I've been meaning to put this info up here for a while. Over the holidays, I convinced my wife that we needed to replace our old 28" tv with a flat screen version. Our 28" tv had horrible picture quality and none of the modern inputs and outputs like HDMI and the digitial sound outputs that are becoming standard. 

So after a little research, we went to Sears and bought a Sony Bravia KDL-32S3000! As you can probably get from the serial number, it was a 32" screen. On my way home, however, it dawned on me. How was I going to get it on the wall? More importantly, how was I going to hide the power cord and all of the other cords and make it look real nice and professional?

Getting the tv on the wall was fairly straightforward. We were given a mounting bracket ($100 bucks, yikes) for the tv. It could handle up to a 40" tv and mounts on one stud. After determining the best height I found a stud approximately in the center and attached the hanger there. Pretty straight-forward, I installed it with the four large screws (each about the thickness of my pinky) that came with it. I then attached the second piece to the back of the tv and attached the tv, with the bracket, onto the hanger.

Now...how do I get power to this thing? Lucky for me, there was a power outlet below the tv. I turned off the power to that outlet and pulled the receptical out of the wall. I took a screwdriver and knocked out a whole in the junction box holding the receptacle. Then, I cut a hole for the new remodeling box using a sheetrock saw. You can pick them up at Home Depot for $10. Then, using fishing tape, I ran 14/2 electrical wire from the knockout hole below up through the hole I cut out.

I pig-tailed the wires to the receptical below (where I was drawing my power from) and connected the other end to the new receptacle. I put that receptacle into the new remodeling box, put the box in the wall, screwed it tight, turned on the power and everything worked fine!

Okay, so now I could get power to the tv without showing visible wires. To get all of the necessary cables to the tv, I did pretty much the same thing. I cut out another small box below and one above. I made sure both cuts were within the same stud, so I just had to cut sheetrock and didn't have to mess with boring holes in studs. Again, using fishing tape I snaked all necessary cables to the tv.

Soon, I'll post back with how I mounted my Logitech Z-5500 THX-Certified 505-Watt speakers, along with a computer I built to be the entertainment hub of my bedroom!