Indeed. I have my TV on a TV desk and behind it there is a huge mess of cables, all kind of hidden.

On my desk I have:

• ISP modem,
• personal router
• gigalan powered switch
• VPN server (edgerouter X)
• Toslink hifi dac
• passive preamp with IR receiver to control the volume
• The TV
• x2 powered monitors (KRK RP6G3).
• PS5 console
• One headphone amp that lately I’m not using (Lyr 2) and I think I’ll reallocate.
• A CCWGTV
• And one HDMI cable coming from the PC.

I use the desk to organise/hide everything. If I didn’t have it this would be a horrible mess.