Re: Cabling advice, living room to future node zero

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

so no need for CAT100, etc ???

Chris


On 31 Jul 2007, at 14:55, Gareth Cook wrote:

> Strictly speaking, CAT5 will do everything you need (with baluns etc)
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> So if unsure, just shove a truckload of cat5 everywhere.
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> Hi
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> I'm about to start the cabling of our newbuild, and am after some
> advice on what cabling I might want to put between the living room and
> the future node zero, to allow AV upgrades in the future.
> A very tight budget means we're stuck with our current equipment
> for now.
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> Initially the living room will just have the kit in from our previous
> house:
>  - TV
>  - Sky box
>  - DVD/Surround sound amp/Radio
> This will just connect up standalone like it used to.
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> But in future I'd like the option of just having the TV in the living
> room, and any other fancy kit in node zero (aka the cupboard under the
> stairs) - which is actually at the end of the living room. At a guess,
> the cable route from the anticipated TV position to equipment in node
> zero would be 15-20m in length.
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> I'm after suggestions for what cables I should run between the two
> locations ?
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> I'm guessing some mixture of cat5, phone, coax, maybe HDMI ?
> I'm not to well up on current/future technology so advice would be
> great !
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> Thanks
> Lee
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