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shmokes:
Nah . . . it's super easy. Once one cable is through you've got a fish line. If you add a console just twist-tie its cable to one that's already going through the wall and pull it right up.

HaRuMaN:
Just buy a good receiver that has HDMI switching / upscaling, run one HDMI cable to the TV, and done. 

Nephasth:


Hey... this thing is pretty cool! ;)

shmokes:

--- Quote from: HaRuMaN on February 21, 2012, 12:20:18 pm ---Just buy a good receiver that has HDMI switching / upscaling, run one HDMI cable to the TV, and done. 

--- End quote ---

Someday. Right now my receiver has no HDMI on it at all, though it's otherwise a great receiver. But my TV has like 4 or 5 HDMI ports, plus optical and coax audio out, so I'm not missing out on anything.

Even with a new receiver, though, I still wouldn't even want two cables dangling from my TV. You don't have to mount your TV. Nothing wrong with putting it on a stand. IMO, if you're going to have even a single cable showing, just put it on a stand.

Again, there's nothing wrong with putting a TV on a stand. And there is only one reason to mount the TV on the wall. Ergonomically it's usually a worse solution because people do stupid things like mounting the TV above fireplaces and the like so you have to sit with your neck craned the whole time you're watching. But the one and only reason to mount a TV to the wall is that it looks nice. The dangling cable ruins that. Two dangling cables ruin it less than the eight or ten cables I have running to my TV, but it still detracts from the setup aesthetically. And since there's nothing wrong with putting your TV on a stand, where cables are easily hidden, just do that if you aren't willing to hide the cables properly in a wall-mount solution.

Also, a new good receiver costs more than $4, of course.

HaRuMaN:
My TV has a ton of ports also, but I got tired of having to switch TV inputs all the time.  Now it stays one input, and the receiver handles the rest.

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