ᐅ Concealed connection for the TV or flat-screen television

Hi everyone,

I’m currently considering the most visually discreet and technically best solution for the TV connection in the living room.

For us, only one wall is suitable for the TV, which already simplifies things. There are different furnishing options for that wall:

1. Classic setup with a low cabinet (lowboard) under the TV, where the TV either stands on it or is wall-mounted above it.
2. Without any low cabinet, meaning the TV is mounted alone on the wall (Samsung The Frame, for example, looks quite elegant this way).

In the first case, the solution is simple: all relevant outlets go behind the low cabinet, which also houses any additional devices (PlayStation and so on). Although I tend to see fewer devices being used nowadays; no one really needs a Fire TV Stick or similar anymore… In any case, I would install 3x standard power sockets, 1x LAN duplex outlet, and 1x blank conduit box (I no longer use coax, but that’s another topic).

If it comes to the second case (which is quite possible) and there is no low cabinet, the connections (power and LAN) for the TV should also be directly hidden behind it. Even in the case of a wall-mounted TV with a low cabinet below, the cables should ideally run invisibly inside an in-wall conduit leading to the TV. This part is fixed.

However, I find 5 unused sockets below a TV mounted alone on the wall very unsightly...

How would you approach this, or how have you solved it?

For newer Samsung models, the connection box is external anyway, and it can be placed up to 15m (50 feet) away from the TV with the longer extra cable, so you can basically hide all connections somewhere in a corner there...

Thanks and best regards from L

Something like this to compare


Or simply all the media connections you need built into the wall behind the TV

We will install a power outlet, a network connection, and two satellite connections below the wall mount. The wall mount will be a PM Slimflex 52 from PureMounts, which can be purchased at a reasonable price on Mr. Bezos’s website. The one designed for 52" TVs also fits perfectly with our 55" model; we have a nearly bezel-less Samsung device.

Depending on which wall the TV is mounted on, it is also possible that we will place a lowboard under the TV again. In that case, I will run a cable duct upward, as we do in our current apartment. We currently have an aluminum cable duct of the "Big Mouth" type, which was also obtained through the website mentioned above.

You could also install all the outlets at the standard lower height and run a conduit for the cables concealed inside the wall upwards. If needed, you can then "open up" the conduit and route the cables downwards.

I didn’t want an outlet directly on the TV wall. Installing it behind the TV doesn’t seem ideal, as antenna cables, data cables, and plugs tend to stick out and are difficult to access.

We planned a storage room behind the TV, where a trunking channel will be mounted on the wall, along with a 50mm (2 inch) conduit through the wall to insert all cables. The DVD player can also be stored in the storage room, since nowadays it can be controlled via HDMI.

In other cases, we always install a conduit from the TV downwards for clients, as there is usually a sideboard anyway.

The picture shows the secondary apartment, where outlets are also located in the storage room and connections run from top to bottom.

That's a cool idea! Unfortunately, in our case, the exterior wall is located behind the TV…