We are looking at buying a 1930s house, and have been thinking about how to distribute tv and audio.
Current setup is TV, sky, xbox, HTPC and NAS all running in the same place. We have 5.1, which works very nicely in the flat. However moving to a house has left me with a few questions:
1. The lounge is 4.5 by 4m, with the original fireplace. Naturally the TV would go in the corner, but this doesn't really work with the speaker placement. I was thinking either to place the TV in the window bay or against the opposite wall. Is it preferable with one or the other?
Over time we will look to refurb the whole house, this is the perfect time to wire the property for tv, audio and any other automation.
2. I imagine that media will be distributed either by raspberry pi kodi boxes or wifi. I was thinking that at least 3 cat5/6 connections to each room. Is there any other wiring I should consider?
3. Placement of node zero. I don't think we'll we want to distribute xbox/Sky from a centralised location. This would just be for the centralisation of media from the NAS. On this basis I was thinking of having node zero in the lounge or loft (WC is under the stairs).
4. Any decent websites/forums for UK home automation?
Current setup is TV, sky, xbox, HTPC and NAS all running in the same place. We have 5.1, which works very nicely in the flat. However moving to a house has left me with a few questions:
1. The lounge is 4.5 by 4m, with the original fireplace. Naturally the TV would go in the corner, but this doesn't really work with the speaker placement. I was thinking either to place the TV in the window bay or against the opposite wall. Is it preferable with one or the other?
Over time we will look to refurb the whole house, this is the perfect time to wire the property for tv, audio and any other automation.
2. I imagine that media will be distributed either by raspberry pi kodi boxes or wifi. I was thinking that at least 3 cat5/6 connections to each room. Is there any other wiring I should consider?
3. Placement of node zero. I don't think we'll we want to distribute xbox/Sky from a centralised location. This would just be for the centralisation of media from the NAS. On this basis I was thinking of having node zero in the lounge or loft (WC is under the stairs).
4. Any decent websites/forums for UK home automation?