said by Critsmcgee:The OP's house is from 1959 and it will have it. Mine is from 1960 and it has it. Are you talking about houses older then that?
My house is from 1964 and it doesn't have it.
said by Critsmcgee:Once upon a time coax was a luxury item but with everything online it's no longer in that category. There's where people are confused. I don't know anyone who doesn't have internet. Maybe it's different in Canada.
Back in the 90s and early '00s, people did care about CATV being in every room. That's why older houses had it added later on.
However, as you said, it's a lot less important now because of bedroom TVs being replaced by bedroom laptops
That's why I said it's a luxury, because while we still use it, it is not important anymore.
With HDTV cable providers forcing you to pay an extra monthly fee for additional HDTV boxes per household. People just limit cable TV to one or two TV and everything else is on the computer.
said by Critsmcgee:Just because you spend $100,000 on addition doesn't mean the new addition is worth $100,000. You might only see $50,000 return.
You spend 100,000$ on a house at the risk of only getting 50,000$ back only because you want to enjoy the upgrades yourself before selling.
OP doesn't need CATV, so it's a loss. He'll install CATV, never use it for years, and by the time he sells the house, people will see the CATV outlets are an eye sore like we do for telephone jacks (useless, ripped out and patched next time they paint a room).
We're missing the entire point here though.The OP doesn't need CATV, but he wants to use the opportunity while his walls are open. He should compromise by spending the same amount of $$$ on getting conduits
to fewer, but key, locations instead of wiring CATV to every room.