Re: House to be built next year, looking for suggestions.

["wkearney99" <wkearney99@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I met with the builder last night. He's going to run 5 smurf tubes for
> me n/c. Also, he basically said, that after he gets his inspection
> completed for all the high voltage wire. There will be a few days
> before drywall starts," ..now my insurance doesn't cover you out there,
> but if someone were to come in and pull low voltage wire, I wouldn't
> have a problem with that". So that makes things much easier.

Yeah, that's a VERY nice arrangement to have with the developer.  Just make
sure you get it done and don't hold up his other work.

> I have a HP Pocket PC, that I would like to use as a wireless interface
> to the network within the house.

NetRemote from Promixsys is a nice app for remote control from a PPC.  That
and their girder program is also very useful.

> A friend told me that I can network my
> TV's with a couple of Tivo boxes. I could start watching something in
> one room, and finish in another. That only works with stuff that is
> recorded.

There are several ways to do this.  You can either have the Tivo in one
place and send it's signal around to other rooms or have more than one Tivo
in each place.  I like the former as it reduces complexity and monthly
subscription costs.

-Bill Kearney