Hi,
I am building a house and in the process of designing a wiring plan. I want to run HDMI wires in the walls. I will have 4 media outlet plates, 3 that will have the potential of outputting to a display and 1 that will serve as the master media outlet. all will have the ability to accept HDMI input from a source. basically, i just want to be able to plug in a source into any of my 3 media outlets and be able to display it on any of those 3 media outlets. also, be able to display 2 separate sources on 2 separate displays simultaneously. Ive been looking into the technology for about a week or so now and ive come up with a design and i wanted to get some feedback about the feasibility of it. im thinking of getting a 4x4 HDMI matrix switch that will receive input from my outlets and output to my a/v receiver and to my outlets. (see attachment)
also i have 2 runs that are about 40' and im wondering what the pros and cons are about using 2 CATx cables carrying my HDMI signal. is there signal loss associated with the dual CATx that wont be there with an extended/amplified long HDMI cable?
there is also a distinct possibility that im making this way more complicated then it has to be... if that's the case feel free to bring me back down to earth!
appreciate it,
tim

I am building a house and in the process of designing a wiring plan. I want to run HDMI wires in the walls. I will have 4 media outlet plates, 3 that will have the potential of outputting to a display and 1 that will serve as the master media outlet. all will have the ability to accept HDMI input from a source. basically, i just want to be able to plug in a source into any of my 3 media outlets and be able to display it on any of those 3 media outlets. also, be able to display 2 separate sources on 2 separate displays simultaneously. Ive been looking into the technology for about a week or so now and ive come up with a design and i wanted to get some feedback about the feasibility of it. im thinking of getting a 4x4 HDMI matrix switch that will receive input from my outlets and output to my a/v receiver and to my outlets. (see attachment)
also i have 2 runs that are about 40' and im wondering what the pros and cons are about using 2 CATx cables carrying my HDMI signal. is there signal loss associated with the dual CATx that wont be there with an extended/amplified long HDMI cable?
there is also a distinct possibility that im making this way more complicated then it has to be... if that's the case feel free to bring me back down to earth!
appreciate it,
tim










