House Build. What cables?

[FISHGUTS]

I'm after some advice.
I'm currently building a house and I need to run some av cables around.
I'm wanting to be able to stream movies from my pc in one bedroom to my master bedroom, living room and study.Is the best way to get one of those hdmi switching thingies, set this in the pc room and run the 3 cable lines to it?
(2 runs will be up to 10 metres).
What else should I be putting in ?

 

[Scougar]

Remember to double up on the cables. Some may break over time, or you may want to increase the number of items (pc's or other connected devices) that you need in time.

CAT5 cable should be fine btw. You could run some HDMI [1.3 specification] cable, but I'm not sure on the maximum length allowed by the spec for HDMI (Does anyone know, or do you have to buy signal boosters?). It would prob have to be a custom cable anyway, as they ones you buy in shops are normally VERY expensive even for a short length of cable.

Matthew

 

[Scougar]

Also, I would honestly attempt to put a network outlet in just about every room. Wifi is so insecure, and the number of criminals prepared to try and steal info from wifi signals is growing. Pure cable is more secure AND guaranteed to be faster

Matthew

 

[FISHGUTS]

Thanks Matthew,
I'm a complete noob when to comes to av stuff.
So I should run cat 5 to every room and terminate it in what? USB?
Can cat5 take HDMI then?

 

[Capt Doufos]

CAT5 is and RJ45 outlet (Network) Also make sure you get CAT5E not just CAT5 otherwise it's not gigabit certified.

I doubt anywhere sells normal CAT5 now, but worth noting.

You can get double socket faceplates. You will need 1 cable per socket.

You can actually send other signals over cat5, telephone, tv etc.. But if you don't know what you are doing I wouldn't go there.

HDMI won't work over it.

Simplest way by far is to just stream everything via IP from a central server. (From a wiring point of view) That way you can get it on any networked device, wireless or wired.