A newbie steps into the fold


Hi guys

 

Looking for some good advice which is why I joined as the community is mature enough to give some solid sound information.

 

Right ass kissing done.

 

I am In the process of running wires throughout my home adhoc style (I don't really know what im doing) as budget and time allows as this is a busy household.

 

So far I have run x4 cat6 cables to the upstairs. 2 go to my office/guest room and 2 goto the master bedroom.

 

Now my original plan in my head was to run the 2 cables to the MB for streaming hdmi over Ethernet. Where I have run the cables to is an understairs cupboard which will contain a rack with a switch and I plan to add things as I go such as xbox one, sonos and all the audio cables for my home cinema which will be in the living area.

 

Question is should I go the route of HDMI cables or should I invest in a HDMI over cat6 matrix HDBaseT? The run to the rooms should be no more than 20m and a lot less for the living area.

 

In the future we plan an extension to the kitchen which will bring the house together into one larger area so this is simply a hotfix to trial things out for now. I hope to have a full dedicated rack area like I've seen on these forums.

 

Im just stuck at a midpoint now as i'd like to try hdmi extenders see if they work but then I also should possibly run HDMI also?

 

Not sure on the next steps

 

Please help me before I go nuts.

 

 Thanks