Like it says, does anyone have any experience with using the Smart TVs or other smart devices, and streaming without using some subscription service such as Netflix, or Hulu plus. Basically I do all TV watching using my laptop, an HDMI cable, and any website I can get content off of for free...

I am finishing my basement and I had planned on using a few wall plat hdmi over cat6 exters in a few locations. But I am a little concerened as I read one review saying they won't work with an AV receiver. I plan to have a nice projector on the back wall of my media room. I had planned on using...

When I did my wiring for Audio distribution, I buried cat5e cable for the HTD lync6 system. Now I'm trying to wire everything. I connected cat6 keystone jack to one end of the cat5e in the media room and I terminated the other end using RJ45. When I tested using the cable tester, I see...

Hello All, I am planning on having a audio distribution system installed into my house. I have been looking into the vast amount of different systems out there and was hoping some of the installers or people on this forum who have an installed audio distribution or have audio distribution...

I have a Choice Select IR distribution block ( http://www.amazon.com/Choice-Select-4-port-Distribution-Hub/dp/B001CZY936/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1346093032&sr=8-4&keywords=choice+select+ir+emitter ) that I want to take IR signals from two zones. Previously, I had two IR receivers that I extended...

Wondering if I'm on the right path... Building a new house and going to get in this weekend to wire for whole house auido system and 2 5.1 home theater setups. Whole house auido will be HTD lync 6 system. Wanted to check and see if anyone noticed I'm missing somehting. My first house and...

I get the keys to the new house this week and my first "project" is to properly wire the home for a distributed A/V system. As such, I'll need a bunch of Cat6 and some speaker wire run to nearly every room in the house. It's a largish 2 story home that has an unfinished basement. After doing...

I was hoping to find general recommendations for whole house wiring. High level stuff like cat6 to every bedroom? When I go to order cat6 bulk from monoprice, there are options for solid or stranded. Which do I want? Where is a good place to buy the keystones and wall plates? Is cat6 enough...

Hello everyone, I am finally reaching completion of my new basement area and that means that it is time to look at researching what is needed in equipment to be able to run the home theater as well as the other locations in the house. Let me start off by saying that it is the first time I am...

SO, i have a similar situation to a lot of people. I moved in to a new home about a year ago and have rg6 coax ran to every room in the house. I have Directv and have a piggyback feed of one of my receivers to the rest of the house, however the quality is fairly poor. I want to see if there is...

 So I just finished a whole-house wiring project (3000 sf, 27 CAT6, 17 RG6, 9pr Speakers), and I wanted to write the idiots tip list that I wished I had when I started. I am NOT a professional, and the following 20 tips are just classic lessons learned by doing and reading and making stupid...