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I've been thinking about distributed video for the new house and had a thought. Right now I have just one HTPC (XP MCE 2005 to be precise) and one extender. But looking at the cost of modulators, running coax all over the place, etc. I had the idea to just plan for every TV (video output...

In case anybody is interested, we've got a blog set up for the new house project. I' will be discussion HA there in addition to everything else associated with the house.

I promise this is my last question of the day. :lol: I'm working on budgeting for cable, etc. for the new house. Looking at speedwrap vs. separate cables vs. "smurf tube" for ultimate flexibility. Looks like I could do a manually wrapped bundle of 2 Cat 5e + 2 RG6 for about .50 / ft, make...

I've already been littering the HA forum with my questions but thought I should introduce myself officially. I'm a professional computer geek (database guy actually) just getting into HA. I've wanted to go down this road for several years but have always been in existing homes, etc. where it...

In working on my plans for the new house, I've spec'ed a minimum 6'x6' wiring closet / server room to be located just off of my home office. How does that sound size wise? The thought was to be able to put equipment rack(s) in there such that you could walk all the way around, and drop wires...

As I've discussed in other posts, I'm in the process of doing as much HA as possible in my existing home to gain experience / decide what technologies, etc. to go with for the house we're going to be building soon. Powerline is a no-brainer because not having access to wires, etc. is not an...

So I've got my first set of UPB devices I got from Martin yesterday up and running and I'm definitely hooked. I had planned on going with Insteon due to the price difference but Marting talked me out of it. :D I've got 2 switches, a lamp module, and a keypad running ... UPStart was great...

Greetings all. I'm in the process of designing a new home and want to invest heavily in HA infrastructure as part of the project. So I'm sure I'll be posting a lot of questions here. :) Here's the first one: After perusing the alternatives here and elsewhere, I'm leaning towards Insteon...