Hiding AV 'stuff'
Discussion
Folks,
Looking for ideas. I've mounted the TV and soundbar on the wall today, really happy with how it looks and works buttttt....
I've got that stuff on the floor to try and hide. I need to have a power bar down there and also possibly an XBox but am struggling to think of a creative way to hide it. I'm going to run the power cable through the boxing to prevent one cable going round the corner but I do need *something* down there...
Would rather not have a cabinet there as it defeats the purpose of wall mounting but are there any shelves which might work?!?
Edited by carreauchompeur on Sunday 29th January 18:12
I don't know what you mean if you don't want a cabinet, but are happy with shelves as the AV gear will still be on show. Unless you can locate the gear remotely and just run cables out to the TV/soundbar?
I moved my AV rack under the stairs and have hidden all the speakers (9 of them) and 4 subwoofers, bar one pair of white wall mounted surrounds that had to be visible. It took a lot of work and destruction first (and I'm not fully finished yet either), but I think it looks much better than having gear on show. It's no fun doing it though; hence why I'm still not done having started last October...
I moved my AV rack under the stairs and have hidden all the speakers (9 of them) and 4 subwoofers, bar one pair of white wall mounted surrounds that had to be visible. It took a lot of work and destruction first (and I'm not fully finished yet either), but I think it looks much better than having gear on show. It's no fun doing it though; hence why I'm still not done having started last October...
You need a nice cabinet IMO. It's dead space otherwise.
Wall mounting the clobber allows you to use the top of the cabinet for other things. Or just get a decent TV stand and put it on top of the cabinet and give up on wall mounting (which isn't the right solution all the time IMO).
We had a bespoke TV cabinet made having seen a similar style in a different type of furniture. It did cost a lot more than an Ikea job, but then we see it a lot!
Wall mounting the clobber allows you to use the top of the cabinet for other things. Or just get a decent TV stand and put it on top of the cabinet and give up on wall mounting (which isn't the right solution all the time IMO).
We had a bespoke TV cabinet made having seen a similar style in a different type of furniture. It did cost a lot more than an Ikea job, but then we see it a lot!
Thanks all, definitely don't want a cabinet as it will look better without. Main stumbling block is finding somewhere for the Xbox 360, a big ugly lump with an ugly lump of a power supply too!
I've seen a few wall mounts which mount it flush to the wall so I could potentially put that in behind the TV mount, then all I have to do is nicely route the power cables.
I've seen a few wall mounts which mount it flush to the wall so I could potentially put that in behind the TV mount, then all I have to do is nicely route the power cables.
carreauchompeur said:
Thanks all, definitely don't want a cabinet as it will look better without. Main stumbling block is finding somewhere for the Xbox 360, a big ugly lump with an ugly lump of a power supply too!
I've seen a few wall mounts which mount it flush to the wall so I could potentially put that in behind the TV mount, then all I have to do is nicely route the power cables.
Could you not have a cabinet in the corner of the room/besides/behind sofa with Xbox, Blu Ray, etc etc then use an AV receiver/HDMI splitter to run a single HDMI cable around the room & up to the TV?I've seen a few wall mounts which mount it flush to the wall so I could potentially put that in behind the TV mount, then all I have to do is nicely route the power cables.
Use slim D line Conduit on the skirting board & up the wall, paint it to suit the wall colour. That will get you 80% of the way very easily.
Firstly, why don't you hang the extension cable on the back of the TV and plug everything in neatly behind the TV? Then you only need to run one cable down the wall.
Secondly, just buy one of those IKEA bracketless shelves and put the XBOX on that and run the cable up the back to the extension lead on the TV, and the HDMI.
Secondly, just buy one of those IKEA bracketless shelves and put the XBOX on that and run the cable up the back to the extension lead on the TV, and the HDMI.
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