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
Looks fine to me.
It looks better in dim light.
See! Just keep the lights off.
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.
You can buy these cable runs too (for example). Hide cables by running them along the base of your walls. Just match the color with your walls so it doesn’t stand out so much.
Some of the cables need to be longer to not have that effect where they’re being pulled against their own weight.
Then, lean into it: https://www.instructables.com/Maximum-Wire-Management/
Do you have attic access over that wall? A really long HDMI/RCA could go from behind the TV into the wall, up to attic, skip a few studs, then down to a brush faceplate behind the consoles
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.
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.
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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.
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.
And now I need to find another collander hat.
I think what you’ve got is fine.
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.
