Whole house wiring - revisted HDTV
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Posted by Mike C on May 1, 2007, 10:04 pm
Please log in for more thread options CAT5. Now I am looking to use HDMI outputs from a PC and DVD to distibute to LCD and Plasma tvs. Is there a reasonably cost effective way to do this? I have seen CAT5 to HDMI converter for $500, but that is way to expensive in my opinion. I have 2 RG6 and 1 CAT5 to work with. What are people using these days for whole house video? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by BruceR on May 1, 2007, 11:00 pm
Please log in for more thread options http://www.thenerds.net/index.php?page=productpage&affid=22&pn=EXTHDMICAT5X&srccode=cii_5766179&cpncode=07-25254420-2 Mike C wrote: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Robert L Bass on May 1, 2007, 11:01 pm
Please log in for more thread options > I wired my whole house to a media closet about
> 5 yrs ago using RG6 and CAT5. Now I am looking > to use HDMI outputs from a PC and DVD to > distibute to LCD and Plasma tvs. Is there a > reasonably cost effective way to do this? I have > seen CAT5 to HDMI converter for $500, but that > is way to expensive in my opinion. I have 2 RG6 > and 1 CAT5 to work with. HDMI is good for up to 10 meters. Beyond that you may need an amplifier or repeater. It is not the cable of choice for whole-house distribution. > What are people using these days for whole
> house video? There is at least one company offering a whole-home audio/video distribution system that carries HD and audio over CAT5 cable. I have not tested their system (it was at the prototype stage when I saw it at the EH Expo) so I can't attest to its quality. Also, it is outside the range of your stated budget. The simplest approach (if you ran 2 x CAT5e) would be to use baluns at each end. Knoll System and Audio Control both offer baluns for the purpose. -- Regards, Robert L Bass =============================>
Bass Home Electronics
941-925-8650 4883 Fallcrest Circle Sarasota · Florida · 34233 http://www.bassburglaralarms.com =============================>
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Posted by Robert Green on May 2, 2007, 7:29 am
Please log in for more thread options > > I wired my whole house to a media closet about
> > 5 yrs ago using RG6 and CAT5. Now I am looking > > to use HDMI outputs from a PC and DVD to > > distibute to LCD and Plasma tvs. Is there a > > reasonably cost effective way to do this? I have > > seen CAT5 to HDMI converter for $500, but that > > is way to expensive in my opinion. I have 2 RG6 > > and 1 CAT5 to work with. >
> HDMI is good for up to 10 meters. Beyond that you > may need an amplifier or repeater. It is not the cable > of choice for whole-house distribution. > > > What are people using these days for whole
> > house video? >
> There is at least one company offering a whole-home > audio/video distribution system that carries HD and > audio over CAT5 cable. I have not tested their system > (it was at the prototype stage when I saw it at the EH > Expo) so I can't attest to its quality. Also, it is outside > the range of your stated budget. > > The simplest approach (if you ran 2 x CAT5e) would > be to use baluns at each end. Knoll System and > Audio Control both offer baluns for the purpose. Baluns for HDMI? Sounds interesting. Got a URL? -- Bobby G. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Robert L Bass on May 2, 2007, 9:20 pm
Please log in for more thread options >>> What are people using these days for whole
>>> house video? >>
>> There is at least one company offering a whole-home >> audio/video distribution system that carries HD and >> audio over CAT5 cable. I have not tested their system >> (it was at the prototype stage when I saw it at the EH >> Expo) so I can't attest to its quality. Also, it is outside >> the range of your stated budget. >> >> The simplest approach (if you ran 2 x CAT5e) would >> be to use baluns at each end. Knoll System and >> Audio Control both offer baluns for the purpose. >
> Baluns for HDMI? Sounds interesting. Got a URL? Sorry. I didn't mean to imply that the baluns were used with HDMI. They were used with component video. -- Regards, Robert L Bass =============================>
Bass Home Electronics
941-925-8650 4883 Fallcrest Circle Sarasota · Florida · 34233 http://www.bassburglaralarms.com =============================>
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> CAT5. Now I am looking to use HDMI outputs from a PC and DVD to
> distibute to LCD and Plasma tvs. Is there a reasonably cost effective
> way to do this? I have seen CAT5 to HDMI converter for $500, but that
> is way to expensive in my opinion. I have 2 RG6 and 1 CAT5 to work
> with.
>
> What are people using these days for whole house video?