Home Theater Wall Plates
Why are they called home theater wall plates?
The name "Home Theater Wall Plates" has grown in popularity because the plates are often used to manage in-wall cables that are used in home theater system installations. A home theater installation encompasses the installation of numerous audio video cables used to connect home theater entertainment products, surround sound components, and audio video devices. Although they are called "Home Theater Wall Plates", they really can be used in any commercial or residential low voltage cable installations. This can include network cabling, surveillance, audio, video, security, and even home automation applications.
How does a home theater wall plate work?
Most home theater wall plates are really put in place to manage and organize low voltage cables as they enter and exit the walls. A simple example of this would be running HDMI cables from a wall mounted TV to the cable TV box, DVD player, or Blu-Ray player. The HDMI cables can enter the wall from the back of the TV and be ran in the walls to the location of your components. This will allow you to hide cables in the wall so your installation has a clean professional look. A home theater wall plate will give your cables a clean entry and exit point in the wall, while also giving your cables the protection they need so they are not damaged in the installation process.
How do you choose a home theater wall plate?
There are numerous home theater wall plate options available to support your applications. Home theater wall plates come in different colors and sizes to support both the look you want, and the amount of cables you need to successfully manage. Although home theater wall plate all pretty much work the same, they are available in different looks and configurations, so it is really up to you to choose the type and look you want in your installation.
How do I install a home theater wall plate?
Most home theater wall plates are designed to mount directly onto a standard low voltage mounting bracket. So if you are creating a new pathway in your wall and installing a new wall plate location, it is important to also buy the low voltage mounting bracket you need to successfully mount your wall plate to the wall. Low voltage mounting brackets are available in multiple sizes or gang quantities that will allow you to install single, double, triple, or quad gang wall plates. For best results when installing a single gang home theater wall plate we recommend using the Arlington Industries LV1 low voltage mounting bracket for existing construction installations.
What are the most popular home theater wall plates?
Most people installing home theater wall plates can usually get away with installing single gang wall plates. In most case the single gang wall plates will allow you to easily pass 6 to 8 cables in and out of the wall. So the single gang home theater wall plates are very popular. There is also a huge surge in popularity of people now wall mounting their flat screen TV’s. So another very popular home theater wall plate is a pass through plate with an integrated power outlet. The home theater wall plates with power are ideal for not only managing cables but also installing a power outlet behind your TV. Home theater wall plates with power are the cleanest and most professional way to install power behind your wall mount TV, while also hiding unwanted audio video cables and power cables.
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1GSPWH-GR10 - Midlite Single Gang Splitport Plate with Grommet, White
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1GSWH - Midlite Single Gang Splitport Low Voltage Cable Wall Plate, White
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1GWH-GR1 - Midlite Single Gang Wireport Cable Wall Plate with Grommet, White
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2GSWH - Midlite Double Gang Splitport Low Voltage Cable Wall Plate, White
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2GWH-GR2 - Midlite Double Gang Wireport Cable Wall Plate with Grommet, White
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45-0001-BK - Datacomm 1 Gang Recessed Low Voltage Cable Plate, Black
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45-0001-BR - Datacomm 1 Gang Recessed Low Voltage Cable Plate, Brown
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45-0001-IV - Datacomm 1 Gang Recessed Low Voltage Cable Plate, Ivory
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45-0001-LA - Datacomm 1 Gang Recessed Low Voltage Cable Plate, Lite Almond
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45-0001-WH - Datacomm 1 Gang Recessed Low Voltage Cable Plate, White
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45-0002-BK - Datacomm 2 Gang Recessed Low Voltage Cable Plate, Black
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45-0002-BR - Datacomm 2 Gang Recessed Low Voltage Cable Plate, Brown
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45-0002-IV - Datacomm 2 Gang Recessed Low Voltage Cable Plate, Ivory
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45-0002-LA - Datacomm 2 Gang Recessed Low Voltage Cable Plate, Lite Almond
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45-0002-WH - Datacomm 2 Gang Recessed Low Voltage Cable Plate, White
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45-0003-BK - Datacomm 3 Gang Recessed Low Voltage Cable Plate, Black
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45-0003-LA - Datacomm 3 Gang Recessed Low Voltage Cable Plate, Lite Almond
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45-0003-WH - Datacomm 3 Gang Recessed Low Voltage Cable Plate, White
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45-0008-BK - Datacomm Easy Mount Low Voltage Cable Plate, Black
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45-0008-WH - Datacomm Easy Mount Low Voltage Cable Plate, White
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45-0010 - Datacomm Recessed Home Theater Media Box, White
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45-0021-WH - Datacomm Recessed Low Voltage Plate with Power, White
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45-0023-WH - Datacomm Recessed Pro-Power Kit with Straight Blade Inlet
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4641-W - Midlite Recessed Decora 125V 15 Amp Power Receptacle, White