It has been decreed that all the Electronic Stuff on display below the TV is "Ugly" and shall henceforth be placed out of sight inside a cupboard...
So I'm currently getting my head around this project and thought I'd kick it around here to see if anyone had done something similar and had any useful tips.
Basically the need is for a new fitted cupboard, right across the alcove next to the chimney breast. We have various boxes to put in there - DVD player, VirginMedia Tivo box, home-cinema sound system, and networked media player. I'm envisaging having them stacked inside the cupboard, ie on numerous adjustable shelves to ensure to ensure correct amount of airflow behind.
Gap at the back of each shelf to allow airflow and cables through. Should the cupboard maybe have ventilation holes at the front bottom and/or on the top back as well? Hot enough to maybe need some sort of forced ventilation in there? (Should be quite large cupboard; ie much bigger than the minumum needed).
The plan also requires some form of remote control extender; ie an 'electric eye' (for want of a better term!) mounted on the TV, transmitting the control signal down to the boxes in the cupboard below. I've come across various gotchas on that front - incompatible systems etc - anyone got any useful experience of these setups to pass on?
Many thanks David