cable tv connection

[Lakeboater]

Originally Posted by RUGMAN

This is my situation, Had renovation done to my home, Plan on Tv mounted above new fireplace, electrician ran power and cable wire up to come out behind TV, mason came in and did a great job with stone face, Problem is electrician did not run a HDMi cable up there he ran cable box wire, My thought was to mount cable box on wall behind TV, this would not only get me a short shot of HDMI to tv, but also keep box out of site. Spoke to Metrocast, the person on phone wasn't sure that would work, said box is large 6inch x 8inch by 1 inch. I did not think that was that big, has anyone had a situation like this, Any thoughts??

If the box is only one inch wide you shouldn't have any problem burying it behind the tv. I have done this a few times and the boxes were thicker than an inch. Remember that the tv will be angled down for viewing which makes for more room behind the top half of tv. Also, some boxes are RF and don't need to see remote. Good luck with the install.