Suave
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Hi All,
I am i the process of setting up home cinema wiring on a wall which will then be completely hidden by wall to wall and floor to ceiling cabinets so, once they are in place, I will have very little option to change things!
I have run adequate conduit in the walls for the speaker wires, have allowed for 2 hdmi cables that will be connected to the opposite wall under the floor boards via a wall plate (so I can connect to my Macbook Pro), have allowed for plenty of ac sockets, al the various satellite, cable tv & normal tv cables and a telephone extension socket and may also allow cabling for a FM/DAB radio.
On other forums, I see many people talking about setting up wiring for networking (which I know nothing about) and many insist on running various cables called:
1) Cat 5 or Cat 5E
2) Cat 6 or Cat 6E
3) Ethernet Cable
4) LAN Cable
5) NAS (Network Attached Storage)
I know this sounds really thick, but what are these cables & how could I use them? I wish to be as future proofed as possible and would love to things as wirelessly as possible or have suitable connections already in place so I do not end up having a trail of wires across the room. I plan on integrating a media centre computer (mac or pc) later and wish to download HD stuff from computer/sky/satellite on to a hard drive. I have not bought a HDTV yet but wish it to be able to connect up to the internet. I have tried learning about the above cables but as soon as things get a little techy, I get a little lost!
Regards,
Suave!
I am i the process of setting up home cinema wiring on a wall which will then be completely hidden by wall to wall and floor to ceiling cabinets so, once they are in place, I will have very little option to change things!
I have run adequate conduit in the walls for the speaker wires, have allowed for 2 hdmi cables that will be connected to the opposite wall under the floor boards via a wall plate (so I can connect to my Macbook Pro), have allowed for plenty of ac sockets, al the various satellite, cable tv & normal tv cables and a telephone extension socket and may also allow cabling for a FM/DAB radio.
On other forums, I see many people talking about setting up wiring for networking (which I know nothing about) and many insist on running various cables called:
1) Cat 5 or Cat 5E
2) Cat 6 or Cat 6E
3) Ethernet Cable
4) LAN Cable
5) NAS (Network Attached Storage)
I know this sounds really thick, but what are these cables & how could I use them? I wish to be as future proofed as possible and would love to things as wirelessly as possible or have suitable connections already in place so I do not end up having a trail of wires across the room. I plan on integrating a media centre computer (mac or pc) later and wish to download HD stuff from computer/sky/satellite on to a hard drive. I have not bought a HDTV yet but wish it to be able to connect up to the internet. I have tried learning about the above cables but as soon as things get a little techy, I get a little lost!
Regards,
Suave!