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50-ft coaxial cable recommendations?

I need to run about 50-ft of coaxial cable from my TV down along the TV and along the baseboards under the carpet to the other side of a room to connect to a DirecTV receiver. Can anyone recommend a model/brand of coaxial cable for doing this? I will be using this with a new TV that I do not yet own, likely a 65-inch Panasonic plasma.

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For clarification, the cable will only go under the carpet (on top of a concrete slab) in my house, in order to run along the side of the walls to get to the other side of the room. The reason I'm doing this is so I can put all of my equipment into a small cabinet and hide it behind my sofa.


I will need to run 50-ft of coaxial cable, as well as a slim profile HDMI cable and left, right and center speaker wire. I ordered cables from mono price and am waiting for them to be delivered, and am hoping the cables fit between the tack strip and the wall. Is this just a bad idea? Here are some pics.

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bellbound said:
For clarification, the cable will only go under the carpet (on top of a concrete slab) in my house, in order to run along the side of the walls to get to the other side of the room. The reason I'm doing this is so I can put all of my equipment into a small cabinet and hide it behind my sofa.


I will need to run 50-ft of coaxial cable, as well as a slim profile HDMI cable and left, right and center speaker wire. I ordered cables from mono price and am waiting for them to be delivered, and am hoping the cables fit between the tack strip and the wall. Is this just a bad idea? Here are some pics.

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I have an idea...If you are going to get new carpeting, take out the tack strips along the intended cable path. The carpet installer will nail down new strips.
just have them placed so that the cables are not at risk.
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dishcomm said:
I have an idea...If you are going to get new carpeting, take out the tack strips along the intended cable path. The carpet installer will nail down new strips.
just have them placed so that the cables are not at risk.
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That is something I was thinking of asking the carpet installers.

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bellbound said:
That is something I was thinking of asking the carpet installers.

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Carpet to slab installations....I don't think carpet guys use tack strips. I have found they glue the perimeter of the carpet. No tack strip! (Pretty sure about that...they can't spike the tack strip into the slab).

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Joe Diamond said:
Carpet to slab installations....I don't think carpet guys use tack strips. I have found they glue the perimeter of the carpet. No tack strip! (Pretty sure about that...they can't spike the tack strip into the slab).

Joe
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That may be typical but the pics posted by the OP show pre-existing tack strips fastened to the slab in this case.
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That may be typical but the pics posted by the OP show pre-existing tack strips fastened to the slab in this case.
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They come up real easy with a flat bar or wonder bar. A whole living room full of tack strips can be removed in 15 minutes.. Just as easy to nail down news ones.
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Thanks everyone for all of the wonderful info! I'm still not sure what I'm going to do, I'm going to speak with the carpet installers tomorrow regarding the flexibility with where the tack strip goes, etc.

I bought some Monster Cable XPNW MS Navajo White (all that was available at the store) flat speaker wire and it doesn't even say what the gauge is, though I'm pretty sure it is 16. I need to run the cables about 50ft to get around the perimeter of the room. I also bought some Monster Cable Superflat Mini Ultra-Flexible, Compact, High Performance Cable, because it looks so flat, though I think this is 18 gauge and I will likely return this.

1. Is 16 gauge speaker wire ok for the rear speakers for 50-ft of distance?
2. What about for the front left, right and center at 50-ft of distance?

Thanks again!
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1. Is 16 gauge speaker wire ok for the rear speakers for 50-ft of distance?
2. What about for the front left, right and center at 50-ft of distance?

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16 gauge is probably sufficient for most applications and will be fine for "comfortable" sound levels. However if you have a high powered audio system and you are going for "club" volumes for sustained periods 14 or
12 gauge might be necessary.

Years ago I used to work for a commercial audio company and I remember we always went for the shortest distance between amps and speakers. Any time we had to push high power (100W/channel or more) any significant distance such as from back-of-house to front-of-house we usually used 12 gauge. Of course copper was much cheaper then!
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Joe Diamond said:
Carpet to slab installations....I don't think carpet guys use tack strips. I have found they glue the perimeter of the carpet. No tack strip! (Pretty sure about that...they can't spike the tack strip into the slab).

