Home Theater Wiring - Why It Matters

By Clint DeBoer — October 10, 2008

Cables to Go on Whole House Cabling

Summary

Product Name: Video Interview
Manufacturer: Impact Acoustics
Review Date: October 10, 2008 01:00
First Impression: Pretty Cool

Specifications

Speaker: Joe Cornwall
Produced by Clint DeBoer, Editor-in-Chief of Audioholics
Videography by Eric Shelton

Executive Overview

Joe Cornwall of Impact Acoustics and Cables to Go discusses why cables do indeed matter when considering your wiring needs for a whole house audio installation or home theater. When generating a cable list for your home theater it's important to consider not only what your devices are, but length, signal type and intended use - both now and future. Failure to consider all options can result in a misconfiguration and lots of work down the road.

Topics include:

Why wiring matters
The various "flavors" of HDMI
What is HDCP?
HDMI and DVI limitations
Digital audio Signals
Analogue audio signals
Cable construction
Cat5e and signal transport
Analogue A/V limitations
Multi-room vs. multi-zone
The computer as a media component
RF modulation and HDTV video distribution

It's a dynamic presentation and one that most audioholics won't want to miss out on.

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Audioholics posts on October 12, 2008 10:35

Joe's just fun to listen to. Great guy and very knowledgable and humble.

Biggiesized posts on October 11, 2008 18:42

That was a fantastic video! I was able to follow along quite easily, but I suspect many won't understand what he's saying. Despite this, I recommend that everyone should watch that video. Joe really has his stuff down and he's a wonderful presenter.

That RF modulation idea is brilliant.

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