Last year I posed the question “Do You Wall Mount Your TV?,” and discovered that about 30% of you have freed yourself from the stand. But I’m curious to know—what about those unsightly cables?
To be honest, I have this thing about cables running from a wall-mounted TV. It…it just bothers me. So, do you make an effort to hide them? How do you do it?
Mick
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 9:13 AMMy current wall mounted TV (bedroom) has wired hanging free and easy, but only for about 30cm or so before furniture hides the rest. At some stage I plan to get a small strip of rectangular electrical conduit to run them in, more to keept them together than really to “hide” them.
However, for the main TV, (which will be wall mounted at some point in the future) I plan to run some in wall conduit to floor level, where a slimline cabinet can then pick up the cables and do with it what comes naturally. Might possibly move a power point up the wall behind the TV as well.
max
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 9:54 AMhey guys, when l set up my lcd on the wall l run the cables through the the plaster then make another hole (through plaster) at the back of my cabainet with all my gear….gives it a flush cable free look.
Russo
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 10:01 AMHave a power point, aerial point behind the tv and also a blank plate or a combined point plate where the wires can be run in the wall to Per say to an entertainment unit where your devices need to go. Neatest way possible.
Brett Ironmonger
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 10:25 AMMy plasma will shortly be hanging on an exterior wall that backs on to the garage, once some extensions are completed.
All cables will exit into a rear access module in the garage and the entertainment equipment shelves will also jut into the open space behind. Rear cupboard style locked doors will give access to the back of all the equipment..
NO visible cables. :)
nesci2
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 10:43 AMmight seem a little like overkill, but i’m planning on rocking a variation on one of these bad mofo’s
http://www.theevosystem.com/
Sean
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 10:50 AMDepending on where the bit of horizontal frame is between your two studs (how high up it is) you could cut a hole in the plaster (behind the panel of course) and then another down near the powerpoints, sources, and feed cables through that as if it were conduit.
Steve
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 11:27 AMWhilst my house was being renovated I took the opportunity to run 40mm conduit down the wall before the plaster was put on. I also had the electrician install a powerpoint and antenna socket on the wall where the TV would be mounted so only AV cabling needs to run down the conduit.
I have since heard of wireless HDMI so maybe this is the answer to those unsightly cables.
Grant
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 1:04 PMI had enough sense when building my house to plan for where the TV would be mounted and had all audio, video and power cables embedded in the wall during construction. (A pity HDMI became popular after the wall was sealed)
The key thing when doing this though is marking where the cables are. When mounting the TV I had to put a few (like 5) separate holes in the wall trying to find the cables. Fortunately the TV was big enough to hide the mess and the result was a large TV mounted on a clean wall with no messy cables.
Moving on to my next house now. Will plan to do the same again.
Dan
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 3:47 PMSince I’m renting, cutting up walls really isn’t an option for me. So! I’ve still managed to fix things in a way that I really do love. If you go down to your local florist, and look for some of the plastic vines they use around the place. I’ve got a few of these vines and twisted them around the cabling from the TV down to my Cabinet. So in essence when it’s finished, it looks more like my cabinet has sprouted a TV tree! Very fun, Cheap, and doesn’t require smashing up a wall (Landlord would rage, already raged so hard at the TV being mounted in the 1st place)
betsy
Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at 11:33 AMdan, i LOVE your vine idea! i’m going to use it in my living room!
OzzyO
Thursday, October 6, 2011 at 2:14 AMDont blame the Landlord. If tenants did that to my house I would have made them pay to fix the holes and repaint the area.
marztar
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 7:23 PMi went with a different method. measured my wall height & width… then lined the entire wall with back electrical cable.. that dangling cable from the tv fits right in now. lol nah not jus kidding. Appart from routing it in the wall what other way is there really.
@nesci2 that thing u linked is fooken hideous!!
Matty
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 11:40 AMThats the great thing about WA, most homes are double brick, so we just bang a hold behind the tv, run it dwn the cavity to the bottom hole in the wall where it connects to your amp/system/whatever.
Also easier to mount displays over here, no studd finding just a few wall plugs.
Murray Dale
Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 8:48 AMI’ve got the route figured out but have run into insulation inside the outside wall. Any ideas?
paran01d
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 12:17 PMthis is the solution I found, very stylish:
http://www.inconceal.tv/
Aristo
Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at 3:15 PMI mounted the TV over my gas fire place.
I bought a piece of homebrand plasterboard for $10.99 and removed the old plaster. I then threaded cables through PVC piping to a hole behind a wall unit/bar. less than $50 in materials and the house was due for a fresh lick of paint anyway.