On 05/02/2019 16:49, Mathew Newton wrote:
When it comes to rewiring I follow the school of thought that you can't have too many sockets... With this in mind I have always been fairly generous when it comes to sockets in a lounge for a TV so as to cover all the extras: STB, BR/DVD, surround sound etc.

The thing is; even putting in, say, three doubles, I've found the need to use a multi-way extension lead anyway and so for my next rewire I'm thinking I might just put one double socket in and then use short extension leads for everything given that they are all relatively low powered consumer electronic devices (i.e. not space heaters). This will then free up wall space for other sockets I generally need e.g. surround sound terminals, lighting points, Ethernet sockets etc.

I was curious what others think/do? Perhaps rather than 'you cant have too many sockets' it should be more 'you cant have too many socket *locations*'?


Well...


I have managed to entirely get rid of all the clutter by the simple
expedient of having a smart TV ethernetted to my home network with
ALL the DVDs and, as of today, ALL the CDS on the server..

OK I probably need to add an amp for the speakers, but the TV can play
everything, so no need for a tuner or CD player.,.

So: My Pcs play music and watch vidoes by te simple expedient of having
access to the file store of them.

My main Hifi since last weekend has a raspberry Pi accessing the network
AND radio across the internet, and feeding it to a hifi amp and
speakres. Web interface controls that so a mobile phone works OK as a
'remote'.

The TVS get radio off air, and get music and videos from te server via DLNA.

I suddenly have shelves for CDS and DVDS that I simply don't need....

And only one socket needed at the TV, or if I add the big amp and
speakers, 2...


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