TV on Wall - Connections

Now33

I am currently having an extension built and want a wall mounted TV on wall. Can anyone recommend the most cost effective set up to get HDMI connections to the TV? My builder has said he will be run cables through the wall I am thinking I probably want 2 or 3 HDMI sockets on the wall to link up to a variety of equipment Xbox, PC, DVD player etc, and I am intending to order cables from Ebay or Amazon, but I wondered if I need wall plates, both behind the TV and near the floor, and if so can anyone recommend what I need to buy? Or do people just tend to have cables coming out of wall?

I_have_spoken

Won't you need an AV Receiver to process the 5.1 from DVD etc? Most peeps plug all their kit into the receiver then run one lead from TV out to the telly.

You def. don't want to leave cables hanging out the wall, if you break the HDMI plug you'd need to pull new cable or chase out the wall.

Now33

I don't need 5.1, just some basic connections to link up my equipment from the corner of the room up to the TV on the wall in the centre of the room. I had assumed HDMI, but don't really have any knowledge above that of connection. I think I will need to but cable of approx 5-7m in length and then some wall plates?

victor2

We had an extension built last year and one end of it was to be the "Entertainment wall".
TV was to be wall mounted. Had a power point, antenna cable, HDMI cable and ethernet socket put in the wall behind where the TV would be. Below it, where the amplifier and DVD player would sit, we had a double socket, antenna socket and ethernet port. That is where the other ends of the antenna and HDMI cables behind the TV were. Amplifier has many HDMI inputs, so the single lead from it up to the TV were fine. Ethernet cables were run through the walls to a double port by the existing router.
Works a treat, absolutely no cables visible unless you look behind units. Even the 5.1 speaker cables were run behind the plaster/skirting boards.

Now33

victor2 wrote: »

. Had a power point, antenna cable, HDMI cable and ethernet socket put in the wall behind where the TV would be. Below it, where the amplifier and DVD player would sit, we had a double socket, antenna socket and ethernet port. That is where the other ends of the antenna and HDMI cables behind the TV were. Amplifier has many HDMI inputs, so the single lead from it up to the TV were fine..

Thanks Victor2 - can you post any links for the sockets , amplifiers etc, you bought?

flashg67

If you just want to be able to connect multiple HDMI enabled bits of kit, how about getting the cables laid by your builder and having something like this, along with a power socket fitted behind the tv - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Socket-Connect-Faceplate-sockets-soldering/dp/B00O4HIAXO/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1447511274&sr=8-4&keywords=hdmi+socket+plate

samizdat

This may not matter to you, but I would consider the quality of the HDMI cable that you will fit, because anything over 5 metres may struggle with 4K content at 50 or 60 Hertz, which could become more of an issue in future.

Look for a Category 2 cable.

victor2

Now33 wrote: »

Thanks Victor2 - can you post any links for the sockets , amplifiers etc, you bought?

Most connectors & cables came from Toolstation:
http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Electrical/d190/Data+%26+Telecoms/sd2745/Modular+Faceplate/p37277
http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Electrical/d190/Data+%26+Telecoms/sd2745/CAT5E+UTP+Wall+Outlet+Module+%2825mm%29/p85517
http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Electrical/d190/Data+%26+Telecoms/sd2745/Blanking+Module/p35711
http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Electrical/d190/TV+%26+Satellite/sd3084/HDMI+Lead+%28V1.4%29/p99518

Speaker cable was some mid-range stuff off Amazon I believe, as it's a bit permanent behind the plaster. Ran a short antenna cable from behind the unit with the amp in (as a PVR sits there) up through the wall to the TV. The main antenna feed goes to a socket behind the PVR.
Builder supplied the socket boxes to go in the wall, and happened to have some Cat5e cable as he'd recently equipped his own house for comms.
Cut grooves in the blanking plates to let the cables through.
It's an Onkyo amplifier, with something like 8 HDMI sockets in the back.

Used Toolstation because various other things were coming from there.