Tvs on the wall....
09-04-2010, 05:52 PM
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garibaldi
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Tvs on the wall....
Right, i'll get to the chase, im a bit fed up of my son (15 months) turning the tv and dvd on and off and on and off and on and off and on and off
SO, i want to put it on the wall, but need to connect my dvd home theatre, virgin box, wii and if possible my pc.
Being a new house, there is no fireplace/wall, so i thought of building a false chimney breast wall thing in the middle of the wall, as a feature point of view to hang the tv, and put in some shelves failry high up which would also essentially hide the cables etc...........
BUT i'm looking for a bit of inspiration and pictures if possible of what you guys may have done
Hope you can help
SO, i want to put it on the wall, but need to connect my dvd home theatre, virgin box, wii and if possible my pc.
Being a new house, there is no fireplace/wall, so i thought of building a false chimney breast wall thing in the middle of the wall, as a feature point of view to hang the tv, and put in some shelves failry high up which would also essentially hide the cables etc...........
BUT i'm looking for a bit of inspiration and pictures if possible of what you guys may have done
Hope you can help
09-04-2010, 06:49 PM
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I was getting huge quotes so decided to do mine myself and am so so glad i did it was easy.
mounting the tv bracket is just drilling and mounting easy
to channel the wires
angle grind 2 lines up and 2 across then chisel out the middle nail in some trunking pull all the wires in clip the top on and fill all over sand fill sand fill sand fill easy easy
just waiting to finish painting now, but warned it is very very very messy using a grinder on plaster and brick.
mounting the tv bracket is just drilling and mounting easy
to channel the wires
angle grind 2 lines up and 2 across then chisel out the middle nail in some trunking pull all the wires in clip the top on and fill all over sand fill sand fill sand fill easy easy
just waiting to finish painting now, but warned it is very very very messy using a grinder on plaster and brick.
09-04-2010, 06:50 PM
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I was getting huge quotes so decided to do mine myself and am so so glad i did it was easy.
mounting the tv bracket is just drilling and mounting easy
to channel the wires
angle grind 2 lines up and 2 across then chisel out the middle nail in some trunking pull all the wires in clip the top on and fill all over sand fill sand fill sand fill easy easy
just waiting to finish painting now, but warned it is very very very messy using a grinder on plaster and brick.
mounting the tv bracket is just drilling and mounting easy
to channel the wires
angle grind 2 lines up and 2 across then chisel out the middle nail in some trunking pull all the wires in clip the top on and fill all over sand fill sand fill sand fill easy easy
just waiting to finish painting now, but warned it is very very very messy using a grinder on plaster and brick.
whats the height of the tv looks really low?
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09-04-2010, 06:53 PM
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remember to future proof the instal, i.e, run the cables you think you may use in the fututre.
You may not have an sky hd box for example right now, but run an hdmi cable(or 2 ) in case you decide to get it in the future, should make life that much easier if the cables are plastered into the wall in trunking.
If you have a laptop, you may want to run in a vga cable incase you want to view it on the tv, or if you smash the screen by accident, you can still use it.
You may not have an sky hd box for example right now, but run an hdmi cable(or 2 ) in case you decide to get it in the future, should make life that much easier if the cables are plastered into the wall in trunking.
If you have a laptop, you may want to run in a vga cable incase you want to view it on the tv, or if you smash the screen by accident, you can still use it.
09-04-2010, 07:31 PM
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Heres mine,
Samsung 40" jobby
Phillips soundbar (Mrs doesnt like surround sound speakers dotted around room)
Samsung wall mounted blu ray player
In unit beside Chimney, PS3, Xbox 360, Virgin HD+, nintendo wii
I boarded out the original chimney breast using some 10mm battons, plasterboarded and had it plastered. Skirting board can be removed using screws and pull wires are in the wall incase i need to replace a cable.
Samsung 40" jobby
Phillips soundbar (Mrs doesnt like surround sound speakers dotted around room)
Samsung wall mounted blu ray player
In unit beside Chimney, PS3, Xbox 360, Virgin HD+, nintendo wii
I boarded out the original chimney breast using some 10mm battons, plasterboarded and had it plastered. Skirting board can be removed using screws and pull wires are in the wall incase i need to replace a cable.
09-04-2010, 07:44 PM
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10-04-2010, 08:47 AM
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Don't put it too high, When I wall mounted mine, it was about 12" higher than eye level and that hurt my neck to look at it. Moved it down, and its perfect now. Just got to run the remote eye thing for the wii through the wall 
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10-04-2010, 09:07 AM
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Mate if your talking about the wire for the sensor bar, you do know they sell a wireless one.
10-04-2010, 09:29 AM
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I did a full build on mine the only thing that's changed from below is the addition of a new Sub, SkyHD, Black wii [which I've switched on possibly twice ] and the CD stands have been binned.
The lights behind the TV are colour changing LEDs [nicked the idea from my Dad's Philips ambilight TV]
Next step is a 6 foot projector screen
P.S this was it before so you can get an idea of how much I've done to the house
During:
HTH
] and the CD stands have been binned. The lights behind the TV are colour changing LEDs [nicked the idea from my Dad's Philips ambilight TV]
Next step is a 6 foot projector screen
P.S this was it before so you can get an idea of how much I've done to the house
During:
HTH
Is that all for 1 hamster?
10-04-2010, 10:10 AM
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Rich, you can get the wireless Wii sensor bar for Ł1 at poundland
http://www.poundland.co.uk/product-r...ss-sensor-bar/
dont know how good it will be but well worth a try for Ł1
http://www.poundland.co.uk/product-r...ss-sensor-bar/
dont know how good it will be but well worth a try for Ł1
10-04-2010, 10:44 AM
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Lol cheers guys, yeah one hamster in there, little Gareth, he fucking loves it
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Won't a wireless sensor bar need batteries etc? Its a piece of piss to run the wire through the wall anyway so probably just leave it as is, just havent got round to it yet!
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Won't a wireless sensor bar need batteries etc? Its a piece of piss to run the wire through the wall anyway so probably just leave it as is, just havent got round to it yet!
10-07-2010, 09:14 AM
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garibaldi
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she saw it in a showhome a few weeks ago and decided it would be a good idea.........................
