M2RTY
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seeing as the house is currently 100% empty it's a great time to do things like run Cat5/6 cables throughout, wire in LCD TVs in walls etc
I was looking at sorting it all out so I have 1 PC, 1 sky box and 1 DVD player/library in the home in a rack under the stairs and then either fixed remote controls next tot he light switches in the front room/kitchen/bedrooms or something like a Nevo remote (http://www.mynevo.com/)
Has anyone done this? I know some systems cost £5k+ but I think if I got the right kit I could do it for half that, which I am willing to pay (minus price of TVs)
I guess the best point to store it is under the stairs, what would you do first ehilst house is stripped?
Digital ariel in loft, send signal to box under stairs and then out to each room, small switch under stairs fed to CAT5/6 cable points in each room (wireless is OK but no a fan for longterm desktop useage/streeming)
any other ideas I could look at?
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Cosmo
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I thought you said you were only living in this place for a short time and didnt want to spend a fortune hence the laminate flooring, and now you want to wire the whole place up?! 
BTW- best place to look if your serious about doing it is avforums.com
[Edited on 22-10-2007 by Cosmo]
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M2RTY
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wires will cost next to nothing, equipment can be removed with ease to new place 
bought a pack of 2 remote contro sockets today for a 5er in Homebase, now I can turn lights on/off next door from my living room lol. Also bought door and lights for house
just know what I am like with gadgets lol
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Cosmo
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wiring up a whole place, even if your doing it yourself, wont be the cheapest. Granted you can take all the external equipment, but if your wanting full control like your talking in multiple rooms then the wiring/fitted control systems arent going to come cheap.
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M2RTY
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quote:
Originally posted by Cosmo
wiring up a whole place, even if your doing it yourself, wont be the cheapest. Granted you can take all the external equipment, but if your wanting full control like your talking in multiple rooms then the wiring/fitted control systems arent going to come cheap.
bought most of the wires today and a few sockets, came to less then £200 which was good. Got the cat 5 ones for free. Was happy with that
Just need coax wall mount for TV feed which I forgot and a new phone one.
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M2RTY
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also need a 10m scart for now and some trunking for inside walls, £60 should get all this
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jacko198
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Have alook on the gadget show website.
They showed you how to do this for like a few hundred £ odd i think
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