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Atlona AT-HD-SR HDMI Long Distance Wall Plate Extenders

The Atlona AT-HD-SR HDMI Protracted Distance Wall Plate Extenders allow you to transmit 1080p signals up to 80 feet over dual CAT5 cables, and 100 feet ...

How do I hook up a HDMI wall plate for a home theater?

Oct 24, 2007 by homer simpson | Posted in Home Theater

I indigence to wall mount a TV with wires behind the wall. I'm looking for a clean look with wall plates. Do I need a seperate HDMI cable for behind the wall then 2 more HDMI cables to go into each seaport? One in the top, one in the bottom?
3 HDMI cables for one connection seems extensive although each cable will only need to be about 4 ft.

You will deprivation a cable to connect from the wall plate to the TV and then from the other wall plate to the component(DVD, Receiver...). Then you'll need a radio in the wall to connect the two wall plates. So technically you will need three cables, which can get pricey. But making clean connections will always be more costly. You'd be happier in the wish run though!

How do I install a a HDMI wall plate?

Nov 14, 2006 by sweet pea | Posted in Home Theater

How do I instate an HDMI wall plate for a connection directly into the wall? What is the benefit of this versus just having an HDMI cable into a regular wall market? Are all HDMI cables created equal? Will I only need one HDMI cable for a dvd, tivo, and cable box?

If your DVD, TiVo, and wire boxes all have HDMI outputs, you'd need 3 HDMI cables to connect to your TV (if it has 3 HDMI inputs!). It probably doesn't, so you'll in all likelihood want to connect the cable box using HDMI so you can watch HDTV on your TV. You can use component video for the DVD and TiVO; doesn't impression like you have the HDTV versions yet.

Sounds like you might be trying to hang a plasma or LCD TV on the wall, using an HDMI relations and a wall plate to hide the cable to the TV. You can use a bulk cable cover instead of the HDMI wall plate and just run the radio in the wall and out the cable cover (here's some examples from Fry's -- link below). Not quite as provocative, but much cheaper because you only need one HDMI cable. With a wall plate, you need an HDMI from the cable box to the lower wall plate, an HDMI inside the wall (trim wall plate to upper wall plate), and another HDMI from the upper wall plate to the TV. At $60 per HDMI (at least!), that adds up in a hurry. You can also use the majority opening to run the component video cables.

There are lots of opinions on whether all HDMI cables are equal, and most say no. Below cost cables usually mean they've cut a corner somewhere and it'll show up in your TV picture. Super expensive ones with the copyrighted radio technology names probably aren't necessary; find a good middle range wire.

HDMI couplers on Wall Plates?

Feb 08, 8573 by Peter B | Posted in Home Theatre

I will be continual HDMI from a Marantz SR7002 to a LG 60" plasma. As the plasma is wall mounted the HDMI needs to be run in the wall cavity, which means I will call a HDMI Wall Plate. I am using Monster 1000HD HDMI (Owners choice not mine!) and I am wondering will the coupler affect the acting of Blu Ray movies (HD performance)?

I've had adulterated results with breaking the HDMI connection at a wall plate. Lose one timing bit and your picture flashes, turns purple, turns country-like, goes black, sound drops out, video drops out, etc... Lose an HDCP bit and the eye follow collapses on itself: no signal passed.

Other than that, they're fine. Milage varies on an installation by installation basis.

If you're successful to try it, I would recommend gold plated connections everywhere. Not because gold is a better conductor (even though it is) but because it won't oxydize over time and agent hair-pulling service calls later.