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Need help wiring for an outdoor tv
Posted on 1/24/20 at 1:05 pm
Posted on 1/24/20 at 1:05 pm
Trying to figure out what wiring to run to this outdoor tv. Multiple HDMI cables? A cat 5 or 6 line? Not sure if it will have Directv or just streaming video.
Any cable I run will end up about 15 feet away in some closet. Basically, it will be very difficult to replace these wires/cables if they fail.
I assume the alternative is to say screw hard wired and just go wireless.
What are most of you doing for wiring for outdoor tv's these days?
Any cable I run will end up about 15 feet away in some closet. Basically, it will be very difficult to replace these wires/cables if they fail.
I assume the alternative is to say screw hard wired and just go wireless.
What are most of you doing for wiring for outdoor tv's these days?
This post was edited on 1/24/20 at 1:08 pm
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Posted on 1/24/20 at 1:16 pm to Chicken
Use a roku or firestick wireless is the way to go
Posted on 1/24/20 at 1:43 pm to Chicken
Wireless.
Roku TV and a wireless Genie mini.
Roku TV and a wireless Genie mini.
Posted on 1/24/20 at 1:52 pm to Chicken
Wireless is your friend!
Posted on 1/24/20 at 2:03 pm to Chicken
if you are in a construction process, prewire with HDMI and Cat6, if not, go wireless
Posted on 1/24/20 at 2:07 pm to ellunchboxo
quote:how does this connect back to main Genie? My main Genie may be 30 feet away.
wireless Genie mini
Posted on 1/24/20 at 2:08 pm to NYCAuburn
quote:how many HDMI cables do you recommend I prewire?
HDMI and Cat6
Posted on 1/24/20 at 2:22 pm to Chicken
quote:
how many HDMI cables do you recommend I prewire?
one is fine. you can switch inputs at the source with a RF remote
Posted on 1/24/20 at 2:23 pm to Chicken
quote:
screw hard wired and just go wireless.
i have a TV with Roku installed and works great
Posted on 1/24/20 at 2:44 pm to Chicken
If it’s just an outdoor tv run a coax and an Ethernet. You likely won’t need either but you might need both one day.
Posted on 1/24/20 at 3:07 pm to Chicken
You need a wireless bridge.
Posted on 1/24/20 at 4:27 pm to Chicken
I bought a cheap ($300) smart tv for outside. Got a cover from amazon to keep it out of the elements. It’s wireless.
I also have the ability to get one of my wireless boxes from ATT and move it to that TV when need whatever I need to watch isn’t on smart tv.
I also have the ability to get one of my wireless boxes from ATT and move it to that TV when need whatever I need to watch isn’t on smart tv.
Posted on 1/24/20 at 4:30 pm to Chicken
Coax, Cat5, Cat6 - 1 of each
You can literally do anything with those and you are covered.
You can literally do anything with those and you are covered.
Posted on 1/24/20 at 4:53 pm to NYCAuburn
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if you are in a construction process, prewire with HDMI and Cat6
Posted on 1/28/20 at 8:58 pm to TigerWise
Run your cables from your media area to your porch in a PVC pipe.
Easy especially if new install. If you ever need to pull a replacement cable it makes it real easy. Make she you pull one at a time or you risk tangling them up and would make it a bitch to pull a single later.
I like using 45s instead of 90s when able.
PVC helps a lot especially as it's hard to climb into eaves. You can glue it together in the Attic as you push it toward the eves. Center it over the area you wish and the go to eave from outside to access it. You can strap it to a joist with a big hole strap or the metal straps with holes in it. Make the 90 degree turn down the interior wall and 90 out to the back of your media area. Nothing to it!
Easy especially if new install. If you ever need to pull a replacement cable it makes it real easy. Make she you pull one at a time or you risk tangling them up and would make it a bitch to pull a single later.
I like using 45s instead of 90s when able.
PVC helps a lot especially as it's hard to climb into eaves. You can glue it together in the Attic as you push it toward the eves. Center it over the area you wish and the go to eave from outside to access it. You can strap it to a joist with a big hole strap or the metal straps with holes in it. Make the 90 degree turn down the interior wall and 90 out to the back of your media area. Nothing to it!
This post was edited on 1/29/20 at 6:53 am
Posted on 1/31/20 at 1:48 pm to Chicken
Wireless all day. Youtube TV either straight through an app on the tv or through Roku stick.
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