[mythtvnz] Cabling my house

[Toby Mills]

>I just want to try and guages peoples opinions here.  I'm going to =
cable up
my house soon (both network and RG6 for video), and with the impending
arrival >of digital TV, should I run additional RG6 cable?

Cable is cheaper than plaster and paint.
I would run a pair of RG6 cables, two cat 5, plenty of good speaker =
cables
and an audio signal cable to each socket just in case.
Run it all back to a patch bay in the roof or something, I put a patch =
bay
in my kitchen with a glass window so I can stare at all the blinkin =
lights
while I'm having my breakfast :)

While your at it I would recommend running some signal cables to all =
your
light switch sockets as well to future proof for any home automation
projects, a pair of cat 5 cables to each socket should cover most bases =
as
you can use some of the pairs for low voltage signal or most of the =
digital
lighting control systems on the market.

The opportunity to run cables through walls doesn't come along very =
often so
I would highly recommend going towards the overkill end of the spectrum.

Cheers
Toby
www.np.co.nz





-----Original Message-----
From: mythtvnz-admin@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
[mailto:mythtvnz-admin@lists.linuxnut.co.nz] On Behalf Of Andrew Ruthven
Sent: Tuesday, 1 August 2006 3:05 p.m.
To: mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
Subject: [mythtvnz] Cabling my house


Hey guys,

I just want to try and guages peoples opinions here.  I'm going to cable =
up
my house soon (both network and RG6 for video), and with the impending
arrival of digital TV, should I run additional RG6 cable?

Normally I would have run one RG6 cable to each faceplate for an antenna
feed.  However, if digital TV comes along and we still have analog TV, I
might be better to have two RG6 cables at each faceplate.  Otherwise =
I'll
need a splitter where ever I want to have both.  (Which should be =
nowhere,
since we mostly use MythTV.)

What do you guys think?

Cheers!

--=20
Andrew Ruthven, Wellington, New Zealand
At home: andrew@etc.gen.nz       |  This space intentionally
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