I have a problem... anyone have any ideas wrt the following?
We recently built a new mantle over our fireplace and a frame-like set-up on the wall to go around a new LED TV. We also added built-in window seats on each side - one side designed to hold the cable box and other components. As it was being built, I ran cables up through a pillar on one side of the new mantle - the cables go into the wall and exit behind the TV. I included HDMI cables for the cable box and a DVD player, along with some audio cables.
Fast forward to installing the TV and, as we were plugging the HDMI cables into the TV, one of the connectors bent to like a 60 degree angle relative to the cable. As a result, I am not getting a signal down that cable - so the DVD won't connect.
Because of the construction of the wall behind the mantle, the chimney running up from the fireplace, etc. - it is not possible to simply run another cable up through the pillar and behind the wall - at least not without tearing it all out and starting over - at a cost of hundred of dollars.
I have been afraid to mess with the bent connector for fear of breaking it off completely. Do you think I could straighten it and have it work?
The only other thing I can think of is to run a cable along the outside of the pillar and along the top of the mantle behind the TV - and try to hide it with some molding or something... This really pisses me off because it currently looks so nice and clean...
Any thoughts?