creating my tv unit  

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IKEA or Doug Mockett ?
http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_CA/complete_kitchen_guide/kitchen_know-how/bas...
http://www.mockett.com/default.asp?id=57

Really nice
Blu Dot has really come out with some nice items, this is one of the best. Are you thinking about getting the shelves above too? As far as the tube TV, weight is the only factor I'd worry about, you may want to call/email Blu Dot just to see if there is a max weight(A 19" TV probably only weighs 50-60 lbs, so I'll put money on you being good to go). Try Ian Maclean, some 6" stainless hairpin legs would look really nice. After a long search for a nice TV stand(purchased a few Ikea ones and sent them packing), we used our Eames ESU, but I would have got this Blu Dot if it was out. Although I could move the ESU and......Here I go again!
P.S. If you get legs, get a 5th to go in the center for support.
http://www.ianmaclean.com/hairpinlegs.html

P.S.
The hairpin legs would look good positioned like the ones in the link.

I like the idea of the...
I like the idea of the hairpin legs if they are low.
I originally was thinking a brushed aluminum conical shape - like on a Nelson thin edge chest. I think something like that, or a koll type base might look more "modern" and less "retro" than the hairpins.
I like both however.

Thank you
For all of the links. I think I like the one in the link below best. The diameter is that of a Knoll leg. I think I like the 5 3/4 height best. What do you think?
http://www.mockett.com/default.asp?ID=4&action=detail&partCode=FL13B

So far it's between...
So far it's between...

I used to work for a...
I used to work for a manufacturer that made similar...that edge banded veneer is very cheap and nasty, it chips and peals so easily, sorry I'm dying a little on the inside even thinking of it, buy vintage or save for something better.

I'm with HP
Unless the cabinet is solid wood, steer clear! MDF and other glue-sawdust compositions will slowly sag under surprisingly moderate loads. I've had to prop up the seemingly robust shelves on an expensive Scandinavian wall unit with strategically placed stacks of books. That stuff is no more rigid than cooked pasta, and it's full of formaldehyde, too.
There's nothing wrong with veneers, but be sure there's solid wood underneath.

Thanks
I assumed this was solid wood. I will heed the warning.
Maybe when the time comes I will do a two bay walnut ESU. I was hoping for something less iconic. Functionally this would have been perfect. Too bad the materials aren't.
I have a Blu Dot dresser (the one with metal fronted drawers). It's is insanely heavy. I like it's look, but the legs are wobbly and it takes a pro wrestler to move it.

I like
the tubular leg, myself -- and placed a good deal further from the ends. This will eliminate the need for a center leg -- but I'd consider fastening them to a spare board of solid wood or at least plywood, smaller than the bottom of the cabinet so it won't show. This will help keep the bottom from distorting , as mentioned.
Why doesn't Blu Dot have this on legs ? Is it meant to be wall hung ?
SDR

Exactly
This is meant to be wall hung.

Blu Dot materials
DO we know what this wall unit is really made of? Their sales info uses wordage like, "thin hardwood edges ... rift-sawn white oak..." If the case is solid oak (in the US, despite what some may think, a renewable resource), I'd go for it. Worth a call to Blu Dot to confirm, maybe? The designs are not bad at all.

Info
Here is the contact info for Blu Dot:
Customer Service:
612.782.1844 ext. 310service@bludot.com
I'm going to try calling tomorrow to see what is under the veneer and report back. If you do get if, those hairpin legs look really nice.

Bludot folks are really nice and very helpful
I've got the Chicago Shelving system that was custom-expanded from 8 boxes to 13. I've had if for 8 or so years no problem with warpage at all. It is composite material underneath the veneer, but it's a very firm tightly compacted stuff, not at all like the filmsy kind of thing that you sometimes see with IKEA.
That being said, my friends have a row of IKEA shelving units (Lack) put onto legs like the Moffet ones and they've had no problems at all with warpage on their units either. And they're supporting a fairly big flat panel TV.
I think that composite fails to to the job more often if the span is too wide. I built some simple shelves using 1/2" MDF for my laundry room that are 16" wide. They only have a few small items on them and they'd begun warping after only a year. I put in a divider on the shelf below and the warpage stopped.
And remember folks solid wood warps too! That's why glulams and plywood are so popular!
Whitespike, I'd say call BluDot and have achat. If they satisfy your concerns I'd go with the walnut unit, it's very sweet looking, the book-matched veneer is quite pretty.