what to do about trailing wires on led tv

[rbrocky]

ok, so nearly finished my room and fitted my tv to the wall yesturday, but now brings the dilema of how to make the trailing wires bellow the tv look vaguely good

ok so the obvious solution would be bury them in the wall, but the room has just been finished and i didnt initially plan to get a tele when i started out.

i may have a small cabinet bellow it to put my ps3 on but apart from that not too sure how to make it look "reasonable"

these pics are bad quality but you get the idea

anyone got any pics of what they have done?

tata

 

[Gorms]

I know you dont want to but the best way is to put them in the wall. Do it right the first time or you will regret it.

 

[FiXX]

if its a stud wall its very minor job to bury the cables in the wall and easy to fix, small hole at top behind the tv, small hole at bottom. Drop a plumb line down, pull cables through then stick a brush plate at the bottom.... then ya dont even need to do any remedial work. If you cant be arsed with that then just stick up some self adhesive conduit trunking and paint it the same colour as the wall.

 

[JonnyK]

nice bedframe xD

 

[Sym0n]

Are you living in a squat?

Anyway, my plan is to use D-Line trunking (this week actually). Mostly as I'm only here temporarily and the walls as solid brick so would need channelling.

P.S. I have that PAX wardrobe. Fun fact.

 

[rbrocky]

nice bedframe xD

As said in op
My room is nearly finished! Bed should e coming in the week
I've been sleeping on the floor for the past few weeks

Any pics of Anyones set-ups?

 

[timps]

Here you go mate, use the trunking as mentioned above. Very easy to do, cables can be added or taken out quickly and when you come to take the tv down you arent left with any holes in the wall

 

[rbrocky]

not a bad atempt mate tbh!

 

[jam.]

trunking is for elephanting.

The best way to do it imo, is to knock up an mdf frame that would go from just under the tv to the floor, make it stand proud from the wall and then easily hide the cables behind.
Paint the mdf a cool colour, add some shelves to in the same colour for your kit, and BOOM! you'll be thanking me.

I'd show you but havent got photoshop, or the patience at the minute..

 

[rbrocky]

dont have too much space in my room, though it is something to look into!

 

[jam.]

You should have enough room. By frame I mean a sheet of mdf standing no more than 1 inch from the wall supported by studs.

EAZEH!

 

[rbrocky]

any pics of what ya think?