Re: New Home Construction

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In comp.home.automation pebrinic@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>Hey guys,

>I have been lurking in these groups for a while.  Thanks so much for
>all the interesting answers and thoughts, definitely has given me a lot
>to think about.  I am about to start building a new townhouse on a
>research campus here in north carolina.  I am interested in what advice
>you guys might have particularly for HD Video distribution.  I have
>worked up an initial set of functional specifications to send to the
>installer for quotes.  I figured that the most important thing is for
>me to get the infrastruture wired in and then I can work with the
>electronic components at a later date (if cost is limiting).  I was
>wondering what strategies you all might use to distribute HD video and
>digital audio to any of about 6 rooms from a several HD sources
>rack-mounted in a central location.  There seem to be SO many options
>for video and audio distribution and I am sort of ambivalent about the
>right way to go.  Thanks a lot for any suggestions!

* Assume that you need cables to do it ;), and cable technology improves over
  time. So get tubes where you can easily insert cables. And put it in a
  star configuration so you can reconnect quick.

* You may want to separate mains wireing from signal cableing due safety and
  interference issues. Possible separate tube for firealarm aswell.

* Other than that I think shielded cat.5e should be fullfill most needs.
  At least for now.

* Check: comp.dcom.cabling