Cable requirements for new home
Contractor plans to install cable to 3 locations of my choice for 3 TVs. On Cox web site it says a cable is also required for the internet modem/router so, if true, I think I need 4 cables. Is this ...
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Answer helped a lot, thanks. No fiber optic as of now. On your comment of having the TV and internet modem in the same room, actually I had planned something different. The TV is going on a stone fireplace in the living room. I understand the receiver box will have to be on a mantle or somewhere close for the remote to work. Behind the fireplace and laterally about 6 feet is a bedroom closet. I thought I would place the internet modem there. Use your splitter idea, install that and appropriate cable connections while the walls are open. That way I don't have to find a place for the modem on the mantle too, less clutter look. Will that work or is there a benefit to placing it in the living room?
Excellent idea about running ethernet cable to rooms with PCs or smart TVs. If the contractor will not for some reason, I'll check into getting an audio/video company to do it at the appropriate time.
Appreciate your input.
receiver box will have to be on a mantle or somewhere close for the remote to work
Actually, the cable-box will need to connect to the TV via HDMI cable; therefore, if it's on the mantle beneath the TV, a 3-6 foot HDMI cable should reach. Of course, you'd probably see the cable. I'm sure you understand this but the remote wouldn't be your criteria for the location of your cable-box. Most remotes are RF (not line-of-site IR) so it'd work anywhere in the room.
Cox does have a wireless cable-box but you'd need to rent their Panoramic router for this. I'd avoid the Pano. Really.
There are wireless HDMI kits (different companies) to connect a cable-box to a TV but you'd need to research if a Cox cable-box could negotiate HDCP with a third-party wireless HDMI transmitter. I don't know.
