The living room will be likely the place where I will receive visitors. There will be a TV wall with 6 ethernet jacks rather than any coaxial jacks. The reason for this is to eliminate the coaxial jack beyond the communications room. The living room will have a 3 piece sectional with 4 end tables. Based on my Ideal Phone Setup, I will have a phone with my 412 number attached to it. Since I only need one phone, I can carry the home phone with me when I go to other parts of the house.
The lights will be on wall sconces, and will be the same color as the walls to not stick out. There will also be a Nest Thermostat for adjusting the indoor temperature. This will make the inside more comfortable, but I will follow my rules. Keep it as warm as I can tolerate in the summer, and as cool as tolerable in the winter. For the lights, there will be slider switch.
As mentioned, there will be no coaxial jacks in the house. As with telephone lines, I feel that coaxial shouldn’t be a part of every day life. Whereas telephone is obsolete, coaxial is legacy, and will have appropriate coaxial jacks in the communications room rather than any running through the house, and hope I ran to the right place, and have the rooms that need it. The jacks will be as follows:
- Blu-Ray Player
- Apple TV
- Microsoft Xbox
- Sony Playstation
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All of these devices will plug into an 85″ television which will be wall mounted. all of the cables will run through a cable channel which will be behind the walls so to not have unsightly cables from the TV to the devices at hand.
Blu-Ray Player
There will come a time when I can not get a digital version of a movie or TV show. If that happens, then I will seek for DVD or Blu-Ray. While I would ideally like to import the disc into my media library, I wouldn’t know how to go about this. With that said, if I find I have many movies, I will buy a disc rack which I can slide Movie cases in the rack, and allow for a choice when the time comes for a good movie.
Apple TV
Currently, my smartTV is a Roku based system, but it is a little sluggish. I am not sure if that is Roku bloat, or the fact that my TV is over 10 years old, and having a hard time handling the updates of the Roku. By acquiring a basic TV, and plugging the Apple TV into the TV, this will function as a smartTV adapter, and if that was to not meet up with me, it can be upgraded without having to buy a new 85″ TV. The Apple TV will support all of my IPTV? services, and the Tablo device as well. With that said, and the fact it function as a hub for all Apple Home features only makes the system a more functional device.
Microsoft Xbox/Sony Playstation
Assuming I will have the money to buy and renovate this house, I should also be able to afford a game system, and buy games for the game system. I am not much into games mostly because of cost, so I will be really new to this whole gaming system. The game systems will allow me to play during times where I need to relax, and just enjoy something.