[Closed] Talk to me about wall mounted TV's and hiding cables...

AAARGH!

That's how it went for me.

You can get wall mounted connector sockets yes.. It can be a bit technical to do it right actually.

What I would've done if I was going to do it right was put two of these connector panels in - one at the bottom or behind whatever furniture houses your equippment, and one behind the TV. Then you can use two lots of cables to connect them.

In the end I just buried cables in the walls behind 13a socket blanking plates with a bit cut out of the bottom. You'll also need a 13a socket up high of course. It's easiest to patch into a socket (provided that socket is on the ring) and run twin and earth up behind the wall ... but it's a tad risky as wires in walls are only supposed to go vertically up or down from the floor from sockets, depending on if you are on the ground floor or not. So that anyone drilling knows where the cables are.

you don't really want scart wall plates - Scarts aren't that secure most of the time

Have a look here
http://cableorganizer.com/video-wallplates/

If you have the depth, a buried 50mm trunking is ideal for running unbroken cables through & a lot cheaper

Do you need scart? A few HDMIs would be better these days wouldn't it?

If you do...

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£1.43 from CPC

House I just moved into has a few points set up for wall mounting TVs. Was originally power and aerial, then they later added HDMI, and a different aerial setup. Originally done with wall mount sockets, but the later additions were just cables hanging out of the wall. There's something to be said for just having cables, as they're less likely to get in the way of the mount, and may allow you to use a lower profile mount.

When I installed my TV, I also pulled through an ethernet cable (for internet TV) and an audio cable so I can use an external amp and speakers. If you can, leave the option to pull through more cables later on.