My family and I are in the design and budgeting phase of building, and have several questions that we would like some input on.
A little about the house we are planning:
• 2900-3000 square foot main level rancher with full basement.
What we would like to do:
• 1080p everything if possible.
• An audio/video equipment and server in the basement of the house. Using directtv or dish network as a video source. With the boxes in that room.
• Here will be our video displays: 3-5 bedrooms, 1 bath, kitchen, 3 living rooms and a dedicated theater.
• Plan on using SageTV and extenders as a DVR – media database extender. (Media Server PC in the equipment room).
• Use something like an ipad/pc tablet as a controller.
My questions mainly come from lack of terminology. I would like to know:
• What is the best (quality wise) way of distributing the video? Matrix + long HDMI runs or baluns, or better way.
• I was thinking 2 coax, 5 cat 6e drops at each viewing location, is that enough, what else do I need to do? The CAT 6e drops – (1. TV, 2. Bluray player, 3. Sagetv, 4. Sat receiver, 5. Extra)
• Any other suggestions other than SageTV? I have bluray.
• I was going to use an infrared distribution, but I read that the Tablet control is better. It maybe cost prohibitive though. Any input on this?
• Wanting to do some home automation. I have an electrician that does that, but I want to follow up and make sure I have everything I need. Anybody have any good blogs or information that you care to point me to?
Thank you in advance for the advice.
A little about the house we are planning:
• 2900-3000 square foot main level rancher with full basement.
What we would like to do:
• 1080p everything if possible.
• An audio/video equipment and server in the basement of the house. Using directtv or dish network as a video source. With the boxes in that room.
• Here will be our video displays: 3-5 bedrooms, 1 bath, kitchen, 3 living rooms and a dedicated theater.
• Plan on using SageTV and extenders as a DVR – media database extender. (Media Server PC in the equipment room).
• Use something like an ipad/pc tablet as a controller.
My questions mainly come from lack of terminology. I would like to know:
• What is the best (quality wise) way of distributing the video? Matrix + long HDMI runs or baluns, or better way.
• I was thinking 2 coax, 5 cat 6e drops at each viewing location, is that enough, what else do I need to do? The CAT 6e drops – (1. TV, 2. Bluray player, 3. Sagetv, 4. Sat receiver, 5. Extra)
• Any other suggestions other than SageTV? I have bluray.
• I was going to use an infrared distribution, but I read that the Tablet control is better. It maybe cost prohibitive though. Any input on this?
• Wanting to do some home automation. I have an electrician that does that, but I want to follow up and make sure I have everything I need. Anybody have any good blogs or information that you care to point me to?
Thank you in advance for the advice.