[mythtv-users] OT: Wiring a new construction home for A/V, Ethernet, etc

David Brodbeck gull at gull.us
Tue Dec 2 18:41:10 UTC 2008


Jeff Walther wrote:
> Anywhere you think you want one port, put two.  Anywhere you think you
> want two ports, put four.  Anywhere you want coax, install cat6 next to
> it.  You may use a satellite system which needs to connect back to the
> home office.  You may change from coax delivery to LAN delivery later.

Also, you can run composite baseband video over CAT6, should it become
necessary, but you can't run a network over coax.  (At least, not a
modern one.)  So the CAT6 is far more versatile in the long run.



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