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Home Theatre Wiring Question
Kris_xK
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Preamble: I'm getting a new LCD TV which I'm gonna wall mount. Cause it's a wall mount and I'm anal retentive, I'm going to be putting all the wires through the wall. However, at some point I'd get a blueray player and I dont really wanna have to fuck around behind the wall again, so I'm hoping to bring up some extra connections when I initially install.
The question is: Is there a product that exists that I could mount to my wall for connections? Like I'd put the wires through the wall, and they'd goto this "box" which is mounted in/on the wall from which I can use shorter wires to just connect to the tv. I know I'm not explaining this well (as evidenced by my failed google searches) so this might help
Components (DVD, PVR, ETC)
> Wires (thru wall) ----> My Wall mounting thing ----> Wires (outside) -> TV
Anybody have any idea if such a thing exists?
The question is: Is there a product that exists that I could mount to my wall for connections? Like I'd put the wires through the wall, and they'd goto this "box" which is mounted in/on the wall from which I can use shorter wires to just connect to the tv. I know I'm not explaining this well (as evidenced by my failed google searches) so this might help
Components (DVD, PVR, ETC)
> Wires (thru wall) ----> My Wall mounting thing ----> Wires (outside) -> TV
Anybody have any idea if such a thing exists?
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http://www.monoprice.com/products/subdepartment.asp?c_id=109&cp_id=10425
Those'll probably be the most affordable you'll find but there are lots of companies that make them. The trick then is to have enough foresight to install the correct type/number of plates to support your future components.
That assumes you use a receiver and not just the TV speakers.
I dunno how many outputs your TV has, but installing a separate wall jack for 3 or 4 output types seems... excessive. You could also run a single output to a video switcher and use that to handle the inputs, but again, you'd have to either get one that upconverts or run a number of cables to it (one per type you want supported). I suspect you aren't going to find a solution that is both cheap and convenient.
This sounds like the best. Expensive, if you don't already have such a receiver, but really if you're that obsessive about it no solution is going to be cheap. You're looking at two sets of faceplates either way, with at least component+hdmi+maybe audio (assuming you do switching at the source end).
For a cheaper solution, you may want to look at just running some kind of conduit (or similar) from wherever your sources are up the wall to your TV. Make sure the color matches or at least fits in with your wall/carpet/floor/whatever.
Really, though, the upconverting receiver sounds like the best solution...though I'd go ahead and run dual HDMI faceplates, because why the hell not. You may not use the other one, but who knows...you may.
Upconversion to component is standard on pretty much everything, though, so if you don't give a shit about HDMI, that might be a viable solution. You can probably grab one of those bad boys for under $200.
If you are going to run power cables through the wall, they have to be run through conduit.
I had no idea you could use a single HDMI cable from a receiver tho, I'll have to look into that. I don't have on now (I've just got some shitty surround thing that only deals with audio) but I'll keep that in mind.
For long cables this might be true but I have multiple 6' 28AWG HDMI cables from monoprice that run 1080p signals just fine.
Either you made a typo with 28 AWG or we have a miscommunication.
Because I recommended 24AWG which is better than 22AWG but not as good as 26AWG or your 28AWG. In fact 28AWG cables are top of the line right now. Maybe I should have posted at least 24AWG grade HDMI cables.
Huh? 28AWG is much smaller than 24AWG. 22AWG is the thickest cable (and best for long distance runs) - the smaller the AWG the larger the cable diameter.
beated!
Keep in mind that this becomes a single-use solution unless you also tie a second string to the first one before you pull it through, so that at the end you have the second string where the first one used to be.
But yeah, a string with a weight at the end is a great way to blaze a cable trail.
Oh, and if you're running wire vertically, make sure you check (before you start making holes) that you have an uninterrupted vertical run. If there's a 2x4 (or a fire break) running horizontally across your desired path, you won't be running any wires. Invest in a decent stud-finder.