ᐅ Concealed connection for the TV or flat-screen television
Created on: 17 Feb 2020 22:41
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Bauherr am L
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
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
face26 schrieb:
I think the option with the cable conduit is the best.
I have a question about the outlet then. What does it look like there? Just a hole in the wall, or do you make a frame for a neat edge? Or do you just say it doesn’t matter since the TV will be in front of it? I have a hole in the wall. It looks like Dresden 45 in a smaller version. But the TV is in front of it.