Chasing cables into the wall - stupid bloody idea!

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Just had loads of work done at home, including a full replaster of the living room - so got an hdmi cable chased into the chimney breast for the telly.

Went to mount the TV, and ping! off comes the male connector.

Balls.

Some googling, 70 quids worth of supplies, and a looong afternoon gets me this:



Another hour or so, and time for a test:



It only bloody works! Haven't done any soldering since DT at school over 15 years ago.

Tests with a bluray (once I'd installed the 'proper' TV very carefully!) and if it's not 1080p I can't tell the difference...

Chuffed.

But am never doing it again!