EdwardE
Auditioning
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- Oct 28, 2003
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Hello All,
We are in the middle of doing structured and whole-house distribution in our new home. Unfortunately we did not foresee doing so during the initial design and construction stage so we have no pre-made wire channels or conduit for wire distribution. We intend to distribute HDTV signals from a central hub in the basement (where we will have HDTV sources) to multiple points in the house and namely to three separate home theater areas -- 2 with plasma TVs and 1 with an HDTV projector. We are currently pulling broadcast quality component cables to these areas from the hub by drilling holes through floors, wall studs and beams.
However, one of our installers mentioned that DVI is gaining more acceptance in the HDTV area but confessed that he did not know much about it.
Ideally, we would like to future-proof our house and pull DVI cables to at least those three areas. We are limited to drilling holes through wooden studs and beams and we cannot run a 1.5" or 2" conduit.
I also have a question about HDMI -- will it work over current DVI cables? will there be connectors that connect to current DVI connectors? I.e. if we run dual link capable DVI cables, will we be able to interface with HDMI capable products?
Is there DVI cable available with detachable connectors (for ease of pulling the DVI wire through walls)?
Here are our runs:
Run 1: Hub to Media Room: 40-50'
Run 2: Hub to Library/HT: approx 100'-120'
Run 3: Hub to Master Bedroom: approx 160-200'
What DVI products (cables, repeaters, etc) would you recommend for accomplishing the above?
Best Regards,
Ed Etkin
Contact Info:
primary email: [email protected]
secondary email: [email protected]
We are in the middle of doing structured and whole-house distribution in our new home. Unfortunately we did not foresee doing so during the initial design and construction stage so we have no pre-made wire channels or conduit for wire distribution. We intend to distribute HDTV signals from a central hub in the basement (where we will have HDTV sources) to multiple points in the house and namely to three separate home theater areas -- 2 with plasma TVs and 1 with an HDTV projector. We are currently pulling broadcast quality component cables to these areas from the hub by drilling holes through floors, wall studs and beams.
However, one of our installers mentioned that DVI is gaining more acceptance in the HDTV area but confessed that he did not know much about it.
Ideally, we would like to future-proof our house and pull DVI cables to at least those three areas. We are limited to drilling holes through wooden studs and beams and we cannot run a 1.5" or 2" conduit.
I also have a question about HDMI -- will it work over current DVI cables? will there be connectors that connect to current DVI connectors? I.e. if we run dual link capable DVI cables, will we be able to interface with HDMI capable products?
Is there DVI cable available with detachable connectors (for ease of pulling the DVI wire through walls)?
Here are our runs:
Run 1: Hub to Media Room: 40-50'
Run 2: Hub to Library/HT: approx 100'-120'
Run 3: Hub to Master Bedroom: approx 160-200'
What DVI products (cables, repeaters, etc) would you recommend for accomplishing the above?
Best Regards,
Ed Etkin
Contact Info:
primary email: [email protected]
secondary email: [email protected]