Behind the TV cabling

Ev0 · 3 Aug 2009 at 20:50

So people who have their TV and other odds and sods not mounted on the wall, how to you manage/tidy up all the cables behind your tv unit?

Could do with some kind of trunking type thing for behind the tv to hide them all in!

Caged · 3 Aug 2009 at 21:18

Have a TV unit that isn't made of glass

the cables are still there but unless you're Superman you can't see them.

Ev0 · 4 Aug 2009 at 00:30

hah it's not glass, just bugs me that they could be neater

whitecrook · 4 Aug 2009 at 01:24

the best thing is the JML caby tidy things. Can get cheaper ones than JML. It turns a nest of cables into a few 'cords'. Ive used them loads they work really well.

john_s · 4 Aug 2009 at 11:04

Ev0 said:
how to you manage/tidy up all the cables behind your tv unit?

I've gone with the "rat's nest" method of cable management.

Mind you, what's behind the TV has nothing on what's behind the PC... I'm sure about half the cables there aren't even being used anymore!

bullit in head · 4 Aug 2009 at 11:21

I use cable ties , the only problem is when you want to change/move something.... 2 mins movve and hour or two to tidy up.

bullit

cram · 4 Aug 2009 at 11:33

I use velcro ties.

bullit in head · 4 Aug 2009 at 11:49

I have a few of them but not enough to make it neat..... might have to invest in some more. or aquire them which ever is best/cheapest

bullit

point decay · 4 Aug 2009 at 11:57

I use PVC trunking around my skirting boards and velcro cable ties, for everything that hangs out the back of the pc

neil_g · 4 Aug 2009 at 12:04

velcro cable ties rock. i use them in cable management on av kit, computer kit and inside computers..

Ev0 · 4 Aug 2009 at 13:56

I use velcro stuff at work for cable runs so maybe will try that, although need something to just dump the wires in, like a hard shell or something.

kefkef · 4 Aug 2009 at 14:21

I took a walk around the local park and found some of these http://www.spiraltreeguard.com/ which are ideal cable tidys and cost me the total sum of nowt!

Wossi · 4 Aug 2009 at 14:55

I've used a combination of the jml type cable tidy's, cable twist ties and masking tape, spent an hour Saturday morning doing it, managed to smarten it up a lot. A lot of the wires are now masking taped to behind the unit (wooden job from Ikea) so you can't see anything.

Metalface Mark · 4 Aug 2009 at 15:23

john_s said:
I've gone with the "rat's nest" method of cable management.

Mind you, what's behind the TV has nothing on what's behind the PC... I'm sure about half the cables there aren't even being used anymore!

Without fail every time i tidy up my cables or move my pc's, im left with 3 or 4 cables that i have no idea what they were for and were obviously not in use.

I actually have a box full of these now, its almost like a fairy comes every so often to mess with my head.