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All-Conference [421]
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70 inch TV Set Up
Aug 8, 2017, 12:29 PM
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On the verge of convincing my wife that we need a 70 inch TV...just in time for CU football. Her concern is that if mounted on wall, where or can we hide minimize all the wires and DirecTV box. HELP me my Tiger brothers. Respectfully, White Tiger
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Orange Blooded [4947]
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Re: 70 inch TV Set Up
Aug 8, 2017, 12:36 PM
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Depends on the TV and mount but you can always mount on the wall behind the TV close to the bottom so the remote still works.
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Orange Blooded [3362]
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Letterman [289]
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Re: 70 inch TV Set Up
Aug 8, 2017, 12:39 PM
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Professional setup and an IR blaster will make it seamless, or youtubing a bunch of setups. I did mine myself and ran everything behind the tv through the wall and into a cabinet. Looks great and made the wife happy. Good luck
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CU Medallion [64517]
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Get a wireless media kit...
Aug 8, 2017, 1:03 PM
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Problem solved.
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All-In [30764]
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Run wires through wall.. a 70 inch tv will cover a lot of "exploration holes"***
Aug 8, 2017, 1:52 PM
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Orange Blooded [4982]
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Buy her a plant
Aug 8, 2017, 2:14 PM
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Or a ficus tree.
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Recruit [92]
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Recruit [92]
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Re: 70 inch TV Set Up
Aug 8, 2017, 2:24 PM
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Sorry about all the Christmas decorations but hey DW is on the TV!
We had the lower receptacle come out behind a piece of furniture (a record player turned wetbar) so that the dvr, dvd player, etc. are under it and not seen but the remote still controls it.
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Legend [15492]
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Re: 70 inch TV Set Up
Aug 8, 2017, 4:10 PM
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If sheetrock, cut 2 inch hole in wall toward the bottom behind where tv will be mounted. Cut another 2 inch hole just above the baseboard below the tv. Run all wires from tv through top hole, out to bottom hole. Connect wires to tv and mount on brackets.
Set small, low table on floor below tv for cable box, dvd...etc. All wires will be underneath table and you'll see no wires whatsoever around the tv. Works great, looks great. I have that in my den.
Low table underneath tv hides hole and wires.
Here's what one looks like when holes are drilled.
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All-TigerNet [12233]
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Re: 70 inch TV Set Up
Aug 8, 2017, 4:29 PM
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Or you could forego mounting on the wall and put your TV in a TV lift cabinet:
https://www.tvliftcabinet.com/tv-lifts?cabinets_tvlift_tvsize=322
Our 60 inch HDTV in our den is in a TV lift cabinet - we love it. No wires, cable box, Bluray player or anything else is visible outside of the cabinet - just a nice looking piece of solid wood Amish furniture. When the TV is turned on the screen rises up; when the TV is turned off, it is stored inside the cabinet allowing a nice picture on the wall to be seen and not some blank TV screen.
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Letterman [285]
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I have mine in a corner of the living room
Aug 8, 2017, 5:16 PM
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see attached pic. All wires and extras hidden by the TV and the console.
tigercee
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Orange Blooded [4659]
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Re: 70 inch TV Set Up
Aug 8, 2017, 5:20 PM
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Buy yourself a hole saw and a wire snake (I hate having those silly plastic conduits on the wall).
It's not an impossible project, quite easy in fact. Cut the holes, snake the wires, mount the television. Go big or go home!
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Re: 70 inch TV Set Up
Aug 8, 2017, 5:35 PM
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I'm not sure what TVs you are looking at, but the higher end Samsung TVs have what they call the "one connect box". You may even be able to buy it separately for any Samsung TV, but I'm not sure about that. Essentially all of the ports on the back of the TV are in a separate box that is kept hidden and a single thin cable connects the box to the TV.
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^^^ OneConnect ^^^
Aug 8, 2017, 6:08 PM
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Will be my next one! Sweet setup. But fon't think it's backward compatible with older Samsungs. Sure, not wireless, but the one wire you do run is pretty small. Plus, the box comes with a universal remote that controls all components connected to it. If you're a Sam's Club member, you can find them there.
65" Samsung QLED series (Q7) runs about $2700 at Sams.....
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Orange Blooded [4023]
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This is all you need
Aug 8, 2017, 5:39 PM
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http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/harmony-elite?crid=60
We have everything (DirecTV box, Apple TV, BluRay player, surround sound receiver) in a closet in a different room than the TV. Works great. Also controls our smart home devices (lights, thermostats, garage door, etc). One HDMI cable hidden in the wall from surround receiver in the closet to TV.
If you have surround sound speakers you'll need speaker wire from surround sound receiver to speakers. We have in wall speakers which finishes off the clean look. The only thing visible is the TV mounted above fireplace.
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110%er [5121]
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If you were "handy" I would give some pointers. Since you
Aug 8, 2017, 5:59 PM
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don't appear to be handy, my advice is to call an electrician and get him to put in an electrical outlet on the wall where you want the TV and add conduit for your HDMI cables. Having a pro do it will save a lot of headaches for you and will almost always look better.
Also, DirecTV has a wireless receiver so you may just need power added...
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