A TV Wall is a wall with 1 coaxial jack, and 5 ethernet jacks. The coaxial jack will be definied within the communications closet. Exception will be the SRO? which will have no cable TV access. This is because there is no communications closet. Instead, the single coaxial jack for them will run to the window sill where the antenna can plug into. Your ethernet jacks will give you a variety of solutions that you may want to do. An example can be as below:
- Microsoft XBox
- Sony Playstation
- HTPC
- Blu-Ray Player
- Smart TV adapter
By plugging into these devices even though they support wifi?, you will reduce the latency. Latency is the enemy of gaming which there are three pieces of hardware that are all gaming systems. The Blu-Ray player needs a connection to the internet for DRM control reasons. However, I am guessing you already know that if you are using a Blu-Ray player. With exception of the den, all other walls will have just 3 ethernet jacks. The den will have 4 ethernet jacks allowing for multiple devices to plug in depending on the needs of the home.
SRO
SRO?s don’t have a communications closet. Simply put, there is no place to place one. You would instead have 3 coaxial jacks – one for each option, and one coaxial for Xfinity Internet, and one RJ45 for Verizon FiOS?. This functions somewhat as a communications closet. You however will not have any LAN? ports making your router as the only means of connecting LAN devices such as NAS? or SIP? phones. If your router does not support POE?, then you would not be able to use such devices.