Your better off using #1. Its more flexible, easier to troubleshoot,
and if you use RG6 its satellite friendly.
RG59 the typical cable company line is very lossy
You or someone else
might want satellite tv someday and the better cable costs just pennies
more a foot!
If your into TV check the satellite comanies dish or direct TV and look
into a DVR, digital video recorder one brand is TIVO. It changes
FOREVER how you think of tv
Fast forward thru commercials easily, save 15 minutes of your time each
hour, start watching show while its still being recorded, pause tv if
the phone rings, run it back a little if the dog barks, everything on a
nice grid just click and go.