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Discussion topic: Rewiring house what should I do to future proof.

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This message was authored by Mavmaz This message was authored by: Mavmaz

Rewiring house what should I do to future proof.

Hi.

 

Im rewiring my house as part of renovations. I have sky q with mini boxes. So far in each room I have network cabling and a single coax. But I've just realised the main box has 2 cables from the dish. Do I get the electrician to run the double cable to a wall point in one room and dedicate that to the main box or can I somehow have the double cable go to a central point like the network cables and the distribute that out to multiple points. Or is there something better I should be doing considering sky q is relatively old technology. Thanks in advance.


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This message was authored by TimmyBGood This message was authored by: TimmyBGood Answer

Re: Rewiring house what should I do to future proof.

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@Mavmaz 

 

Sky Q was released in early 2016, so it's nearly nine years old.  Realistically it's probably to be the last satellite television platform: satellite broadcasting to the UK is likely to cease around the end of this decade.

 

Coaxial cable is also approaching obsolescence: ethernet cable (Cat6) is far more useful.

 

Signal from a main Q box can potentially be redistributed: research HDbaseT technology.

 

Sky Stream is the online-only Sky television platform which permits multiple independent UHD output and works well on ethernet: the property would really require FTTP for more than a couple in simultaneous use.

 

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Sky Glass 55" (on ethernet) & two Stream Pucks (one ethernet / one WiFi)
BT Halo 3+ Ultrafast FTTP (500Mbs), BT Smart Hub 2

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This message was authored by TimmyBGood This message was authored by: TimmyBGood Answer

Re: Rewiring house what should I do to future proof.

Posted by a Superuser, not a Sky employee. Find out more

@Mavmaz 

 

Sky Q was released in early 2016, so it's nearly nine years old.  Realistically it's probably to be the last satellite television platform: satellite broadcasting to the UK is likely to cease around the end of this decade.

 

Coaxial cable is also approaching obsolescence: ethernet cable (Cat6) is far more useful.

 

Signal from a main Q box can potentially be redistributed: research HDbaseT technology.

 

Sky Stream is the online-only Sky television platform which permits multiple independent UHD output and works well on ethernet: the property would really require FTTP for more than a couple in simultaneous use.

 

* * * * * * *

Sky Glass 55" (on ethernet) & two Stream Pucks (one ethernet / one WiFi)
BT Halo 3+ Ultrafast FTTP (500Mbs), BT Smart Hub 2
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