Home theater help

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

I have a new projector with 3D capabilities. The old projector ran off component, which is plumbed in the wall, runs through the ceiling to the cabinet in the back of the room. I had planned to tape a 26' HDMI cable to the plumbed cables and pull through the wall. Sadly, the plumbed cables are not moving.

So, I was thinking of using the component cables, as that appears to be my only option. HDMI cables are the only ones that can transport the 3D signal. Am I screwed? Or will the component/HDMI converters transmit the signal to allow 3D?

 

[Denny Crane]

HDMI is required for 3D. Sorry.

How were the component cables installed in the first place?

If they're in a conduit, they should pull through. if they're stapled to the ceiling joists, no way.

You can hire a handyman to bury the HDMI cable in the ceiling, patch, paint, etc. Probably cost a couple $hundred.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Both ends have a wide tube, which is why I expected the cables to pull through. But they don't. So I dunno wtf is going up.

You're answer (HDMI is required) is what I expected. But I thought I'd ask because some of the HDMI/component converters online mention 3D in their descriptions, which is misleading and confusing.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

I'll probably (for now) use the components on a daily basis (this won't have much impact on regular HD and BluRay performance - a little, yes, but supposedly it's not very detectable on a 120-inch Projection screen). I'll just bust out the 26' HDMI when we're going to watch 3D (maybe one per month).

 

[Denny Crane]

Is there a lot of extra room in the tube?

If so, you can tie a string to a baggie and pull that through. You use a vacuum cleaner (hose) to suck the baggie through the tube.

There's conduit grease you can buy, but not sure how you'd use it with already pulled cable.

If there's a lot of room, something like this might let you _also_ pull the HDMI cable through. I saw these at Home Depot yesterday.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Interesting.

The stuff in the tube has clearly been greased on something - my hands are lubed after yanking the cords (insert jokes, most likely by Wooks, here). The tube is big enough I could theoretically almost get a tennis ball into it (before the current cords, but they're still not that big).