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The conclusion I've come to from research is... it May work.. So I will test out that aspect and see if it will work. If it doesnt I guess I will have to run double cat5. Seems like the cost is the same either way, it just creates a wall space problem.

My Hdmi runs are 30 and 35ft. Here is where the shelf will be: In the under stairs closet. So there are several reasons I'm not putting everything in there. For one my boss wants to still have room and access to store things under there.. Blu-ray/Xbox - disks need to be inserted...

My boss is renovating his basement and has hired me to do side work with technical aspects of the basement. In particular I installed a sweet network covering the basement (and 5 ports upstairs). How much to charge? Next is the A/V system. I'm speccing out a 7.1 system using the Pioneer...

Also... My work is renovating. Taking away walls, adding additional desks, and therefore data lines. So we worked out there this evening. Running 8 lines. The main difficulty being the 12ft high ceilings put all the work to be done way up in the air. That and it needs to be done (lines run...

This is what the duct looks like. We worked down there all afternoon. I would have taken more pics but they don't really tell anything. I will have to spend several hours tacking all the lines we have run sometime this week. We're nearly done with cable laying down in the basement.We...

Because there is an air duct now located right below my cables. That air duct is gonna be boxed in with framing and drywall (and my cables). I'll take a picture next time I go over there. The framing is progressing rapidly, I'm really glad I got those cables in there before it progressed...

No, the whole basement is going to be finished, some of the brick is going to remain, but not alot. I went over this morning and the A/C duct has been run atop (underneath) most of my cables. Other than the 4 cables to the tv, no more than two are going any one place. The pictured area is...

The switch will be next to the Den in a closet under the stairs (currently being built) (behind the lines in the picture).The area where I ran all the cables parallel along the joists will be "furred in". The Den will have a "tray" ceiling. The area around the edges will be boxed in in other...

Maybe I wont get the $2 jacks, but I cant afford $6 either. I will go back to the local supplier, his were $4...

I may end up getting a Flex bit if I cant find one to borrow. I may Order most of the parts today and try to get the wireless and upstairs jacks in place. Then he doesnt have to wait a month...still thinking about it.. Why are toolless jacks garbage?

Anybody know where I can get a fancy brass box/plate/cover for/with an RJ45 connector?

Me and my friend got started on it tonight. Laid cable for 6 drops and 11 jacks. The good thing is the drywall is actually not going up for at least a month. Electro Freak - Really friggin broke, with the first kid on the way. The boss is kinda throwing me a favor, but I want to do a...

Crossing them at right angles. There are some after I cross them but I should be able to keep at least a foot away. The electrical isnt finalized yet (some of the walls arent framed yet either). How close is too close? Is there a good way to shield one section?

jeffmoss26 - You Charge $100 Per Drop! PLUS materials (on a large job)? Does 24ports and 14drops count as large? I dont want to be greedy... BurntToast - I went out on the internet looking for that information, took a few searches but i did eventually find something on how much other ppl...

My current number has 30% added as a padding. I'm hoping that would cover tool buying or rental. thefreeaccount - should I be putting it in EMT? I am thinking of adding a thick pipe (like 2 or 3 in pvc) of some kind to run to the TV but as I said I need to know more about the ceiling before...

I am not proficient. This is my first major install. I tried to do a drop in my own house and ended up needing a 4ft drill bit I didn't have and stepping a foot through my ceiling. If it was a job like that I wouldnt have signed up. But as I've stated, there arent any walls in the basement...

YeOldeStonecat - It is a very old house (1930's) and it has alot of difficulties, most are visible since there arent any walls right now. I hope I dont have to drill through any of the 3x8 floor joists. I'm gonna have to talk to the contractor again to see what will be done on the roof...

That is a crafty strategy. But considering my normal pay is below median I probably wouldn't go that route... I'm really wondering what a typical installer would charge...too bad I didnt try calling any yet.

My (fulltime) boss has hired me to install a wired and wireless network in his house (part time). This is my first network install (for money) and I'm wondering how I should charge or how much. Should I charge per drop? Per foot? A co-worker said they normally charge per foot and to look it...

