Plasma on the wall.. wire mess?

[pseudohero]

Anyone have a Plasma TV mounted on the wall?

If so..how do you control the wire mess that runs to your components?

[Guy Fawkes]

Either use Wing chun or a cable tidy. I use the latter. I heard that some people use the Force also, but I haven't tried that.

[foto202]

I cut 2 holes in the wall. One behind the TV and one about 1 ft from the ground. Run the wires behind the wall. You will need a fish tape- it's an electrcian's tool to get the wire from one hole to the next.

[iBswole]

I think some people either have some sort of wireless cable socket or they put it through the wall that its mounted on... or they have some discrete way of hiding the cables - my dads plasma is on seperate cabinet it has all this HDMI cables streaming out the back so yeah i'd be curious too. ask the store attendents

[Guy Fawkes]

Wow you guys aren't joking?

OK you have a number of options.

You can channel out the plaster in the wall, and run the wires down "inside" the wall" and then plaster over and paint. This is a very neat solution.

Or, you can get a cable tidy (or just a plastic tube cut in half across the profile so you have a semi-circular piece of plastic or use a rectangular one or w/e) run the cables down the wall; stick this over it; paint the tube (and wall if necessary).

Or build an MDF mantle under the TV and run the cables through that.

etc. etc. The options are endless, but you need to be good at DIY or willing to spend some $$$. Any decent carpenter/handyman can do this stuff in 1 day.

Personally, avoid wirless wherever possible. Hard-wired is always better quality and doesn't suffer from interferance. And if your doing something permanent like the above, get some good quality cables.

Have a look at the pictures at the bottom of this page for some ideas. The best option is actually a complete false wall (or part-wall - doesn't have to be the whole thing) so that the TV/sound/cables actually sit "inside" the wall. Not as expensive as it sounds and looks awesome.

http://www.intersys.gr/information/p...lasma_lib.html

[pseudohero]

Originally Posted by Kameldude

Wow you guys aren't joking?

OK you have a number of options.

You can channel out the plaster in the wall, and run the wires down "inside" the wall" and then plaster over and paint. This is a very neat solution.

Or, you can get a cable tidy (or just a plastic tube cut in half across the profile so you have a semi-circular piece of plastic or use a rectangular one or w/e) run the cables down the wall; stick this over it; paint the tube (and wall if necessary).

Or build an MDF mantle under the TV and run the cables through that.

etc. etc. The options are endless, but you need to be good at DIY or willing to spend some $$$. Any decent carpenter/handyman can do this stuff in 1 day.

Personally, avoid wirless wherever possible. Hard-wired is always better quality and doesn't suffer from interferance. And if your doing something permanent like the above, get some good quality cables.

Have a look at the pictures at the bottom of this page for some ideas. The best option is actually a complete false wall (or part-wall - doesn't have to be the whole thing) so that the TV/sound/cables actually sit "inside" the wall. Not as expensive as it sounds and looks awesome.

http://www.intersys.gr/information/p...lasma_lib.html

yeah, it has to be hardwired for sure...

only issue is i'm currently renting a place, so can't gouge the wall... i guess i'll just have to wrap it on the semi-circular piece of plastic, as you mentioned.

I also haven't bought the TV yet... ws wondering about the one's with the tuner seperate.... would that save the wire mess? Or are those types of Plasma's out-dated?

[Guy Fawkes]

OK, if you can't make structural changes, get something like this:

http://www.theplasmacentre.com/searc...0165=N&cpgn=67

Just run a local google search for "cable tidy plasma tv" or something. Or just make it up yourself from a plasitc pipe and an electric saw+sander (if you can do that kind of stuff).

[scott_donald]

thru the wall... bst imo... thats how mine is done...