At one point, Mike Steve and Tim were all working on different holes in our walls and ceiling. Tim had to drill holes from the media closet under the stairs into the beams in the ceiling of the family room. Mike had to keep an eye on him since they didn't want to turn the electricity off and there were live wires along the beam. Steve ran cable from the media closet through the holes in the beam into the ceiling of the family room. He had to cut a hole in the ceiling in order to drill small holes in more beams so that he can get the wires between the beams that would hold the two rear speakers.
While Steve was cutting and placing the rear speakers Mike and Tim were working on the outlet behind the TV. There was a plug right below the TV and a cable that ran across the carpet for cable for the last week. The plan was to drop the wires hanging from the whole in our ceiling above our TV into a media plate behind the TV. Mike wanted a real clean look with no wires or devices near the TV.
After it was all hooked up and Steve was checking connections they encountered some problem. He tried a couple of different things and I think it was decided that one cable was 1.5 feet longer than the other. He has a nifty device that plugs in to a wire and tells you how long it is. Apparently with HDMI, a slightly different length can cause big problems. Our current plan is to trade in our DVR for an HD one and buy a different plug-in plate for behind the TV. Mike said he got the right one and its not broken it just doesn't work. I don't quite know how that happens. Until then, we add to our "to be patched, mudded and painted" list for our painter. 
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