RE: Is COAX to every room really necessary

["Hawes,Timothy Edward (GEG)" <haweste@xxxxxxx>]

Chris,

Here's what I've done coax-wise:

Lounge: 3x coax to each corner, plus 3 coax at an additional point.
Dining room: 1 point with 1 coax, 1 point with 2
Kitchen: 1 point with 1 coax
Master bedroom: 3 points each with 1x coax
2nd bedroom: 2 points each with 1x coax
(and that's as far as I've got)

Reasons were:
1. I needed something that would work straight away, without any
additional
hardware.
2. Line level distribution solutions (even KAT5) are outside my budget
at
present.
3. Coax will be relatively easy for Joseph Public to understand if / when
I
come to sell the house.
4. While I was chasing the walls and making the mess it was a small
incremental cost & effort to run coax along with the Cat5 & speaker
cables.


HTH,

Tim H.

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Langridge 

Guys,

I am struggling to understand why I may need to run COAX to every room.

Our set up has whole house distributed audio / as well as the option
for
DDAR devices. KAT 5 will be used.

Can I not just distribute the TV prgrammes (Satelite, TIVO, DVD
whatever)
over KAT 5 ? Perhaps someone can explain how the following get sorted:

1. Synchronising picture and sound. If SWMBO turns the channel then she
wants the sound to switch too. Assuming that I am not using the crap
speakers in the TV how might this be achieved.

2. There will always be folks who want to watch different channels at
the
same time- it's one of the main reasons to have more than one set. I
guess
KAT5 and a recording device kinda sort this, but perhaps this is where
COAX
is useful? If so what is the setup given my need for half decent sound?

3. If COAX needs to be run - can it be in the same ducting as CAT 5 and
other 'data' cables such as USB  or serial or SCART cables.

Thanks
______________________________ 
Chris Langridge 

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