TV Units and a cable problem

[audi321]

Hi all, I'm after a new TV unit for my new house which I'm moving to next few weeks, and I've seen prices ranging from £100 to £1000 for what I'm after, so I thought I would ask you experts

The TV is going on the wall, but not too high (the wall has a socket on it which I need to cover at 1.4m high) and I would like a low TV unit, and long (2m ish), so any recommendations would be appreciated.

The problem..........involves a cable! Although the previous house owner has put plenty of connections in the wall from their TV unit up to the TV, I have a Bose Videowave which has a cable leading from a TV control unit box, up to the TV. The wall is newly plastered and painted, so I don't really want to mess around chasing this wire in. I need to get this cable up from the low unit to the TV. I was thinking about going outside and then back in again, but the cable has a fairly large connector (bigger than HDMI) at each end, so drilling would be difficult.

What would you guys do? Please don't say find another house

[VEX]

Depending on the insulation used, we sometimes run in the cavity wall void. If you cut a whole smaller than a UK back box then you can cover the hole and then use a brush plate to cover it.

V.

[audi321]

It's a solid wall

[SlidingSideways]

If it's an external wall, could you go out, up the wall outside and back in again?

[audi321]

I could yes. But that's what I mean about the cable and the large connectors on it. Even though the cable is only about power lead thickness I would need a massive drill bit to get the connector through and its pebbledash on the outside which is next doors courtyard which I couldn't guarantee taking off a massive chunk of the render

[SlidingSideways]

Sorry, skim read your post and didn't spot the connector part, or that you'd already discounted going out/in

audi321 said:

the previous house owner has put plenty of connections in the wall from their TV unit up to the TV,

What are the cables in? If they're in a conduit, is there room to poke your cable (ooh-err) through that as well? Although I guess the connector will make this tricky also.

[audi321]

Good thinking! Although I can't answer that until I move in, let's hope there's some conduit. I could bin off all the old HDMI leads/Scart leads which he had put in and just feed up my chunky connector. It's not huge, probably just a little bigger than a HDMI and smaller than a VGA connnector.

[aquarianone]

I got this stand from Ebay, around £130

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-Metre-Large-2-Door-TV-...

The tv is 65" and the stand is 2m long, i've left the door's off from the left & right sections, does the job perfectly (ie have enough space for my center speaker in the middle section) and they do a few different colors / styles.

[JKRolling]

Could you not build a simple frame put chip board on the front and either paint or wall paper as a feature wall?

[roverspeed]

I googled your tv and could be completely wrong, but isn't it just an hdmi lead going from the box to the screen?

Eta -never mind. It's not. Stupid Bose

Could cutting and joining the cable be an option?

Edited by roverspeed on Sunday 27th December 16:31

[audi321]

Well it turns out the house has fallen through!! Bloody Japanese knotweed in next doors garden - long story!

So thanks for all your help guys but looks like the problem will never occur.

Cheers again.