Posts Tagged ‘Install’

Video Over Cat5

May 4th, 2009 By: Lauren

All the new, digital image and audio processing today is fabulous for our movie and music experience, but it does require a little extra know-how. Cables and wires can be a confusing lot, especially if you’re new to the modern home theater world that requires multiple cables for the same purpose, or one cable for multiple purposes.

HDMI is a term you’ve probably encountered. It is the standard “holy grail” of video and audio high quality data transfer. But did you know that HDMI can be transmitted over Cat5 cables? Some home theater setups will necessitate this feature, and it is ideal in many cases. (more…)

Wireless HD to TV. Kill the cable. Simplify your installation.

April 27th, 2009 By: Sean

Flat Panel TVs are designed with the modern minimalist in mind. They are sleek and slim, some measuring less than an inch thick. They are usually a sophisticated jet black, and their rectangular shape almost screams to be wall mounted. So when that super-slim, super-sophisticated TV is hanging on your wall in an artfully displayed custom TV frame, you should be able to sit back and enjoy the crystal-clear image in modern minimalist glory, right? (more…)

Mounting your Flat panel display, what the installation guides don’t tell you

April 23rd, 2009 By: Sean

You’re home from the electronics store, twitching in anticipation of opening that slim box and pulling out an even slimmer, brand-spanking-new flat panel TV. It’s high definition. All the bells and whistles. You pull it out of the box and figure it will take you about an hour to get it mounted in perfect picture frame TV mount splendor… an hour later and it’s up, but when you sit back on your couch all you see is a blinding glare from the window and a distorted image.

So what went wrong? You were promised a crisp, clear, high-definition image and all you got was distortion or glare. Even the picture frame TV mount you bought to frame it with looks a little out of place… but why? (more…)