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In response to "The new house is fully wired for sound throughout the house and video, but I need new components to make the system work. The guy who installed it " by pmb

My immediate supervisor is an integrator. His knowledge is encyclopedic. The skillset required is terrifying.

Posted by Mop (196 lbs) (aka rburriel) Sep 2 '11, 15:26

I can't go beyond consumer installs. When you get to pro, it's like a whole different universe.

Mop

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Wait, I would be a consumer install wouldn't I? Do you have knowledge of any of this stuff? - pmb Sep 2, 15:33 7
- If your house is wired for audio and video, you're probably looking at professional level switching equipment. - Mop (196 lbs) Sep 2, 15:45 6
  - Interestingly, everything I'm reading suggests that for multi-room tv switching, hdmi is not really reliable and you really should use component - pmb Sep 2, 15:49 5
    - You're screwed with component if any of your signals are HDCP encrypted (which they will be). -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Sep 2, 15:57 2
      - And HDCP is? (and you see how shallow my knowledge base on this is). -- nm - pmb Sep 2, 16:03 1
        
        HDCP is encryption that is carried by digital signals over HDMI. - Mop (196 lbs) Sep 2, 16:18
    - The newer hdmi is better. The prior standard doesn't have as much bandwidth. - David Sep 2, 15:53 1
      - We ran into this in the museum meeting room. Ideally we'd have had the input panel at the back of the room and the projector mid-way between there and - MojaveMeg Sep 2, 15:57

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