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I hope this is the correct forum to post this question; I am ceiling mounting a Ruby which falls in the above $3,000 category so I felt it would qualify here.
We are in the process of finishing our room where the projector will be ceiling mounted. I am currently pre-wiring for HDMI, DVI and electrical to where the ceiling mount will be located.
My question is how to make the ceiling interface look as clean as possible. I have seen HDMI and DVI mounting plates that you connect your long run to on the inside of the drywall. Then, you have only a short run of wire from the wall plate to the projector. This gives you a clean professional look at the ceiling interface. My concern about doing this is possible signal degradation caused by the mounting plate connector. I have always been of the understanding you want as direct a signal as possible.
How have others here on the forum wired their projectors with ceiling mounts? The only other idea I have is to not put a cover plate outside of the gang box and run the cables directly to the projector through the gang box. This would leave a rectangular hole in the ceiling equal to the size of the gang box. I just can't imagine that is the typical way of doing this; especially with the perfectionists on AVS.
Any suggestions on how I might approach this?
We are in the process of finishing our room where the projector will be ceiling mounted. I am currently pre-wiring for HDMI, DVI and electrical to where the ceiling mount will be located.
My question is how to make the ceiling interface look as clean as possible. I have seen HDMI and DVI mounting plates that you connect your long run to on the inside of the drywall. Then, you have only a short run of wire from the wall plate to the projector. This gives you a clean professional look at the ceiling interface. My concern about doing this is possible signal degradation caused by the mounting plate connector. I have always been of the understanding you want as direct a signal as possible.
How have others here on the forum wired their projectors with ceiling mounts? The only other idea I have is to not put a cover plate outside of the gang box and run the cables directly to the projector through the gang box. This would leave a rectangular hole in the ceiling equal to the size of the gang box. I just can't imagine that is the typical way of doing this; especially with the perfectionists on AVS.
Any suggestions on how I might approach this?