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How do you buy an HDTV from Amazon?
Nephasth:
There are plenty of temporary solutions, just use your imagination. Here's one. PVC pipe cut in half. Then when you move out or move your tv you won't have gaping holes in the walls.
ETA: And if dangling cables really bother you, you should look into buying a wireless TV. I have this LG, but I have it mounted on a stand. Only wire going to the TV is the power cord. You can have your media components on the opposite side of the room and not worry about the cables. Maybe the wireless thing will catch on, maybe not.
lordnacho:
I 'm with you shmokes.
Wall mount with any visible wires is just fugly and defeats the entire point. Same thing with my desktop monitors, bought a dual lcd arm and spent a little time hiding all the wires.
Heard running the tv power cable through the wall is a fire hazard though and would be an issue with insurance if anything bad happened. You apparently are supposed to have a power outlet behind the tv, which would obviously make things more difficult.
shmokes:
--- Quote from: Nephasth on February 21, 2012, 10:11:07 am ---
There are plenty of temporary solutions, just use your imagination. Here's one. PVC pipe cut in half. Then when you move out or move your tv you won't have gaping holes in the walls.
ETA: And if dangling cables really bother you, you should look into buying a wireless TV. I have this LG, but I have it mounted on a stand. Only wire going to the TV is the power cord. You can have your media components on the opposite side of the room and not worry about the cables. Maybe the wireless thing will catch on, maybe not.
--- End quote ---
In what world is sawing a PVC pipe in half lengthwise easier than drilling a hole through drywall? For that matter, in what world would that be a cheaper solution? For that matter, how do you propose to attach said PVC pipe to the wall? Tape? Glue? Screws? Are you trying to make the dangling cables look better or worse?
Patching a hole in a wall when you decide to move is not exactly the end of the world. You glob some Spackle into it, scrape over it with a putty knife, sand for about 30 seconds, and paint. Not the end of the world, especially considering that you're already doing the same thing for all the holes you put in the wall for wall hangings. For example all the holes you put in the wall when you installed your TV's wall bracket.
I'm telling you, if you can replace a doorknob you can install one of these things. And they cost a few dollars. And the cost and effort of repairing any wall damage when you move out is equally negligible. You simply cannot make any compelling argument to not do this. And the results speak for themselves. If you are willing to go through the trouble of installing a TV wall bracket (and it is trouble, I've done it), but unwilling to take this minimal, very simple extra step, you have some serious stubbornness issues. The results speak for themselves.
edit: fixed an obnoxious all-caps sentence
Nephasth:
Jesus shmokes, you're touchy this morning. I didn't say the PVC pipe solution was easier, I didn't say your solution was hard. I'm not a fan of punching ~2" diameter holes in my walls is all. If you have to patch the holes later... well there goes some of your cost savings. Filling a nail/screw hole is much easier and cheaper than patching a 2" hole. I'm not willing to commit to holes of that size when the furnature gets rearranged as much as it does. You say the purpose is for aesthetics, I understand that, but if you're taking that stance you could have spent another couple bucks to get a white outlet and faceplate to match your through hole cover.
PS - After all that work, I can still see your bulge... Don't be so sensitive.
shmokes:
The TV's wall bracket itself means you're not going to be rearranging the furniture (or at least the location of the TV). They're a pain to install and create a ton of screw holes in the wall. The extra hole in the wall makes you no more or less likely to move the TV to a new location.
And yeah, I was mildly disappointed that the plate is visible above my component stand. When I set it up I hadn't yet purchased the stand for all my home theater equipment. Without giving it much thought I just matched it to the same height as the power outlet. Your pointing it out, though, is just sort of petty. It's not like you can't see that the simple solution is mount it a bit lower than I did. You're just grasping at some way to say that these things aren't actually a good solution.
What's annoying your seeming compulsive need to say anything, no matter how absurd, so long as it's not, "Hey . . . that thing's pretty cool." Which is the obvious response to such an inexpensive, easy-to-implement solution that produces such excellent results.
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