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Old 01-19-07, 04:20 PM   #6 (Link)
 
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Re: Hello everyone! Newbie from Michigan!


Good to have you here, Paul. I'm also in the process of building a dedicated theater, and the best advice I can give that helped me a lot is to take plenty of time when you run all the wiring. This includes high and low voltage. Run anything you think you may ever need now, because once sheetrock goes up, it's a pain. Think about outlets for power recline chairs, signal and speaker cables for Buttkickers, VGA port near the chairs that goes to the projector for laptop hookup. Wireless network capability as well, or a data port close at hand. Game console, or camcorder hookups, etc. Also cabling for IR repeaters, satellite or cable run for regular TV and sporting events, and a phone line for a Tivo are all things to consider. Cable is relatively cheap versus the hassle of going back and trying to add things later.


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