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thatitalian:
So, there is a Sky+ connection at the house (2 cables from the dish). I plan on having Virgin media with V+ HD box and also plan on getting a digital aerial on the roof as there is no aerial!!! :angry:

I am going to have a wall plate made for this so that I can conceal all the wires. What connection type is the Virgin line in? When the guy comes I will get him to connect to the wall plate and then run a wire to the V+ box. Is this all even possible?

stace:
coax

stace:
Got to agree.

& if you decide to have a working fireplace, you are a little bit shafted!! (depending on the fire!)

orion:

--- Quote from: thatitalian on September 02, 2009, 09:14:25 am ---Hahaha, yeah, funny as hell though! :applaud:

The Chill zone is basically some sofas, a table, some outdoor white xmas lights that will be run down the back wall, a lamp heater for those colder nights and a little extra that I am keeping secret...

The speakers will hook up to one of the ports on my amp so that I can hook up my ipod/xbox and listen to some music, but the sound will come in handy for other more visual things too...

The amp I will proably go with is the Denon 1910.

The GF is very reasonable, about 85% of the house ideas came from me. She quite likes gadgets but she also likes the fact that we can take them with us if we ever move. I have to admit I agree with that after spending £600 on speakers (superfi had a bargain offer!)

Loving the feng shui...

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That sounds cool indeed. I didn't comment on this earlier, but that's a nice house. That "little extra secret" wouldn't be one of those "special" swings would it?  ;D You are a lucky man that your GF likes gadgets. I had to make a deal with my wife, I got a Media room to to with what I wanted, but she had free reign over the rest of the house. I look forward to see how this project goes for you. I take it that with the Sky TV, you are located somewhere in England?

orion:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on September 02, 2009, 10:08:23 am ---TVs over the fireplace are the tackiest thing ever.  In 30 years, whenever someone is making a comedy about the 00s, guaranteed you'll see TVs over the fireplace as an icon of the era.   :P



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Personally I don't have a preference one way or another, but I think there is a lot of that these days because fireplaces are designed to be the focal point in a room.. and so are big screen TV's... and now people can put a large screen TV over the fireplace. I have seen really nice installations before where they are over the fire place, yet concealed behind some motorized waynes coating type panels. You have to admit though that they look a lot nicer than those TV "hutches" they used to build in over fireplaces to accomodate CRT's.  You are right about one thing, it's something that is a trade mark in home design to this decade... along with open floor plans and granite counter tops.

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