Opinions on wall jacks vs. straight hook ups - Blu-ray Forum

DavidAg02 · 05-15-2009, 05:03 PM

Wall plates work fine and really help clean things up.

Coming from someone who has recently gone from using direct connects to in-wall runs with wall plates, I can honestly say that if done correctly there should be no noticeable loss in audio/video quality.

Blu-Benny · 05-15-2009, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by DavidAg02

Wall plates work fine and really help clean things up.

Coming from someone who has recently gone from using direct connects to in-wall runs with wall plates, I can honestly say that if done correctly there should be no noticeable loss in audio/video quality.

where can you get the plates for things like HDMI?? monocables or do places like menards/home depot carry them???

on the inside of the wall, is it just a simple connection or something special???

Cisco in HD · 05-15-2009, 06:19 PM

I've seen plenty on monoprice's site. I'm sure others have more sites to share.

Y3k Bug · 05-15-2009, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Blu-Benny

where can you get the plates for things like HDMI??

Here's a one HDMI wall plate/plug from Monoprice:

HDMI Wall Plate

They also have dual plug ones. I'm definitely getting some of these eventually. I just need to figure out why I need them.

DavidAg02 · 05-15-2009, 07:04 PM

Monoprice is a good source for HDMI wall plates. Another site that I have used, and been very happy with is www.firefold.com

rthune101 · 06-05-2009, 03:36 PM

Menards carries OnQ - Legrand, they have some sweet wall plates and snap in modules. I did a HDMI wall plate that had 2 open slots to fill under it, did one cat5e and one coax. Also did their banana clip wall plates for all my speakers, easy and pretty clean.

http://www.onqlegrand.com/products/n...00000005d0yAAA

guitarist155 · 06-05-2009, 07:44 PM

why not do both? if you ran the wires in wall you could use bulk plates or plates without jacks and have the excess hanging out to connect to the devices. that way it's in wall but still only one connection point. also I would really recommend installing conduit as opposed to just running wire in wall. then you can pull through what you want when you want, and replace things if they go bad.

like this http://www.amazon.com/Vanco-Dual-Gan...4231100&sr=8-1

they also have single gang http://www.21stcenturyent.com/catalo...ll%20plate.jpg. if you didn't want that big an opening for speaker wire you could just drill a small hole in a blank wall plate or get a coax plate without the connector. like this http://www.fourpair.com/ccp51/media/...l/102060WH.jpg

AlabamaBoy · 06-05-2009, 07:57 PM

I agree with guitarist. I installed bulk plates, scales better for inevitable future changes.

06-05-2009, 07:44 PM	#7
guitarist155 Special Member Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Jan 2008 Location:nashville Home Theater Gallery:45 4K collection:11 Blu-ray collection:134 DVD collection:3 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:1	why not do both? if you ran the wires in wall you could use bulk plates or plates without jacks and have the excess hanging out to connect to the devices. that way it's in wall but still only one connection point. also I would really recommend installing conduit as opposed to just running wire in wall. then you can pull through what you want when you want, and replace things if they go bad. like this http://www.amazon.com/Vanco-Dual-Gan...4231100&sr=8-1 they also have single gang http://www.21stcenturyent.com/catalo...ll%20plate.jpg. if you didn't want that big an opening for speaker wire you could just drill a small hole in a blank wall plate or get a coax plate without the connector. like this http://www.fourpair.com/ccp51/media/...l/102060WH.jpg Last edited by guitarist155; 06-05-2009 at 07:50 PM.

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05-15-2009, 05:03 PM	#1
DavidAg02 Senior Member Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Houston, TX Home Theater Gallery:16 Blu-ray collection:46	Wall plates work fine and really help clean things up. Coming from someone who has recently gone from using direct connects to in-wall runs with wall plates, I can honestly say that if done correctly there should be no noticeable loss in audio/video quality.

05-15-2009, 06:19 PM	#3
Cisco in HD Senior Member Member since:Jan 2009 Location:West Palm Beach, FL Trading Score:3	I've seen plenty on monoprice's site. I'm sure others have more sites to share.

05-15-2009, 07:04 PM	#5
DavidAg02 Senior Member Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Houston, TX Home Theater Gallery:16 Blu-ray collection:46	Monoprice is a good source for HDMI wall plates. Another site that I have used, and been very happy with is www.firefold.com

06-05-2009, 03:36 PM	#6
rthune101 Member Member since:Feb 2009 Location:Minnesota Home Theater Gallery:61 Blu-ray collection:102	Menards carries OnQ - Legrand, they have some sweet wall plates and snap in modules. I did a HDMI wall plate that had 2 open slots to fill under it, did one cat5e and one coax. Also did their banana clip wall plates for all my speakers, easy and pretty clean. http://www.onqlegrand.com/products/n...00000005d0yAAA

06-05-2009, 07:57 PM	#8
AlabamaBoy Active Member Member since:Dec 2008 Home Theater Gallery:1	I agree with guitarist. I installed bulk plates, scales better for inevitable future changes.

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