Looking for special cable

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Hi All,

I am trying to find what used to be called "super cable" It had 2 rg6, 2 cat v's in it. I will look into anything similar. I just don't want to run seperate cables all over this house. Has anyone seen or heard of something similar to this, and if so please post a link or pic. I can't find it anywhere.

Thanks!!!

BGeorge:-?
 
It's kind of a waste of
money. FWIW, I'd install the carlon resigard and pull in individual cables. It's a future-proofing wet dream.
 
More than a "kind of" waste of money. That stuff costs a lot more not to mention more labor to install it and terminate it on 4 jack plates. It's a waste too to run it to places where all those cables are not needed, like phones and TVs. Better off just setting up two boxes of coax and two of CAT5s then pull what you need. Don't know why you think that's a problem.

Of course the best solution is a wireway like nhfire said above.

-Hal
 
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hbiss said:
More than a "kind of" waste of money. That stuff costs a lot more not to mention more labor to install it and terminate it on 4 jack plates. It's a waste too to run it to places where all those cables are not needed, like phones and TVs. Better off just setting up two boxes of coax and two of CAT5s then pull what you need. Don't know why you think that's a problem.

Of course the best solution is a wireway like nhfire said above.

-Hal
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I don't know if it's that much of a waste anymore. More and more items have some sort of internet connectivity. My TV is connected to the net. My Blu Ray player can be. I may get a new DVR that can also use a network connection to network the other TVs in the house. Not to mention other stuff those cat 5s can be used for.

In a small house setting up two reels of coax and two boxes of cat 5 is no big deal. But in larger homes the hybrid cable is far easier.
 
I may get a new DVR that can also use a network connection to network the other TVs in the house.

That kind of networking uses MOCA which travels on the coax that supplies all the devices. Matter of fact you can get MOCA bridges (coax in, ethernet out) that allows a home to use the coax for computer networking. FiOS is doing this with MOCA on the CATV coax connector on the router they supply (it also has the usual ethernet ports). I don't doubt that soon there will be a MOCA "F" connector on PCs. Just an example of how home networking is changing almost daily. So I wouldn't want to go out of my way to install any wiring at an extra expense because it quickly becomes obsolete.

-Hal
 
Pull in individual cables -- costs much less and individual cables are easier to work with than 1 composite cable is. Do minimum of 2 RG 6 and 2 CAT5e cables to each location. One of the CAT5e cables for your network and the other for telephone. Pull in a third CAT5e for whole house HDTV distribution. It would still be cheaper than composite cabling.

While MOCA is being used by cable companies and FiOS, DirecTV and Dish Network are going the ethernet route.
 
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Right, but that can't stop you from using a coax network adapter.
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Their datastream is above 800 or 1000MHz, depending on manufacturer. Conventional satellite goes from 950-1450MHz and DirecTV, depending the type of system goes from either 250 or 950 to 2150MHz.

Ehternet to Coax adapters fall right inside satellite's bandwidth. Plus, at >$150 per unit, it'd be much more feasible, economically, to run CAT5e all over.
 
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