In today’s world TVs continue to get thinner and more beautiful and sound bars are making surround sound more discreet. Unfortunately however the components we connect to them;  Blu-ray players, game consoles have mostly gone unchanged and are still dull black or silver boxes, with those ugly wires to manage. There are easy solutions, that don’t require an electrical engineering degree, drilling into walls or any other costly or messy tasks. If you’re  looking for a way to control your devices whilst they’re behind closed doors of your media cabinet, an inexpensive IR blaster will relay your remote’s commands while your gear stays out of sight. IR Repeater Since IR is the De facto standard when it comes to home theater control, we’ll start there. Like most things HT related, to relay the IR signals you can spend as much or as little as you want. But no matter what equipment you use, you’re going to need some wires and IR repeaters only need three conductors (ground, +12, and signal). Other than the wire itself, you need at least four pieces of hardware to relay IR; the receiver, an emitter, a connecting block and a power supply. We surfed around a bit to find … Continue reading How to hide your TV attached devices