saltdog
Established Member
Hi there,
I've been trawling through the threads for a while now picking up bits and pieces but nothing seems to be just exactly what I'm looking for. I should explain at this point that I'm a total novice here and any help I can get for any of my questions would be greatly appreciated.
My partner and I are in the very lovely process of getting a new house built for us. Fantastically, the builder is working so quickly that we're going to be moving in within a few months. Unfortunately this means that we really need to get moving on deciding what we're going to do with the AV equipment. Obviously we want it to be in before the walls are plastered. Got to make life as easy as possible.
The house we are building is a 2 storey, simple layout house. We have an upstairs living room and a downstairs family room. There are also 3 bedrooms upstairs which I would like included in the system somehow.
The equipment I have already is a Sony KDL-46W4000 LCD TV, Sony HT-SS100 home cinema receiver and speaker system, Sky+HD, Sony PS3, and Nintendo Wii. That takes care of the upstairs living room. I'm intending to get another TV for the downstairs family room with a feed from the Sky and TV's for each of the upstairs bedrooms. Don't know if I can have sky feeds for the bedrooms as I'm not intending to go for multi room. I'm also hoping to get a Sonos system to pipe in to various rooms.
That takes care of the background. Now I can move on to the questions. I'll try to remember everything I was planning but forgive me if I end up asking things in later posts. Here we go:
1. All my TV's are to be wall mounted and all cables are to be hidden. What is the easiest and best way to do this with all the equipment I have ear marked for the upstairs living room?
2. Can I feed the Sky to more than one extra room? What equipment would I need?
3. Is there any way to feed the Wii sensor bar through the wall? I can't find any effective wall plate solutions.
4. Where should I have Cat 6 connections? I have none in my current house and haven't noticed that I need them but I would like the new house future proofed.
5. Are wall or ceiling recessed speakers an effective solution for home cinema? I don't have a problem with upgrading speakers or indeed my receiver to improve everything but I love minimalism. I'd rather not have huge floor speakers.
As I said, I'm a complete novice. I did try and contact some professional installers for advice but never received any replies. Probably because I wasn't going to get them to do the install. I live in a very remote area and it just wouldn't be worth my while. Any help that anyone can offer would be very much appreciated. I'm sure I'll think of more questions as soon as I get some answers but for now I think that's enough to bore you all with.
Many thanks!!
I've been trawling through the threads for a while now picking up bits and pieces but nothing seems to be just exactly what I'm looking for. I should explain at this point that I'm a total novice here and any help I can get for any of my questions would be greatly appreciated.
My partner and I are in the very lovely process of getting a new house built for us. Fantastically, the builder is working so quickly that we're going to be moving in within a few months. Unfortunately this means that we really need to get moving on deciding what we're going to do with the AV equipment. Obviously we want it to be in before the walls are plastered. Got to make life as easy as possible.
The house we are building is a 2 storey, simple layout house. We have an upstairs living room and a downstairs family room. There are also 3 bedrooms upstairs which I would like included in the system somehow.
The equipment I have already is a Sony KDL-46W4000 LCD TV, Sony HT-SS100 home cinema receiver and speaker system, Sky+HD, Sony PS3, and Nintendo Wii. That takes care of the upstairs living room. I'm intending to get another TV for the downstairs family room with a feed from the Sky and TV's for each of the upstairs bedrooms. Don't know if I can have sky feeds for the bedrooms as I'm not intending to go for multi room. I'm also hoping to get a Sonos system to pipe in to various rooms.
That takes care of the background. Now I can move on to the questions. I'll try to remember everything I was planning but forgive me if I end up asking things in later posts. Here we go:
1. All my TV's are to be wall mounted and all cables are to be hidden. What is the easiest and best way to do this with all the equipment I have ear marked for the upstairs living room?
2. Can I feed the Sky to more than one extra room? What equipment would I need?
3. Is there any way to feed the Wii sensor bar through the wall? I can't find any effective wall plate solutions.
4. Where should I have Cat 6 connections? I have none in my current house and haven't noticed that I need them but I would like the new house future proofed.
5. Are wall or ceiling recessed speakers an effective solution for home cinema? I don't have a problem with upgrading speakers or indeed my receiver to improve everything but I love minimalism. I'd rather not have huge floor speakers.
As I said, I'm a complete novice. I did try and contact some professional installers for advice but never received any replies. Probably because I wasn't going to get them to do the install. I live in a very remote area and it just wouldn't be worth my while. Any help that anyone can offer would be very much appreciated. I'm sure I'll think of more questions as soon as I get some answers but for now I think that's enough to bore you all with.
Many thanks!!