Hi,
I am looking buy a new TV and want to wall mount it and hide the cables as much as possible. The problem I have is that the cable box etc will be at the other side of the room. I could do what I have done for my existing TV which is just channel out the wall and feed them through a plastic pipe under the floor and bring them back up where the AV kit will live. The cables come out of the wall at a point behind the TV and just plug in.
But I am wondering if there is a neater solution. Can I run HDMI cable through the wall in the same way and have an HDMI faceplate on the wall. Probably makes no difference as either way the cables will come out behind the TV. How hard is it to wire up the faceplate like this? Do faceplates exist that have four connections on them?
When I put up my existing TV about 12 years ago I ran the power cable through the wall with the SCART sockets from what I have read this is not a good idea in case the cable gets hot. The alternative is to get an electrician in to a new power socket in behind the TV. If I do this then I am wondering if the electrician could do the HDMI cabling as well.
Thanks
Andy
I am looking buy a new TV and want to wall mount it and hide the cables as much as possible. The problem I have is that the cable box etc will be at the other side of the room. I could do what I have done for my existing TV which is just channel out the wall and feed them through a plastic pipe under the floor and bring them back up where the AV kit will live. The cables come out of the wall at a point behind the TV and just plug in.
But I am wondering if there is a neater solution. Can I run HDMI cable through the wall in the same way and have an HDMI faceplate on the wall. Probably makes no difference as either way the cables will come out behind the TV. How hard is it to wire up the faceplate like this? Do faceplates exist that have four connections on them?
When I put up my existing TV about 12 years ago I ran the power cable through the wall with the SCART sockets from what I have read this is not a good idea in case the cable gets hot. The alternative is to get an electrician in to a new power socket in behind the TV. If I do this then I am wondering if the electrician could do the HDMI cabling as well.
Thanks
Andy