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 VSX-1121k and Pioneer in wall speakers to go with his existing 55in Sony LCD.
My question relates to cabling for the surround system.
The system will have 4 inputs (blu-ray, xbox, apple tv and a spare) located under the tv . Then the tuner will be across the room in the network shelf. (the vsx 1121 has a control app for ios and android as well as taking a remote IR signal so it doesn't need to be out front). So that is 5 hdmi's (counting the tv) going across the top of the room (in the ceiling joists).
So my question is should I put in wall plates by the tv and the tuner for the hdmi's and the speakers or should I just run the cables in the walls?
Seems to me like you risk damaging an expensive and expensive to re-place cable if you don't put in a plate. Plus the plates look alot better. But it means 8 connectors and 3 cables for each signal to get across the room, that could be a TON of troubleshooting if something fails..
Plus I really like the idea of banana plugs from the tuner to the wall, makes connect/disconnect so much easier.
What do the HardForum A/V experts think?
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 VSX-1121k and Pioneer in wall speakers to go with his existing 55in Sony LCD.
My question relates to cabling for the surround system.
The system will have 4 inputs (blu-ray, xbox, apple tv and a spare) located under the tv . Then the tuner will be across the room in the network shelf. (the vsx 1121 has a control app for ios and android as well as taking a remote IR signal so it doesn't need to be out front). So that is 5 hdmi's (counting the tv) going across the top of the room (in the ceiling joists).
So my question is should I put in wall plates by the tv and the tuner for the hdmi's and the speakers or should I just run the cables in the walls?
Seems to me like you risk damaging an expensive and expensive to re-place cable if you don't put in a plate. Plus the plates look alot better. But it means 8 connectors and 3 cables for each signal to get across the room, that could be a TON of troubleshooting if something fails..
Plus I really like the idea of banana plugs from the tuner to the wall, makes connect/disconnect so much easier.
What do the HardForum A/V experts think?