Posts by robertmee

Run cable. The only practical and worthwhile solution. Wireless is not there, especially for HD. If this is a first floor with a crawl space, it's pretty easy to run a new cable. If it is a first floor on a slab, with a second floor...

Quote: Originally Posted by Kiril Thanks for the feed back, even though I'm not sure I agree with you. I have transmitted over the air HD signal on RG59 with no problems, RG6 should be OK I would think. OTA is RF and operates at a...

That's cool! I'm a big fan of Extron gear. Use an old Matrix 100 in my home distribution. If you have any old 100's or 200's or Xpoints that you need to get rid of cheap, lemme know

Quote: Originally Posted by mntmst That's news to us who have used normal RG6 to send baseband video 1000's of feet inside buildings. This is Beldens shield data. http://www.belden.com/pdfs/Techbull/...on%20Guide.pdf The center...

There are a couple of styles.... The Xantech receivers similar to what you describe plug into a connecting block. The connecting block allows connection of the VDC power supply and IR emitters. Then there's an all-in-one solution...

Quote: Originally Posted by captaincondor I would just get an RF basestation. I hate looking at ir receivers on the front of TV's. In my experience i find that they fail more often then a basestation Just my .02 With Plasma,...

Quote: Originally Posted by zEli173 Thanks for all the input so far, I am narrowing this down and getting close, but still not quite there. Just need to find the right set of baluns. The cable is going to be run around baseboards...

Just to summarize..... Go with Cat5e or Cat6 UTP (unshielded) cables, and you will need TWO. If you go with component, use something like the CELabs RX/TX units. They transmit component, analog audio, digital audio and IR over the...

Quote: Originally Posted by kjgarrison So, it depends. I have to decide whether to spend more $$ or more time. Have I got this about right? A question for you or anybody, off topic. When talking about 'digital audio' in these...

Quote: Originally Posted by cronraptor Sorry, kind of switched gears. I was referring to your computer setup. I was able to find quite a few KVM extenders, but all of them were VGA not DVI. Ah....I've only seen the VGA ones. ...