Well, Most Multi-Terabyte hard drives are still 3.5 inch drives, he's a video guy, though he could use windows like most video guys he loves his macs, and he is using a fully HD workflow now so he needs to transfer faster than normal USB so USB 3.0 or Firewire 800 or something faster would be...

Thanks for the excellent answers guys. I thought that most controllers did the same thing, the fact that they dont store any metadata and there isnt a standard for this data, is another one of those instances where the bullheadedness of the companies is just unbelievable. I talked to my...

My cousin has an External Western Digital Striped RAID disk. The controller has died, the drives still work fine. I've been trying to help him figure out if they are recoverable. I have no experience with RAID's, no one's ever given me identical drives and I dont have the scratch to buy...

I've been continuing my research into this matter... It looks like I can do 1080p a distance. Using the following.. HD Camcorder->Longish HDMI cable->Black Magic Intensity Card->Camera/Webcam Converter software->Skype\Ekiga\GoogleChat Here's a guide to doing something very similar...

Nate: The ceiling is possibly too high to be a good location for mics (12-15ft) cymon: thanks for the input, mics will be the second problem after I get the video worked out. The higher range vixia camcorders from canon have really good mics, and wouldn't require more equipment, but may be too...

I'm afraid we are set on it being a pc based solution. A Polycom setup would be really great except it's mainly programmed to talk to other similar setups (H.232 protocol). If a Polycom setup could talk to what our clients or business partners would have available (most likely laptops and...

A microphone is probably a good idea. Would run into cord length problems as well (should be able to extend that). I contacted logitech support and they said adding cords would probably degrade the video quality. Is there maybe some kind of video connection box that we could hook the camera...

I work for a local lawfirm. We have a really cool touchscreen computer/Tv in our large conference room. The computer for this presentation tool is located across the hall (with 15fts ceilings). So the separation between the screen and the computer is about 40ft. My bosses are now requesting...

Well, I got it open. And I found...get this... 7 blocks! A set of toy keys A rubber ball and a penny! So if you have young children, don't trust them to your subwoofer! Put something in front of it or make sure it has a grill, or plug the hole with something while they are over at...

Ok, I'll try that ...

I have two adorable young (2 and 4yrs old) nieces that me and my wife keep every week. Recently my wife caught the four year old reaching her hand deep into my subwoofer's hole (what do you call that again resonant chamber? I cant remember). My wife told her not to stick her hand in there and...

I used the update utility, so gosh I hope not!! :P..... No, no way, the filename is MacOSXUpdCombo10.4.9PPC.pkg

I just finally installed OS X 10.4 on my sister's iBook (600mhz). Then installed several of the updates. Everything was fine at that point then I installed the USB wifi card (Asus) and went online to get the final 189mb update. (the combo one I think that would bring it to 10.4.9). Then...

I want to feel like a D0n3 user... :P

Thanks But thats another issue...what editor should I use ? I know its basic knowledge, but frankly I forgot, preferably it would have a menu btw.... Edit: Dont bother answering that, I will use nano.... (like I said I forgot)

Hey guys, I've been taking my time the last coupla weeks trying to get gentoo to install on my monster machine, on the first (and failed) attempt (which took several days). I had not allocated enough diskspace for gentoo. Now I've definitely got enough, but a vexing problem is back from the...

What about scorched earth? anyone? Why did no one ever make a true clone of that program, possibly with some updated functionality (multiplayer, faster animations) but still 2d and the same cheesy graphics....

Sounds good to me, got a good (reliable, inexpensive, fast) source for the parts?

My sister has an apple iBook from about 3yrs ago, 700mhz, 20gb Hd, 256mb memory. Its a beautiful computer and so soooo reliable. But its beginning to be a bit long in the tooth, so I was wondering what all upgrades I can do to it, aside from ram and bigger hd (which would help ALOT).

I tried a Ton of those programs, but in the end I did find a way to make it work... I dled and installed openOffice and went into its drawing program. Then I drew a circle, then converted it to a contour, then I can manipulate the points into the shape I wanted, not the cleanest or most...