ᐅ Satellite System in New Construction: Unicable or Star Wiring?

Since linear satellite TV is becoming an outdated form anyway, I wouldn’t go overboard with the wiring. Our children will laugh at us when they ask what that outlet in their room is for. It’s better to install plenty of Cat7 cables.

We also use star wiring. The cables from the satellite dish run through conduit to the multiswitch – this is easier to maintain.

hanse987 schrieb:
For me, only star wiring as well.

The dual satellite socket is a nice-to-have, but the additional double LAN socket at the TV is much more important!
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True! But let's be honest: how many LAN connections do you realistically need there?
In our case, it would be TV, PS4, Wii, set-top box, and soundbar. I don’t want to have 5 LAN sockets built into the wall, plus maybe 5-6 power outlets and 2 satellite sockets. That ends up being a whole bunch of sockets. This makes it almost impossible to rearrange the room in the future.
I keep it simple: a power strip and a switch behind the TV furniture and only a moderate number of sockets. But that’s just my personal preference! =)

BastiW schrieb:

That’s true! But let’s be honest: how many LAN ports do you really need?
For us, it would be TV, PS4, Wii, set-top box, and the soundbar. I don’t want to have five LAN outlets in the wall, plus maybe 5-6 power sockets and 2 satellite connections. That becomes a whole cluster of outlets. It makes it almost impossible to redesign the room in the future.
I keep it simple: power strips and a switch behind the TV furniture, and a moderate number of wall outlets. But that’s just my personal preference! =)

By an additional LAN double outlet, I basically mean one outlet with 2 LAN ports. A double outlet takes up just as much space as a single outlet.

A switch is always an option, but if one can be avoided, I think that’s better.

hanse987 schrieb:
By additional LAN double socket, I basically meant just one socket with 2x LAN ports. A double socket takes up exactly the same space as a single socket.

A switch always works, but if you can avoid an extra one, I think that’s better.

Ah, okay. That confused me a bit. You’re right. Since the socket is already there, you might as well install a double socket.

I’m currently thinking about what would be best for our house.
However, I come from cable TV and don’t have much knowledge about satellite technology.
As a precaution, I pulled 4 coaxial cables in a conduit on the exterior wall up to the roof before the facade was installed.

So I can connect a quad LNB with those cables, right, or am I mistaken?
That means I can supply 4 independent TVs located throughout the house, correct?

I have at least 2 double CAT 7 sockets in every room on opposite walls.
Is SAT over IP reliable yet? Although that would mean I need additional receivers everywhere, which I actually wanted to avoid. I’m used to cable TV and only having to use one remote control.

Run a cable from the satellite dish to each TV, and that's it. This way, you can stick with one set-top box and be covered for decades.