"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
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RubberBiker writes:

Thanks for an excellent article John - and for me,timely!

Regarding video distribution - what are the pluses/minuses of using
HDMI rather than cat5e ?

I presume you can only pass the high resolution encrypted video
over HDMI?

Do you mean that you

1: need hdmi to pass hdcp enabled digital content

or

2: hdmi can only pass encrypted high res video.

1 is true, 2 is not.



Are any domestic fire alarm/intruder alarm systems readily compatible
with structured wiring?

They generally warn you not to use solid core cable.
The terminations are designed for stranded alarm cable,
and are significantly less reliable when used with solid
core.

You wouldn't want to do it anyway.. its a problem if someone comes along and
moves a patch cable to the wrong place on a network, its dangerous if its an
alarm system.


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