MPowered
11-08-08, 07:27 PM
I read the thread "Anyone familiar with Home Director?" from ion-man 2004. I have a different model Home Director, and it's four years later, so I'm creating a new thread to welcome independent technical ideas.
My 2002 house came equipped with a Home Director Network Center. I bought the house in 2007, and have not used the network. My current setup consists of a WRT54GS wireless router, ATT ADSL, a Siemens Speedstream 4100B adsl modem, and two laptops. I am about to install a home entertainment center (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1081106), and am considering uses for the Home Director.
After buying the "big" TV, I'd love to install some audio and smaller flat screens around the house. It would be great to have the same signal(s) go to 5 rooms: 3 bedrooms, living room, and contiguous kitchen. I'm accustomed to watching streaming or downloaded video, and am not averse to the idea of some of the rooms having computers or touchscreen units instead of televisions.
Pros of re-using the Home Director Network box:
It's there. Someone else ran the coax and CAT5 cabling before drywalling.
Many cables are labeled
Combo outlets in every room have coaxial and either "CAT5" or "CAT 5 PS"
A library of Home Director home-owner and installer docs online. http://www.homedirector.com/index.php5?Template=templates/Support.inc&Content=content/Support_Library.inc&PageTitle=Library
Use cash on the terminals instead of the network.
Hidden nicely in a finished closet under the stairs. Using it would get rid or current "blinking eyesores" and wires.
The closet is adjacent to a living room "book nook" with a 65" x 45" modular shelving on top, glass door below
I'm glad to be done with two prior-house 5-year remodels. :)
Noob solution ideas:
The peripheral screens could be smaller and commodity-priced, as opposed to the entertainment room screen.
Central computing and printing would rock
Would appreciate desktop interface for me, easy entertainment mode for guests
Would like to avoid getting locked into one proprietary OS/touchscreen/entertainment UI
Prefer to schedule intermittent small projects or add-ons to one big installation production.
I have not found an overall model number for The Home Director.
What do you think?
Thanks.
My 2002 house came equipped with a Home Director Network Center. I bought the house in 2007, and have not used the network. My current setup consists of a WRT54GS wireless router, ATT ADSL, a Siemens Speedstream 4100B adsl modem, and two laptops. I am about to install a home entertainment center (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1081106), and am considering uses for the Home Director.
After buying the "big" TV, I'd love to install some audio and smaller flat screens around the house. It would be great to have the same signal(s) go to 5 rooms: 3 bedrooms, living room, and contiguous kitchen. I'm accustomed to watching streaming or downloaded video, and am not averse to the idea of some of the rooms having computers or touchscreen units instead of televisions.
Pros of re-using the Home Director Network box:
It's there. Someone else ran the coax and CAT5 cabling before drywalling.
Many cables are labeled
Combo outlets in every room have coaxial and either "CAT5" or "CAT 5 PS"
A library of Home Director home-owner and installer docs online. http://www.homedirector.com/index.php5?Template=templates/Support.inc&Content=content/Support_Library.inc&PageTitle=Library
Use cash on the terminals instead of the network.
Hidden nicely in a finished closet under the stairs. Using it would get rid or current "blinking eyesores" and wires.
The closet is adjacent to a living room "book nook" with a 65" x 45" modular shelving on top, glass door below
I'm glad to be done with two prior-house 5-year remodels. :)
Noob solution ideas:
The peripheral screens could be smaller and commodity-priced, as opposed to the entertainment room screen.
Central computing and printing would rock
Would appreciate desktop interface for me, easy entertainment mode for guests
Would like to avoid getting locked into one proprietary OS/touchscreen/entertainment UI
Prefer to schedule intermittent small projects or add-ons to one big installation production.
I have not found an overall model number for The Home Director.
What do you think?
Thanks.