace - which creates one focal point for the room."

The Montana is in cream marble, with a contemporary, stylish hearth mounted upright fire, although there are many different fire options available.

There is also the option of pebbles, lava rock, woodland log or driftwood. The plasma TV fireplace will take up to a 50in plasma TV.

The plasma TV fireplace is remote controlled. This means you can turn on the heat, adjust the heat, switch the fire on and off - all from the comfort of your armchair.

The marble surround is free standing and doesn't require a chimney or flue, so if you move house, you take it with you.

Picture House's plasma TV fireplaces are environmentally-friendly as the TV is turned off when it is not in use and automatically turns on when it is raised up. This means the TV is not on standby and does not consume any power unless it is being watched, thereby reducing the household carbon footprint.

Other new designs in the Picture House portfolio include the Richmond, the Havana and the Valenza. A range of different electric flame effect fires are available so the fireplace can be fitted with the fire of your choice. Prices start from £4,000.

www.picturehouse.eu