Can I ask why some are suggesting Cat 6 or 7? Most of the fancy systems on the market run off Cat 5.
I was looking to see if three or four cables were required. I did have one of the Labgear distribution boxes which combines the UHF and microwave in loft and splits it again at the face plate. But that was before HD came along and with HD you need two feeds from the LNB to the sky box.
So the main problem is once a room is decorated to add extra cables. I have four cables two microwave from LNB, One feed from aerial and one return to splitter in loft which then feeds all bed rooms with Sky, Free to Sky, DVD, and standard TV signals.
Yo.future proofing..
Again I've not checked, but my assumption is that by now Cat6 or better still Cat6a cable isn't hugely more expensive than Cat5e, so why not use it, particularly in a house where the actual cable cost is a small % of the overall cost of installing it.
I don't actually think that anyone would ever need Cat7, but if it isn't much of a premium then why not...
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