Pimp My Basement

So I’ve heard that Murphy of MurphyMania has a kick ass AV setup in his house. Well, the time has come to finish my basement, and I could use some suggestions on how to work the AV side of it.

Here’s what I’ll have:

1) Main family room. Will have the home theater in this room as well as a second TV in the kitchenette.
2) Bedroom, want to be able to watch TV
3) Gym, want to watch TY and/or listen to music

So I’ve heard that Murphy of MurphyMania has a kick ass AV setup in his house. Well, the time has come to finish my basement, and I could use some suggestions on how to work the AV side of it.

Here’s what I’ll have:

1) Main family room. Will have the home theater in this room as well as a second TV in the kitchenette. 2) Bedroom, want to be able to watch TV 3) Gym, want to watch TY and/or listen to music 4) I also want to be able to throw music outside on the deck.

Now, that’s 4 TVs to add. I have no desire to have to add 4 cable boxes to get video to all 4 of them. That’s where I’d like to know the abilities of the Slingbox. Or Alienware has some cool MediaPC offerings. Do these allow you to take one signal and power 4 different TVs. I know it would work for basic cable, but what about the HD cable you need a box for? If that doesn’t exist, I might as well just split my cable and save money.

I was looking at getting a higher-end receiver to do the audio to 3 rooms, Any suggestions there?

Thanks in advance Weed

3 thoughts on “Pimp My Basement”

    1. Budget? What’s a budget??!!

      After further research, I’ve deduced that it’s probably very improbable (and most likely illegal) to take the cable company’s encrypted signal and use it on four different TVs. I’ll probably have to choose which TVs REALLY need the HD/Premium content and stick the other ones with basic cable.

      That being said, I still would like suggestions on getting audio to the three areas. I have $7500 budgeted for the entire project, which includes the 3 TVs (I’m thing $2500, $800, and $800 = $4100 total), so that leaves $7500 – $4100 = $3400 for audio, speakers, tv stands, cabling, etc.

      My $.02 Weed

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