Wall hanging an LCD, supplying power?

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So i'm going to wall hang my sparkly new LG TV. I've got a hole in the plaster board behind it, and wires run from here, under floor to the other side of the room, so connectivity is sorted. I'm just not sure what to do about power. I'm currently part way through redecorating my room entirely, so i dont mind a big of work and extra wiring.

Should I:-
Put a 13a socket behind the TV, i'm assuming there will be enough room between the wall and tv due to the mounting plate.
Hard wire the TV into a fused 13a socket so there isn't an ugly socket there.
Or some other way i haven't thought of?

I dont really know what to do, putting a socket there would be easy, but i'm worried it will get in the way of the mounting, number one thing is no wires are to be shown.

Any ideas?
 
It will be fixed into the wooden stud of the plaster board, that will brace the television fine :).

So general consensus is socket behind the TV? It wont get in the way will it?
 
I think what i may do, is hard wire a female extension socket on a wire in behind a socket thats directly below where the TV will be. Attach this female socket on a wire to some string and pull it up through the hollow in the wall, blug the TV's male plug into it and let it all fall down a hole behind the TV out of sight with all my interconnects.

Does that sound reasonable? It should be alright should it, as the plus itself is fused, so no need for any extra fuses etc? That means if i have to replace/RMA the TV then i can just unplug have not cut the wire to hard wire it into a 13a fuse spare.
 
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