Terminating in-wall HDMI

[PJArcher]

Is it practical/efficient to use wall plates to terminate HDMI cables in order to clean up behind my TV and reciever? I can't fathom having no loss in signal when the connection from my reciever to my TV is almost 60ft and is made up of 3 HDMI cables (50ft in the wall, 4ft from wall to TV, and another 4ft from wall to reciever). Would it be better to just run the HDMI cable through a hole in my wall leaving 1 cable from reciever to TV, at the cost of having my clean wall disgraced by a stray wire?

 

[bandphan]

why not use a wall plate with dimmer switch size opening

 

[orAgon]

You need to minimize the length of the cable actually used for the connection. This is true with any cabling installation but more so with the still evolving HDMI. This can be accomplished by reducing or eliminating turns and slack between terminations (such as from wall connection to wall connection) even if you have to have the cable lengths customized. I myself like the clean and professional look of wall outlets.

 

[PJArcher]

There isn't too much slack. The wire was run from outlet, up wall, through ceiling, and down wall to the other outlet. There is about 4ft of slack in the HDMI cable at each end, which I have running down the wall so it is not bundled up.

 

[patnshan]

I use portsaver HDMI plates from monoprice with no problems. They have a four inch cable on the back to eliminate bending the cable a lot in the wall at the termination. They work great!

Pat

 

[orAgon]

There isn't too much slack. The wire was run from outlet, up wall, through ceiling, and down wall to the other outlet. There is about 4ft of slack in the HDMI cable at each end, which I have running down the wall so it is not bundled up.

That IS a long cable run. Well, here’s how I would do it if I were in your shoes:

In a blank wall plate, drill a hole just large enough for the cable end to fit and go through, fit the end of the cable through the hole, and protect the cable jacket from chafing (as well as “seal” the space around the cable) with a rubber grommet. This way you don’t add anymore to your 50’ and have some semblance of that clean look.