I’m on the end stages of setting up a media room and I can’t get the cables looking good does anyone have any genius ideas for this?
Here’s my idea: manage the cables.
You don’t need ideas, you just need to start.
Agreed… Jesus Christ man, get some Velcro and tidy that shit up
Just that simple step would do wonders
You could start by actually trying first.
I would say at this point any type of management would be good lol
Aye, it’s a fucking shit show alright. Hide the cables behind some low wooden shelves under the TV and put all the devices on those shelves (drill holes in the back of the shelves for the cables to go through). Otherwise stick that big black hairy god-awful pimp carpet over the whole lot of it and velcro it to the wall. Also, you need to get a good plasterer. That back wall is a fucking disgrace.
All the walls and the roof are textured the same.
It looks pretty sharp painted black.
Looks fine to me.
It looks better in dim light.
See! Just keep the lights off.
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Those links don’t work for people outside the US.
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That’s really cool but I have to run all power to sensitive devices through a UPS first to clean it up.
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Oh cool I thought it was one that you hardwire right into the electrical.
Entertainment stand/cabinet thing under the TV.
You could be artsy about it and attach the cables to the wall in straight runs with 90s, but the execution of that is harder.
Not sure if it’s an option for you but, make a cabinet hidey-hole thing on the other side of the wall, run cables through wall and plug in somewhere over there, profit. That is, hide the mess somewhere else.
Move the pc next to the shelf.
Move the sub under the tv.
Get surface mount cable runs and go down from the tv to the floor, over to the shelf, and up along the side of the shelf.
Effort?
For real though, get a roll of Velcro and start there https://amzn.to/3R91Sqd
Like this is very bad, not even trying. Start somewhere, then ask for alternatives.
I tried this with velcro ties. Looked good for a while. Then I had to replace one and add another cable. It was a royal pain unwrapping everything and rewrapping it.
Haven’t used them, but look interesting:
Swap the red LEDs for blue, should tie the whole room together.
The wall plate is a great idea if you don’t mind cutting holes in the wall.
Honestly, I’d grab a couple of acoustic tiles to put on either side of the TV and chuck all that shit behind them. Maybe cinch up and ziptie anything I know doesn’t need to move for a while.
Like this?
Good. I prefer cyan for gaming, but blue is nice too.
Though if you’re going to launch that game, red or purple would set the mood nicely.
The whole room is black. How would blue help?
Embrace it.
Add a happy cutout of a rat, to that rat’s nest.
What if I just add a couple paper mâché meatballs in there?
Also good. Ramen.
Longer cables so you can wrap the slack and hide it?
You could try starting with some cable management and then maybe move on to more cable management.
Seriously, at the very least why arent these cables behind your shelving instead of draping over the front edge? Thats crazy. Then you have a pc in the middle with cables going both ways. Is that a LAN cable coming from the right? Drill a hole and run that through the wall and either run it along your skirting board or get some trunking.
You can even remove the skirting, cut away a small section from the bottom back corner of the skirt to create a channel for the cable.
If i was you i would reorganize all of the devices, run all the cables in the same direction and as shown in another comment run them down the leg of the shelf and then across to the tv. And move the PC to the shelf. (Maybe the side of the shelf)
Nah that’s a USB-C cable going to my couch side hub.