Joe
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Sure they can and Yes they do.... use tack strips on a slab.
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Sure they can and Yes they do.... use tack strips on a slab.
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I'm not a carpet guy. I suspect their techniques and materials improve all the time. And my information is limited to a few carpet deals I did for CATV companies and their MDU clients. Nonethe less, any installer who screws around with carpet enough to see tack strip is in way too deep.
I have pushed single and double cable under baseboards / over carpet a few times. But this guy wants to run several cables, including a custom HDMI. I see a wall cut and stud drilling party in his future, followed by some sheet rock and paint work.

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Song Name Game Part 3!

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I guess even the patience of us laid-back Hoosiers has its limits:
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I guess even the patience of us laid-back Hoosiers has its limits:
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Colts relieve general manager Chris Ballard of his duties

Colts Owner & CEO Carlie Irsay-Gordon released a statement Monday announcing the news.
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I guess even the patience of us laid-back Hoosiers has its limits:
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Colts relieve general manager Chris Ballard of his duties

Colts Owner & CEO Carlie Irsay-Gordon released a statement Monday announcing the news.
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DISH Hopper 3 Software Version 713 Is Out

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I'm getting fabulous picture on Ch. 148 4k, but zero audio with H713. This is with a recorded show (Notre Dame game). Anyone else have this? Audio is fine on every other channel.
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I'm getting fabulous picture on Ch. 148 4k, but zero audio with H713. This is with a recorded show (Notre Dame game). Anyone else have this? Audio is fine on every other channel.
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It's a known issue.
For a temporary fix, go into the menu, Audio, and turn Dolby Audio "OFF". You will have PCM stereo audio.

I was able to give the tech ops team some data logs so they could diagnose the problem, and they rolled me back to H708 temporarily. It fixed that issue.

They let me know that they understand what caused the issue, and it will be fixed within a few weeks in a new update.
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They let me know that they understand what caused the issue, and it will be fixed within a few weeks in a new update.
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jsmit86 said:
It's a known issue.
For a temporary fix, go into the menu, Audio, and turn Dolby Audio "OFF". You will have PCM stereo audio.

I was able to give the tech ops team some data logs so they could diagnose the problem, and they rolled me back to H708 temporarily. It fixed that issue.

They let me know that they understand what caused the issue, and it will be fixed within a few weeks in a new update.
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I guess they will be busy when lots of people start asking for rollbacks to H708 now that you mention that downgrades of software does exist because it will likely fix the OTA Single Tuner and the IR Remote problems in H710-H713.
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it will likely fix the OTA Single Tuner
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it will likely fix the OTA Single Tuner
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Stargate SG-1 cancelled, Atlantis renewed
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The future of Stargate is in question today, as SCI FI Channel has cancelled the long-running Stargate SG-1, Multichannel News reported today and a GateWorld source has confirmed. The news regrettably follows the airing of the show's milestone two-hundredth episode on Friday.

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I have gotten back into watching SG-1 and I have recorded most of the episodes to binge watch. What episodes are about the Antarctic or was this a movie? Also where could I watch the SG-1 movies?
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I have gotten back into watching SG-1 and I have recorded most of the episodes to binge watch. What episodes are about the Antarctic or was this a movie? Also where could I watch the SG-1 movies?
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Well, there are a couple involving the Antarctic. "Solitudes", S1 E17 (one of my favorites), Then, "Lost City', S7 E21 and E22. Then, in the SGA pilot, "Rising", S1 E1 and E2, it starts out in the Antarctic for about the first 20 minutes or so.
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long_time_Dish said:
Well, there are a couple involving the Antarctic. "Solitudes", S1 E17 (one of my favorites), Then, "Lost City', S7 E21 and E22. Then, in the SGA pilot, "Rising", S1 E1 and E2, it starts out in the Antarctic for about the first 20 minutes or so.
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Which one has O'Neil being Ancients? I am at the end of Season 8 now.
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Which one has O'Neil being Ancients? I am at the end of Season 8 now.
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If I understand your question, O'Neill had the Ancient's knowledge in the "Lost City" two-part episode. That was when Anubis attacked Earth and there was a big battle over Antarctica.
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Best fan sign I saw during the ND-BYU game: "Bear ate your Lucky Charms!" (Bear being the Cougars' QB). I was going to suggest, "Have you or your team been involved in a Carr crash?"
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They get cruel sometimes, very very cruel.😈. Hated to see my dawgs go down but I still say being ranked #1 is a hex on you!
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They get cruel sometimes, very very cruel.😈. Hated to see my dawgs go down but I still say being ranked #1 is a hex on you!
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Yup, I agree, I'd rather be 2 or 3 till the last few weeks.
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