Dayton Audio HDMI-WP2 Dual HDMI Wall Plate

by Dayton

Product Details

• Item Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000YLCFFS
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 10, 2008

Product Description

HDMI wall plates from Dayton Audio maintain HDMI signal integrity and allow you to conceal your HDMI cables in-wall.

Customer Reviews

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent way to run HDMI to your HDTV, January 28, 2008

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This review is from: Dayton Audio HDMI-WP2 Dual HDMI Wall Plate (Electronics)

So you've decided you want to run HDMI through your wall to your HDTV, and all you have left is to ask "why this wall plate?" and why "two HDMI instead of one"?

Well there are 3 benefits with going with the Dayton HDMI wall plate (dual or single).
1) Dayton carries a whole line of wall plates so if you have to add others they will all match
2) These are rated for HDMI 1.3, so you are adding the option for supporting the next generation of HDMI when it becomes popular.
3) The HDMI connectors are top quality and bend so it is easy to run the HDMI cables (which just plug straight into them)

Why a dual HDMI plate instead of a single?
Well I figure that if I'm going to be going through all the trouble of installing the in-wall HDMI in the first place, and almost all HDTV's these days have 2 HDMI ports, it just made sense. I only really need one right now, but it never hurts to plan ahead.

Additional note: Since you only want to thread an HDMI cable through your wall once, don't go too cheap on the cables you will be using. It's personal preference as to how much you want to spend, but there are some great quality cables at reasonable prices if you shop around.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Works well, but be aware of different versions, July 8, 2009

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I installed 2 of these - one at each end of an in-wall connection - and they were simple to install and have worked well so far. The pigtails made the installation simpler.

On one occasion trying to run a DVD running over HDMI I got video but no sound, but a power off/on of the components fixed that. That has only happened once in the past few months and seems like an HDMI handshake issue, so I can't be sure if that was really due to the wallplate or not.

Rather annoyingly I ordered this specific one (from CE Compass at the time) at a higher price than another similar supplier on Amazon because it was different in the pictures. At the time I ordered, this item only showed the fully smooth wallplate with the white screws. Unfortunately what I actually received was a different version (which I could have ordered from the other supplier for less) which has a recessed "insert" with raised edge around it. This has the effect of making it look like I installed the insert back-to-front or like its a special kind of plate, and I believe most people would want it to just look as much like a standard wallplate as possible.

So, it works well, but be aware that you might get either one of the variants in the pictures (the weird version I got is now shown in the images so you can see the difference with the raised edge around the central "insert" on the front).

Update 9/17/09:
I haven't had any more lost video or audio signals beyond the one instance reported in the original review, so it definitely seems like that was a one-off HDMI handshake issue. I still recommend the unit.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good wall plate for thick HDMI cables, May 23, 2009

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I found the pigtail makes it nice to connect to the thick HDMI cables used for the long run inside the wall. Without the pigtail, making the turn inside the wall is much more difficult. The only only problem is that the cover plate screws are not the standard 6x32 screws used for electrical plates and are chrome rather then white. However, I used my trusty 6x32 tap on the plastic holes, then used standard screws to make a nicer looking installation. :-)