Browse Forums Home Theatre & Automation 1 Jun 22, 2011 4:17 pm Hi there, I am sorry for this post as I am sure this basic question has been asked to death! We have just renovated and have had cabling installed for our Audio/video system. We are not sure that it is what we asked for (our electrician was out of his depth but didn't admit it...), so I'll pretend we are starting from scratch..... We want to put our Foxtel box, DVD etc in the one cupboard and have the option to watch any of these from 3 different rooms. What is the best type of splitter/box (eg Starserve) to use and also as our Foxtel and TV's are High definition, do you need HDMI cabling? What system would you all suggest? Cheers Re: Best option for renovation 2Jun 23, 2011 7:54 am If you want any sort of quality and functionality then you want an Elan Home Systems S86A: http://www.elanhomesystems.com/productdetail.asp?id=16 Electricians + Starserver = (usually) RF (RG6 coax cable) for everything, which is the lowest quality signal carrier for AV... Is your house single or two storey? Re: Best option for renovation 3Jun 23, 2011 9:16 am Hi For HD you will want either HDMI or component. For full HD (1080P) like a Blu Ray player HDMI is required. Foxtel HD is only 1080i so it runs OK over Component. For any sort of reasonable distance (say >10M) you are best to use Cat5 or Cat 6 cables with converters. I have used the CELabs Cat5TX/Cat5RX with Foxtel IQ2 in the past. The transmitter (Cat5TX) can put component video, analog or digital audio plus return IR from the far end onto two Cat-5 cables. At the far end you need a Cat5RX receiver. One transmitter can send to two receivers and the transmitter has a loop out port for another transmitter or a local display. The system doesn't have any switching function, so if all you want is to send a single source (say Foxtel) it is fine. If you want to send more than one device (such as a DVD as you mentioned) then you will need some sort of external switching unit. Either way, you will be seeing the same output at all remote ends (ie, you can't have Foxtel in one remote room and DVD in another). There are other products available that do the same thing, but not all have the loop out or IR control features. You can also get products to put HDMI onto Cat5 cables. Paul Hi, I'd like some advice on the best option please on the estimate options we've been provided from our builder. This is for the… 0 4064 Newbie question for flooring options. We are thinking of changing the flooring for bedrooms and passage area. Last time we looked at flooring options was almost 8years… 0 3501 Would also like an opinion from anyone that has used xcem over hebel for floors. Thanks 1 13278 |