Putting Cables into the wall

[Geko]

Ideal world with lots of money but not cost effective! Far too pricey for not much gain!

I would say that you gain quite a lot. I have just done this in my flat. Cost me £100. Which I think is a reasonable cost for streaming with no interference.

I'd also say that all data cables should be 50mm from your mains cables though.

[BigBird]

Networked the main rooms of my house years ago. Ran all the cables around the outside of the house because it was easier, and I didn't want cables in view and collecting dust inside. They are neat and tidy on the outside, and where possible run along the mortar paths between the bricks so don't really notice them. (">

[xppaul]

Thanks for the support guys!! The only reason I quote Category 6A or Category 7 Shielded is because I'm in the infrastructure business and have been for 25years and I know the way things will go with video/audio over Ethernet. Cat5e is very inexpensive indeed and its pence so you could always use this option. Your gain is flexibility and an FUTUREPROOF installation.


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[Bailey2345]

I would say that you gain quite a lot. I have just done this in my flat. Cost me £100. Which I think is a reasonable cost for streaming with no interference.

I'd also say that all data cables should be 50mm from your mains cables though.

I have no problems streaming Full 1080 uncompressed video on Cat5e, i have 2 rooms and can simultaneously stream to both without any issue.
The gain is the £50 in your back pocket.

[Geko]

I have no problems streaming Full 1080 uncompressed video on Cat5e, i have 2 rooms and can simultaneously stream to both without any issue.
The gain is the £50 in your back pocket.

When I can stream 4k next year without having to spend hours running new cables and redecorating. That £50 will look like money well spent...!

[Goldberg]

I used to use the Ethernet boxes when I worked in post production. We're very very pricey back then however!

[xppaul]

When I can stream 4k next year without having to spend hours running new cables and redecorating. That £50 will look like money well spent...!

You won't be streaming 4k over cat5e, cat6 minimum, I'm sorry to say.

[Geko]

You won't be streaming 4k over cat5e, cat6 minimum, I'm sorry to say.

That was my point to Bailey. I'm not on cat 5e.

[xppaul]

Sorry my mistake Geko. What infrastructure did you install?

[Bailey2345]

You won't be streaming 4k over cat5e, cat6 minimum, I'm sorry to say.

I'm sorry i'm taking the pov from a customers install, 4/5 bed house would have major impact on cost.
if you want future i would go down the route of fiber, cost is coming down all the time a massive bandwidth compared to copper.
Whos going to rip a fully uncompressed 4K movie and how long will would it take?

[Geko]

I installed 6a.

I won't be messing with fibre. I'm sure by the time cat 6 isn't substantial enough, they'll be some leaps forward with encoding or intelligent switches or something.