Info on wall mounting TV and hiding cables

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I have kindly been gifted an LG 50 inch TV from my brother in law. To maximise space I would like to wall mount it and hide as much of the cable work as possible.
He only wall space available is on the chimney breast above the gas fire.

Hanging it I know isn't a big issue but how easy is it to hide the cables on a brick chimney?

I'm thinking worse case scenario will be to have the sound bar I have sat on mantle and hide the cables behind that and then try and run them down the side discreetly.

Any other suggestions I should think of?

For info the gas fire rarely gets used as central heating covers the heat. The fire is decoration more than anything (installed by previous house owner).
 
Dont most manufacturers void the warranty if you mount it above a fire place?
 
stupar said:
Of the TV or the chimney breast?
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Chimney breast. Where you are going to install it basically. Your idea sounds ok actually. Have you tried avforums? There used to be a thread dedicated to this kind of thing. There are also loads of project logs to give ideas. It depends where you are going to have your equipment that needs to run up to the TV. Do you just need a HDMI lead going to the TV, and power? Or more than that?
 
I will post up a photo of the chimney breast when I get home.
I need a power cable for the TV, an optical out for the sound bar and at least 2 HDMI cables (TiVo & bluray)
Having done some more research since I posted I think one option is D Line trunking. Not complete concealment but when matching with decor it would still be better than black cables dangling all over the place.
 
I've used D-Line trunking in my old house. When asked how I ran my cables from one side of the room to the other, I had to actually point out the D-Line trunking before people clocked it was there and realized it was not part of the skirting or window PVC. You will need the bigger stuff though if you want to run 2 HDMIs and power and optical through it.
 
The good thing is that either side of my chimney breast I have sockets so I can send the tv power down one side, the optical down the middle to the sound bar and the two HDMI cables on the other side negating the need for chunky trunking.
When I post a photo up the vision will hopefully become clearer
 
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I need to do this to my lounge but I have an annoying radiator below the TV. My plan is to swap the radiator out to a less tall one (as there are already 2 other rads in the room) and grind up the wall to do a proper hidden job.
 
False wall is the wal.

Have you thought about the viewing angle though? Won't it be very high on the wall so you'll be looking up considerably to it when sat down?
 
stupar said:
He only wall space available is on the chimney breast above the gas fire.
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Personally Stuart, I wouldn't wall mount it if you use the fire at all...

I'm also not a fan of TV's mounted on wall as if they're set at right height for watching, they look too low on wall, if you set them to look right on walls, then if you are close to TV you are watching it above you...
 
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Have you thought about the viewing angle though? Won't it be very high on the wall so you'll be looking up considerably to it when sat down?
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That was my first thought. Which is exactly why we have ours mounted IN the fireplace. Yes, I said IN the fireplace. Obviously we don't have a fire in it lol, but its the perfect angle... (Excuse the decor & general mess and the fact that it's an awful quality - taken with my iPhone in p*** poor light)


It's got a steel fixing plate at the back of the tv, connected by a steel tube to a larger steel fixing plate against the back of the fireplace.
 
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Here's an image of the chimney breast.
Height wise a 50 inch TV will sit just below the top of the clock with the mid point being roughly where the pendulum is.
I thought about a bracket that tilted the TV away from the wall slightly at the top to compliment the viewing angle.
 

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There are many ways to hide the cables. Out chimney bricks are just standard so angle grinder will do a nice (messy) job. You might want to consider a wired remote extender to hide things like sat/cable boxes out the way.

As a side note, it is recommended to hang a TV so when in your normal seated position your eye level is in the centre of the screen.
My Bedroom TV is high on the wall and you get that colour shift happening.
 
As previously mentioned, the biggest issue with mounting above a fireplace is that the TV will be mounted far too high to be comfortable for extended viewing, especially if viewing from a relatively close position (say less than about 4 metres). If the screen is anything other than the latest IPS panel then colour shifts will also be inevitable if viewing from below.

In my view wall mounted TVs that are not mounted flat and close to the wall and that show any visible cabling look a bit naff, and show a half-hearted approach, so no tilting mounts and no running cables to adjacent sockets. Get the grinder out or build a false wall.

Personally if you want to keep the fireplace then I would locate the TV elsewhere in the room using a stand or unit if necessary.
 
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