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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