Media Decor The DVD and cable box can be mounted anywhere in the room. They do not have to be below the TV.
Typically a single IR eye is all that is needed near the TV. Cables are run from this eye back to a blackbox and from the blackbox back to the DVD player, cable, etc.
Have your local A/V guy do this for you. It need not be complicated and in most cases you will only need one remote control for everything.
Martha O'Hara Interiors It sounds like you have all of the information you need. I can add that in this particular space, there is a room in the lower-level for all the home electronics.
mjarch I have a closet in my basement, so you are saying all the electronics for all the T'V's in my house can be a hole level away? Amazing. Love your designs...wish you could do my whole house. sigh........
Typically a single IR eye is all that is needed near the TV. Cables are run from this eye back to a blackbox and from the blackbox back to the DVD player, cable, etc.
Have your local A/V guy do this for you. It need not be complicated and in most cases you will only need one remote control for everything.
Good luck on your project!
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