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post #1 of 7
9/5/12 at 2:43pm
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I have a nice gaming PC that I use quite a bit. But, it's in the bedroom, and I'd like to play games on my Plasma TV in the living room, and eventually a projector in the basement. My house is fairly old, so pulling wires will be a pain. Obviously, I'll have to pull wires for this to work at any acceptable resolution and latency, but I want to make sure I have a good plan and the right standards before I pull anything.

My PC has HDMI out, but the cable would be greater than 50', so I don't know if that format would work. I've read about HDMI over CAT5 - has anyone here tried that successfully? Also, input is obviously a factor - I was thinking running a USB hub with a bluetooth dongle attached (so bluetooth -> USB hub -> long cable -> computer), what kind of input latency would that introduce?
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post #2 of 7
9/5/12 at 5:16pm
You might want to post to the HTPC forum about this.
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post #3 of 7
9/6/12 at 9:58am
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DaveFi View Post

You might want to post to the HTPC forum about this.

Done, will post the link once the new thread is approved.
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post #4 of 7
9/11/12 at 2:08pm
Was just pricing 40ft hdmi cables today. I hope this will work.
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post #5 of 7
9/19/12 at 1:25am
Audio/video over cat6 with powered adapter:
http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=109&cp_id=10110&cs_id=1011012&p_id=6532&seq=1&format=2

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USB over cat5/cat6 for controlling the PC remotely with a keyboard/mouse or remote
http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=103&cp_id=10303&cs_id=1030313&p_id=6042&seq=1&format=2
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post #6 of 7
9/19/12 at 8:38am
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Thanks for the links. I've seen wall-mounted faceplates that do the conversion (plug in HDMI, run cat6 off the back) too. Ideally, I want a faceplate that does HDMI->cat6, USB->cat6, and ethernet all in one unit. Wishful thinking?
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post #7 of 7
9/21/12 at 10:32pm
I cant say if such a device exists.

But what I can say is the wire runs are usually the hardest part so if you are unsure run what ever you think you might want all at once. When ever I pull cat6 cable I pull at least 2, I am running a similar 30 foot run and I am going to pull 3 ethernet, USB, and HDMI all together and I am thinking hard about running display port too. If you do not future proof, then run a string to 2 alongside the cable so that if you ever want to run another item it will be easy to tie up and pull through.
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