Through-wall wiring for wall mount TV

[Chigworthy]

I can' remember if I already posted this last year when I was thinking about starting this project.

We have our TV wall mounted in the family room. I want to wire all the AV cables through the wall and into the office behind it, then use an RF-IR burst remote to control the hidden components. The Xbox controller and my laptop mouse are already RF, so that's covered. I will be extending a circuit to install a single-gang outlet behind the TV for power to the TV and the Xbox Kinect. We don't have cable TV. We don't have anything other than the Xbox and my laptop to hook up to the TV, but would eventually like to get some low-key audio receiver to run everything through.

I'm planning on hard-wiring the power, as well as HDMI and Coax. I also want to run 3/4"+ conduit to the other wall. This is mainly for the Kinect cable, but also for any future wiring that may be needed. The conduit, as well as the HDMI and Coax runs will be from behind the TV (about 4' off the floor) directly down into gang boxes facing into the room behind the wall.

My questions:

1. Is one HDMI enough? I imagine that with either a receiver or a switch in the component room, I only need the 1 HDMI going to the TV.

2. What are some good fixtures for running the conduit? I want a finished look, as well as something that is up to code. I've read of some people just hogging out a hole through the wall and lining it with PVC pipe. I will not be doing that. Because it is an office, the wires can't just dangle out of a pipe in the wall 4' off the ground.

I've been researching this shit for a while now and I haven't been able to piece it together yet. I'm surprised there's not an all-in-one system for this kind of thing given the popularity wall-mounted TV's. Home depot has 1/8 of an aisle devoted to those shitty surface mounted cable channels which suck a chimp dick. I found a supposed recessed box for "all your wall-mount tv needs" but all it has is an outlet, coax, and a single RCA jack. WTF?

[disneyspy]

i only have one HDMI input on my projector and have to manual switch if i want to watch something in hi def from cable or bluray,if you have two inputs run 2 HDMI cables

[Chigworthy]

This product is close:
http://www.powerbridgesolution.com/

It solves the AV cables halfway decently, although there is no conduit. But I need two receptacles behind the TV. It's also not designed to go from one room to the other, so it wouldn't work too well for me (the AV cables would be criss-crossing in the wall with the romex).

[disneyspy]

if you're buying a reciever with HDMI inputs and outputs you should be all set,mine is so old HDMI wasnt invented yet

[Chigworthy]

The Kinect transformer has an output of 12v-1.08a. I wonder if you can run that cable through the wall.

[underdog]

1. Is one HDMI enough? I imagine that with either a receiver or a switch in the component room, I only need the 1 HDMI going to the TV.

My set up has all the components with a dedicated HDMI cable running to the television, then the television running a single digital cable back to a receiver.

A receiver with quality audio & video switching is very expensive. Most low end receivers are all audio, with very crappy video switching abilities, so you get a lot of distortion. It's much cheaper to just run HDMI cables.

[Chigworthy]

I ordered the powerbridge. After thinking about it, it should work. The Kinect cable is long enough to run through the wall and plug into the other room, and it's low voltage. From what I've read, it's not much more than what is carried through an HDMI cable. I'll find out tomorrow when it gets here. There was some glitch on Amazon and it automatically mailed it to my parents house 20 minutes away. I immediately tried to change the shipping address and it said that the order was already shipped. Oh well, at least it didn't send it to one of my old addresses, because you apparently cannot change anything once you've ordered.

[underdog]

I ordered the powerbridge. After thinking about it, it should work. The Kinect cable is long enough to run through the wall and plug into the other room, and it's low voltage. From what I've read, it's not much more than what is carried through an HDMI cable. I'll find out tomorrow when it gets here. There was some glitch on Amazon and it automatically mailed it to my parents house 20 minutes away. I immediately tried to change the shipping address and it said that the order was already shipped. Oh well, at least it didn't send it to one of my old addresses, because you apparently cannot change anything once you've ordered.

The powerbridge looks pretty good. And I think you're right, it will work between two rooms.