Tom Koegel
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I'm in the midst of remodel in which I am designing a family TV room. This will not really be a fully dedicated home theater room--more of a conventional family room with either one of the JVC D-ILA RPTVs or a plasma on the wall, with wall-mounted speakers in the front and inwall surrounds in the rear.
More to the point, my wife's highest goal is to make all the electronics disappear into a nice wide (and reasonably high) cabinet at the rear of the room. My previous home theater room was a bedroom in the unremodelled house, and my wife had had a very lovely tall oak unit created to accommodate all my electronics, which are substantial: Denon AVR-5600, DVD, LD, Replay, VCR, etc. My one huge complaint about the setup was the difficulty--nigh on impossibility--of wiring the connects among all the electronics. The unit was built into the wall, and one had to reach around the electronics to plug things in. You either had to use a mirror or, for the most part, use a diagram of the rear panel of the devices and then plug things in by feel.
The new cabinet is much wider than before, so I suppose it would be possible to lean into the right hand side of the unit while connecting all the devices that will be mounted on the left. But there must be a better way to do this for those of us without a true equipment closet and rack system where one could step into the unit and wire directly from the back. What do people use? I could imagine, I guess, sliding shelves. But the Denon (among other components) is an absolute beast in weight, and I can't imagine sliding this in and out. There must be a more clever way to do this than I am imagining.
We are still in the midst of the remodel, so I have a lot of flexibility. And I am inclined to spend whatever money is necessary to make this work elegantly, as this may be my one shot to get this right--given how much harder it is to accomplish things after you finish the buildout.
I appreciate all thoughts and comments.
Tom
More to the point, my wife's highest goal is to make all the electronics disappear into a nice wide (and reasonably high) cabinet at the rear of the room. My previous home theater room was a bedroom in the unremodelled house, and my wife had had a very lovely tall oak unit created to accommodate all my electronics, which are substantial: Denon AVR-5600, DVD, LD, Replay, VCR, etc. My one huge complaint about the setup was the difficulty--nigh on impossibility--of wiring the connects among all the electronics. The unit was built into the wall, and one had to reach around the electronics to plug things in. You either had to use a mirror or, for the most part, use a diagram of the rear panel of the devices and then plug things in by feel.
The new cabinet is much wider than before, so I suppose it would be possible to lean into the right hand side of the unit while connecting all the devices that will be mounted on the left. But there must be a better way to do this for those of us without a true equipment closet and rack system where one could step into the unit and wire directly from the back. What do people use? I could imagine, I guess, sliding shelves. But the Denon (among other components) is an absolute beast in weight, and I can't imagine sliding this in and out. There must be a more clever way to do this than I am imagining.
We are still in the midst of the remodel, so I have a lot of flexibility. And I am inclined to spend whatever money is necessary to make this work elegantly, as this may be my one shot to get this right--given how much harder it is to accomplish things after you finish the buildout.
I appreciate all thoughts and comments.
Tom