Browse Forums Home Theatre & Automation 1 Dec 10, 2007 2:56 pm Hi Guys,
Next week I'm having my contract meeting with my builder (Adenbrook). In our home I am having a room for watching TV. Not so much a media room because its going to have a big window in it and no door as such so it's not the full blown media room. My question is, what electrics do I need if I'm mounting the plasma on the wall? Should I get them to put connections behind the plasma for S-Video, Composite and the normal video or should I have just one? What do I do about sound? Is there a big plate on the wall where the amp etc is so that I can plug everything in? And I suppose I put all the "inputs" where the DVD player etc is going to go… Does anyone have an idea what this should cost if the distance is going to be only a couple of metres? Thanks everyone… Ps - I understand this may be a stupid question, but I've never organised this before. Re: TV room... Not so much media room. :) 2Dec 11, 2007 6:57 am Hi mate.
I'd put a video connector wallplate down the bottom of the wall where the amp/dvd player is going to be housed, but would probably not put one behind where your plasma is going due to the very small amount of room you have behind it. You can either put in some sort of cable portal - like they often have in the back corner of a computer desk for it's cables to pass through, or if you make the hole small/neat enough you could just leave it at that, as it is behind the plasma and therefore hidden. As far as cost goes, that depends on how many cables you need and of what type they are :- Do you need HDMI? (does your plasma have HDMI inputs? does your DVD player and/or amp have HDMI outputs? - will they in the future?) At the very least you should run Component video.... consider this: Video cable types in order of quality (1=crap, 5=excellent): 1. RF - (TV antenna cable) - VCRs still often rely on this to send their picture and sound to the TV, as do similar devices. It's all video and audio info mashed into one cable. 2. Composite Video (CVBS) - Single coax cable (terminated with a single RCA connector on each end) used to transport all video info - no audio. 3. S-Video - Video info is transported via 2 coax cables (one transports the colour info, the other transports the brightness info for that colour) - both encased in another single outer sheath. Terminated at each end with a single 4-pin S-Video connector. 3. VGA - used for computer monitors (many plasmas, etc. also have a VGA input on them). 15-pin connector at each end. 4. Component Video - Video info is transported over 3 individual coax cables (terminated with 3 individual RCA connectors at each end - Red, Green and Blue). 5. HDMI - whereas all of the above video transport formats are analogue ones, HDMI is fully digital and carries video info via up to 7 wires. HDMI cables have the added bonus of being able to also carry audio info - up to 8 channels with - also in digital. If your amp/dvd player/screen etc. are all equipped with HDMI connections then you can get away with just 1 cable between each device! (note: DVI is like HDMI without the audio capability). For those who really care there is more explanation here: http://www.accesscomms.com.au/Reference/AVsignals.htm You may find, like myself, that you need to run more than one type (I run EVERY type except RF up to my projector, as my amp doesn't do any video conversion and I still want the ability to bring any device into my theatre, stick it in my A/V cabinet and still get the picture through my projector...). So, your costing will have some dependencies.... 7 11991 I thought this would be a popular question but I haven't been able to find any similar posts. Perhaps I'm wording my searches wrong? When you have car insurance and the… 0 6615 They make the room much easier to clean for one, reflect more light (if light colour tiles are used), and you dont end up with dust on the top edge of tiles (cause most… 3 9594 |