Installing a TV in the garage

What I would do is put the box in a cabinet you already have and run the wires behind it so those are out of the way. You may have to have the cabinet open while out there, but at least it's out of the way.

It really depends on how clean you plan on keeping your layout of if it doesn't matter.

 

You could always leave the box in the house and transmit the HD signal wirelessly to the garage TV. Then use a wireless IR repeater to allow you to change channels from the garage. The HD signal receiver and IR repeater are small and can fit between the TV and the wall.

You could also install a Mondial rear clip below the TV with a functioning mini-trunk and hide the electronics junk in there. (Something like the attached photo...)
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If you're ok with it not being perfectly flat against the wall I've seen receivers mounted flat against the backside of the tv. This is common in bars where they have tv's hanging down from the ceilings.

 

You can put the box anywhere, and run a long HDMI cable. Find a nice flat cable and paint it to match the surface and it will disappear. Mounting it vertically behind the TV is also an option.

 

Wade, I'm using something like this in my home theater: http://www.amazon.com/brite-View-BV-2322-Uncompressed-Wireless-Transmission/dp/B0043BPZWA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1322578256&sr=8-1

(I can't remember the exact brand that I'm using; I'll check when I'm back home this evening.)

I installed a ceiling mount projector in my home theater and used the wireless HDMI transmitter/receiver so that I wouldn't have to run any additional wiring. Basically, the HDMI cable comes out of my receiver into the HDMI transmitter. (All of my components feed into my receiver.) The HDMI transmitter sends 1080p (uncompressed) to the receiver. Since the signal is digital and at 1080p, there is no loss of quality. The receiver plugs into my projector (via an HDMI cable). In my house it all works perfectly.

There are lots of different brands of transmitters/receivers. Just search for "HDMI Wireless" or something like that. If you go this route, make sure that you purchase one that supports 1080p and not just 1080i.

 

Attic directly above the wall makes this easy-peasy.

As has been said, use a long HDMI cable (www.monoprice.com for high quality cabling needs at 1/10th the cost) to feed the TV from anywhere.

If you use a swivel wall mount, you can easily drop a new circuit for power behind where you will hang the tv by running the cabling down behind the dry wall and adding a wall socket.

Then you can add wall sockets for HDMI, audio, etc behind the TV as well, then just use short cable runs from the TV to the wall. You will never see the cables.

 

My aunt and uncle have Dish Network. Their downstairs TV has the receiver (if that's the proper name for it) and the upstairs TV is connected wirelessly.

 

I have no experience w/ HDMI 1.4, so I can't comment on how well the ethernet function works. However, it is highly unlikely the cable box will be 1.4 compatible, so you would not be able to utilize that function and would need the ethernet anyway.


Sucks that's a concrete wall... makes things less pretty. At this point... it looks like you are looking in the right direction regarding the wireless techs.

 

If you have att uverse they offer a wireless box now.