Here's what I'm doing- may answer a few questions regarding cat 7- HDMI run over cat 7 where distances are over 40' or so and/or its near a set of B&O speakers or system (where I need Cat7 - see below)- PowerLink run over Cat7 for all speakers- MasterLink run over Cat7 (most converters in my av rack - except for BeoLab 3500)- NetworkLink run over Cat7- IR - 4 IR links for PUCs over one Cat7 could use Cat6 - (but I had Cat7 on premises)- GigE over Cat7- Beosystem3 - remote eye - Cat7 (we had to drywall and cable of the length we needed was not available.- RS232 for Lutron repeater - Cat7The only things not run over Cat7 are some components (only have short runs), a couple of Nintendo cables.A
Thank you to our Sponsors
New House
15 replies
There seems to be a consensus for Cat7. OK I got it.This requires converters (HDMI, ML, coax etc).Are there easy to find?
Installers used a lot of Tyco stuff for interconnects from Cat7 etc...For hdmi - I opted to use distribution amps vs a matrix (still up in the air if I should have gone Matrix) - all Atlona since they have a relationship with B&O - and its one throat to choke :) I deviated a couple of times from Cat7 and used hdmi cables from bluejeans cables for the shorter runs esp. in my HT (to projector).
Griebel - these days wireless is extermely stable and the latest access points coming out are 1gb 802.11ac. My experience is that many dealers are unfamiliar with it, and at least here in the US, they have a poor setup in their stores using older consumer grade solutions (Linksys or equivalent). if you invest in a business grade access point (Cisco, Aruba as opposed to Apple), you may be able to save pulling CAT cables into rooms where it is not needed. Besides, you will need to set up a wireless network in any case to support your IPADs, laptops, etc. Might as well piggyback everything that needs connectivity onto the same network.
That's a good point: you need wireless anyway for your smartphones etc. But still, compared wireless with cable (cat7) using two v1 TVs and the latest Cisco wireless router. Cable is more stable. However, the latest v1 update significantly improved stability when on wireless.In my case I finally went for cables, hidden in the wall. I had to run them anyway since I have multi room TVs connected to HD sat decoders, BRD player, Apple TV via the Atlona matrix using cat7. There was room left to run a ML cable :-)
Please Log In to Reply
You must be logged in as a BeoWorld member to post replies to forum threads.
or
Join BeoWorld
Register to access the forums, reference material, and exclusive member benefits — including our monthly prize draw.
Become a Member