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Why would I run HDMI to every room in the new house?
Posted on 8/13/15 at 9:54 pm
Posted on 8/13/15 at 9:54 pm
Have a buddy building as well. He has HDMI cables to every room. Why?
I am doing CAT6 and cable to every room, telephone to some of them. I am also going to put conduit from the attic to my media closet in case I ever need to run anything else.
I am doing CAT6 and cable to every room, telephone to some of them. I am also going to put conduit from the attic to my media closet in case I ever need to run anything else.
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Posted on 8/13/15 at 10:15 pm to Rev1897
Because why not?
Posted on 8/13/15 at 10:22 pm to Rev1897
Posted on 8/13/15 at 10:35 pm to Rev1897
Why are you running phone lines?
Posted on 8/13/15 at 11:03 pm to Rev1897
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I am also going to put conduit from the attic to my media closet in case I ever need to run anything else.
More important than choosing the lines to run is making it easy to change and add them, so good call.
Posted on 8/14/15 at 5:48 am to Rev1897
Two or three Cat6 and a coax.
Posted on 8/14/15 at 6:11 am to VABuckeye
This^^^ and conduit to each location at least in walls you can't easily get to later like exterior or under a second floor.
Posted on 8/14/15 at 7:27 am to NOLAGT
Two cat6 for gigabit? I just don't see how that's going to help me in the future although it might be relevant now.
Right now I do very little streaming anywhere but the bedroom and living room.
Any other suggestions other than conduit? Do you leave the conduit in the walls and stub the bottom out with a panel or leave it behind the sheet rock?
Right now I do very little streaming anywhere but the bedroom and living room.
Any other suggestions other than conduit? Do you leave the conduit in the walls and stub the bottom out with a panel or leave it behind the sheet rock?
Posted on 8/14/15 at 7:36 am to Rev1897
I've got another question. I'm hanging my TV over my fireplace. My media closet is right behind the fireplace. What type of condouit should I use in the fireplace box that I don't melt everything? Obviously, the fireplace is a 42 inch basic fireplace with a steel conduit running to the chimney.
Posted on 8/14/15 at 7:48 am to Rev1897
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Two cat6 for gigabit?
CAT6 isn't just for data. It allows you to use an HDMI balun if you want one main distribution point for video and a balun allows you to overcome the HDMI distance limitations. It also allows for future digital technologies as there will almost certainly be an option for those technologies to be carried over category cabling.
Posted on 8/14/15 at 7:49 am to Rev1897
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stub the bottom out with a panel
Yes. Low voltage rings with blank plates over them. Don't forget the string in the conduit.
Posted on 8/14/15 at 8:00 am to VABuckeye
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CAT6 isn't just for data. It allows you to use an HDMI balun if you want one main distribution point for video and a balun allows you to overcome the HDMI distance limitations. It also allows for future digital technologies as there will almost certainly be an option for those technologies to be carried over category cabling.
Thanks. This is really good information. OK, so I'll send two Cat6 to each room. Coax as well. Doing telephone just to master, living room and loft upstairs.
Posted on 8/14/15 at 8:19 am to Rev1897
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Doing telephone just to master, living room and loft upstairs.
Don't run telephone, run another Cat6, because you can use it for telephone.
Posted on 8/14/15 at 8:26 am to Rev1897
Most dealers I know run this in new construction
Posted on 8/14/15 at 8:30 am to TigerWise
Yeah, you can run that. I've found it to be a PITA to pull. YMMV. It's cheaper for the owner but harder on the techs in the field.
Posted on 8/14/15 at 9:10 am to Rev1897
Just run cat 6 to multiple spots in every room and have it run back to a central closet or location, also known as a star or home-run configuration. Cat 6 can be used for internet, hdmi, or telephone. I would also run Coax all over as well, having it terminate in the same location. And while you are at it, may as well run speaker wire anywhere you think you may have surround sound or outdoor speakers.
ETA don't run telephone cable. Usually they just run Cat 5 and terminate it as telephone anyway. May as well make it cat6 in case you want internet or video there.
ETA don't run telephone cable. Usually they just run Cat 5 and terminate it as telephone anyway. May as well make it cat6 in case you want internet or video there.
This post was edited on 8/14/15 at 9:12 am
Posted on 8/14/15 at 9:53 am to WavinWilly
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May as well make it cat6 in case you want internet or video there.
Cat5 will run these too. Cat6 just is future proofing unless you have some really long runs.
Posted on 8/14/15 at 12:25 pm to VABuckeye
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CAT6 isn't just for data.
Excellent point - while not perfect, I would much rather have CAT6 in every room than HDMI - where are you going to tie in all those long runs of HDMI and how will you route it?
CAT6 as your network circulatory system - even if parallel to WiFi makes a lot more sense to me.
Posted on 8/14/15 at 1:54 pm to Ace Midnight
I'll echo what others said - multiple CAT6 drops is the way to go, and not just for gig ethernet. Someday 10 GB ethernet will come down in price and be affordable to consumers. CAT6 will be necessary to take full advantage.
Posted on 8/14/15 at 3:00 pm to jdd48
Is shielded cable necessary for residential installation like this?
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