Cables, Cables, Cables

jasmin10

Surely there must be a way of not having to many cables behind your TV.

I have Plasma with a scart, two DVD players each with a scart, a Freeview box also with scarts and then all the other cables to go with it.

Someone did try to explain once that you can loop them all up but to be honest I didn't understand.

Sam

Poppycat

I got some cable tiders that are like plastic coils you insert the cables and use like a huge zip to insert the cables in the coil, you can cut the coil to any size shorter than its 3 metres length. I got mine from one of those cheap shops at Clifton Moor, York. I dont remember the name but its a national chain. I have seen them before on Ebay in 5 metres lengths too. I got two pcs and used one 3 metres length and cut in two. I then did a tv in bedroom along with a pvr and have some spare for another pc.

This is the sort of thing. You can find them on ebay type "cable tidy"



http://www.jmldirect.com/product.php?cid=7&pid=9

John_Gray

If all the cables behind a PC and its monitor and speakers, etc, came from, and went to, the same location then a cable tidy would be very useful!

Unfortunately they don't...

John

Timmy

jasmin10 wrote:

Surely there must be a way of not having to many cables behind your TV.

I have Plasma with a scart, two DVD players each with a scart, a Freeview box also with scarts and then all the other cables to go with it.

Someone did try to explain once that you can loop them all up but to be honest I didn't understand.

Sam

Well they all need cables obviously but not all of them need to go into the tv. Do either of your dvd players have more than one scart socket on the back? If so you can connect one dvd player to the next, then that one into your digibox and then the didgibox is the only thing connected to the tv.

I'm not clear on why you have two dvd players though?

barjam_2

Poppycat wrote:

I got some cable tiders that are like plastic coils you insert the cables and use like a huge zip to insert the cables in the coil, you can cut the coil to any size shorter than its 3 metres length. I got mine from one of those cheap shops at Clifton Moor, York. I dont remember the name but its a national chain. I have seen them before on Ebay in 5 metres lengths too. I got two pcs and used one 3 metres length and cut in two. I then did a tv in bedroom along with a pvr and have some spare for another pc.

This is the sort of thing. You can find them on ebay type "cable tidy"



http://www.jmldirect.com/product.php?cid=7&pid=9

i got my cable tidys from poundland and they are exactly the same as the ones you have shown poppycat:D

jasmin10

I do have the dvd players going from one to the other - it's just all the scarts look such a mess.

I have two dvd players as one is a recorder. So I can play dvd's and the copy them onto the HDD so I don't have to keep getting all my dvd's out.

Perhaps that is what it's down to then ah - just getting some cable tidies.

Thanks for your help guys.

JBsplit

i wish someone would make cables that can be cut to length,that way it would so much eaiser to keep them all together and tidy.

Aiadi

I've stuffed all my units (2 freeview boxes, satellite, VCR and DVD recorder) into an entertainment unit in the corner of the room and used an AEI digisender to connect them all to the TV wirelessly) the TV has only the receiver unit attached to it and that is it. Works really great.

chunter

Maplin.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?TabID=1&criteria=wireless%20scart&ModuleNo=48704&doy=21m4

If you can afford a plasma tv, you'll not be worrying about the price of this..

scheming_gypsy

I had the same problem, Plasma, amp, DVD, DVD recorder, Sky+, PS2, sub woofer.

I used a 6 way extension which i attached to the wall behind the stand and looped the cables together and cabled tied. It still looked a bit tatty but not as bad so i invested in a couple of mirrors.

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raymond

chunter wrote:

Maplin.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?TabID=1&criteria=wireless%20scart&ModuleNo=48704&doy=21m4

If you can afford a plasma tv, you'll not be worrying about the price of this..

and it will give a crap picture to