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I'll try and keep this as short as possible. I have a new 4 story home. The attic and basement are currently unfinished and I will finish all of it myself. The basement will have a dedicated HT and I'll have a separate closet area with the networking and whole house audio/video equipment in it.
For equipment, I'm leaning heavily towards the CAV6.6 because to me, it can't be beat with what it offers for the price. My main focus is to put speakers in parts of my house (basement game room, master bedroom, master bathroom, family room on 1st floor, etc). Luckily, I have access to the first floor from the basement and the second floor from the attic. I have 1 RG-6 and 1 CAT5e cable in the attic for the bedroom up there. I have a 1" pipe going from the basement to the attic for running more wires.
I'm not in dire need of pumping video to all of my bedrooms and stuff... but I want to plan for the future and since I have all this unfinished space, I should prepare now. Unfortunately, each bedroom only has 1 RG-6 and 1 CAT5e cable in it. I think I'd like to prepare to send HD signals to my bedrooms, and running another RG-6 to each room from the attic won't be too much trouble.
My questions.....
1. How can I easily get video and audio from my basement to my attic for multiple rooms? I only have that 1" pipe so I can't stuff a ton of new wires in it.
2. For network, I know I can run 1 CAT 6 (that's what I'm installing to "future proof" things) to the attic and hook it to a hub. Is there something similar I can do for video?
3. I would guess I want the capability of sending at least 2-3 different video signals between the upstairs and basement. Does that mean at least 2-3 RG-6 cables have to go from place to place?
4. Am I asking for trouble if I run CAT 6, RG-6 and 12 gauge speaker wire in the same 1" pipe I have?
I hope I've explained this in some amount of detail to make it understandable. I'm just started to read up on this stuff, and have tons to learn. I've spent that last year or more on the HT building forum and haven't thought of much else....
Thanks!
For equipment, I'm leaning heavily towards the CAV6.6 because to me, it can't be beat with what it offers for the price. My main focus is to put speakers in parts of my house (basement game room, master bedroom, master bathroom, family room on 1st floor, etc). Luckily, I have access to the first floor from the basement and the second floor from the attic. I have 1 RG-6 and 1 CAT5e cable in the attic for the bedroom up there. I have a 1" pipe going from the basement to the attic for running more wires.
I'm not in dire need of pumping video to all of my bedrooms and stuff... but I want to plan for the future and since I have all this unfinished space, I should prepare now. Unfortunately, each bedroom only has 1 RG-6 and 1 CAT5e cable in it. I think I'd like to prepare to send HD signals to my bedrooms, and running another RG-6 to each room from the attic won't be too much trouble.
My questions.....
1. How can I easily get video and audio from my basement to my attic for multiple rooms? I only have that 1" pipe so I can't stuff a ton of new wires in it.
2. For network, I know I can run 1 CAT 6 (that's what I'm installing to "future proof" things) to the attic and hook it to a hub. Is there something similar I can do for video?
3. I would guess I want the capability of sending at least 2-3 different video signals between the upstairs and basement. Does that mean at least 2-3 RG-6 cables have to go from place to place?
4. Am I asking for trouble if I run CAT 6, RG-6 and 12 gauge speaker wire in the same 1" pipe I have?
I hope I've explained this in some amount of detail to make it understandable. I'm just started to read up on this stuff, and have tons to learn. I've spent that last year or more on the HT building forum and haven't thought of much else....
Thanks!