Pre-Wiring a Basement

[Pelican170]

Originally Posted by BrendonR

Hi Folks,

I've been roaming these boards for awhile now, and this is officially post # 1! Forgive me if this has been discussed before, but I couldn't find what I was looking for.

My g/f and I are in the process of buying a house (if I have my way, w/ an unfinished - rectangle basement). I'm planning to install a home theater down there, and want to prewire everything before I drywall.

Now my question is - what cables should I be putting in the walls? I'm picturing the mass of cable at the designated A/V Rack spot would include 7 speaker wires (initially a 5.1 setup, however leave room to expand to 7.1), a Subwoofer Cable (maybe 2 to expand to a dual sub system), and two HDMI cables (one to the front for the current LCD - one to the ceiling for a future projector).

Do I need anything else in there? suggestions? Will an HDMI cable survive behind a wall for 20 years? Will I need to install anything else to future proof?

Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.

Brendon.

If it were me, id add more than 2 HDMI's. For example in the future you may want to upgrade to have a bluray player, cable box with hdmi, and possibly other things that may come up. Just my opinion if you thinking of the future..