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Re: TVs around house with movies stored on server in basement. jch 12-01-08
Posted by jch on December 1, 2008, 8:32 pm
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Why don't you just run RG6 coax from the basement to each room you'd
invision having a TV? Each run should be a homerun. No breaks or splices.


I am building a house and doing the wiring right now. I want to be able to
watch movies in the bedrooms and great room that are stored on a computer
that will be in a closet in the basement. What would be the best way to set
this up to watch the stored movies in these rooms? What do I need to wire
for right now before the drywall goes up? Thankyou for your input. Gary



Posted by Frank Olson on December 2, 2008, 12:31 am
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jch wrote:
> Why don't you just run RG6 coax from the basement to each room you'd
> invision having a TV? Each run should be a homerun. No breaks or splices.
>


I'd run HDMI cable everywhere, along with a CAT 5.
http://www.gefen.com/kvm/dproduct.jsp?prod_id=5023

Posted by B Fuhrmann on December 2, 2008, 8:04 am
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What kind of flexibility do you want?

One movie sent simultaneously to all TVs or allowing each TV to decide what
to watch when they want to watch it?

Sending a video signal via RG6 or HDMI will get you one program (two if you
run a dual system) into every TV.

To allow the people to watch what you want, when you want, you would be
talking setting up a video server onto a network (wired or wireless, I would
think that wired is better) and have a network player in each room.

I haven't started looking seriously at this yet but know that some of the
PVR software will work that way, using a local processor to display the
video that is recorded (including TV programs via a receiver card in the
server) on a local display.
I was hoping that a very minimal (footprint) computer could be set up with
that really only needs the screen display and a pointing device to access
the menus for the video system (OK, and a keyboard when you want to check
email from that room).
I don't know but expect that there will be some sort of premade receiver for
this available that is less flexible and smaller than a computer.

I did happen to see an ad for a TV recently
(http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=3975459&sku=S223-5094)
that had a wireless network connection for receiving video from a server
built into it.
I was thinking that this could lead to a server and possibly the network
receivers to put next to non-wireless TVs.


--
Bill Fuhrmann

> Why don't you just run RG6 coax from the basement to each room you'd
> invision having a TV? Each run should be a homerun. No breaks or
> splices.
>
>
> I am building a house and doing the wiring right now. I want to be able
> to watch movies in the bedrooms and great room that are stored on a
> computer that will be in a closet in the basement. What would be the best
> way to set this up to watch the stored movies in these rooms? What do I
> need to wire for right now before the drywall goes up? Thankyou for your
> input. Gary
>



Posted by Gary on December 6, 2008, 12:01 am
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> What kind of flexibility do you want?
>
> One movie sent simultaneously to all TVs or allowing each TV to decide
> what to watch when they want to watch it?

#2
>
> Sending a video signal via RG6 or HDMI will get you one program (two if
> you run a dual system) into every TV.

I have the RG6 in place now.
>
> To allow the people to watch what you want, when you want, you would be
> talking setting up a video server onto a network (wired or wireless, I
> would think that wired is better) and have a network player in each room.
>
> I haven't started looking seriously at this yet but know that some of the
> PVR software will work that way, using a local processor to display the
> video that is recorded (including TV programs via a receiver card in the
> server) on a local display.
> I was hoping that a very minimal (footprint) computer could be set up with
> that really only needs the screen display and a pointing device to access
> the menus for the video system (OK, and a keyboard when you want to check
> email from that room).
> I don't know but expect that there will be some sort of premade receiver
> for this available that is less flexible and smaller than a computer.
>
> I did happen to see an ad for a TV recently
>
(http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=3975459&sku=S223-5094)
> that had a wireless network connection for receiving video from a server
> built into it.
> I was thinking that this could lead to a server and possibly the network
> receivers to put next to non-wireless TVs.
>
>
> --
> Bill Fuhrmann
>
>> Why don't you just run RG6 coax from the basement to each room you'd
>> invision having a TV? Each run should be a homerun. No breaks or
>> splices.
>>
>>
>> I am building a house and doing the wiring right now. I want to be able
>> to watch movies in the bedrooms and great room that are stored on a
>> computer that will be in a closet in the basement. What would be the
>> best way to set this up to watch the stored movies in these rooms? What
>> do I need to wire for right now before the drywall goes up? Thankyou for
>> your input. Gary
>>
>
>



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