Home Theater Wall Plate

Just like electrical wiring is run behind walls and hidden from sight, the same can be said for your home entertainment system wires. Rather than a mass of wires hanging out from under or next to your equipment rack, you can use a home theater wall plate to hide everything and give your setup a sleek, professional look.

There are a number of different types of home theater wall plates, each designed to work with a specific type of cable or connection. Most of them are able to handle multiple connections and can work with a wide variety of devices including HDMI, component, VGA, and more. Typically, they feature either a single or double gang design, allowing them to fit into standard size drywall junction boxes (gang box/mounting bracket sold separately).

Most of the time, people choose to use a speaker wall plate when wiring up their speakers as this is often enough to eliminate the need for additional wires. The binding posts on this style of home theater wall plate can accomodate spades, banana plugs and bare wire making it easy to connect and install speaker cables for your surround sound set up.

Another benefit of having the ability to hide wires is that it keeps them out of reach of curious children, preventing any potential accidents that could happen when they accidentally tug at the cables. This is especially important when you mount your flat screen TV up high on the wall or a ledge, where they are likely to be reached by curious fingers. The ability to easily cover up outlets or switches with a home theater wall plate also makes it easier if you ever decide to change out a switch or outlet for something more stylish, without having to go through the hassle of cutting into your drywall to access the existing wires.