I recently built a new house and had speaker wire run into every room with a cat 5 for a control location. For the video I either ran Cat6 or a techtube to run cable for HDTVs. I was thinking of doing component since the shortest run is about 50' and the longest is about 120'.
Anyway...
I'm going to post another question in the audio forum regarding the house audio distribution.
My hardware:
I've got
- 2 x 46" sharp 82u LCD TVs capable of 1080p
- one front projection (in the future home theater;not purchased yet
- 1 - 15" LCD in the kitchen (composite, RG59/6, or S-video hookup)
- 1 flat tube TV (30").
- Office LCD computer monitor - 20", 5ms, 1000:1 contrast (max res 1900x1680)
So there are 5 viewing devices total.
For sources I've got the following:
- 2 high dev tivo like directv devices (outs:component, hdmi)
- 1 standard def directv with external tivo2 (which I want to keep for amazon unboxed downloads) (outs: composite, s-video, cable)
- media server - being built now and looking for the best video out card. I'm looking for something that will work with vista using component outs.
- DVD player (dual scan - 480p?)
I'd like to be able to select any of the devices from my HD sets for viewing. For the CRT and kitchen LCD I would be fine with just the standard directv and tivo2.
I need to get a scaler for the DVD player and the standard directv.
Can I then go from a scaler/component out to a component distribution system?
I think I need to run component since the distances are pretty far so that may be the best cable I can run...
Anyone have suggestions on hardware to accomplish this? I saw the DVDO iScan VP50 on a search and read the post about it. Any other suggestions out there?
I'd like the system to be as seemless as possible. While I'm technical; my wife isn't so it has to be easy. Also, since I am technical I'd like to be able to purchase the hardware and install it myself. A lot of the hardware manufacturers I've been looking at require me to go through a dealer and they want to charge me an arm and a leg to install something that I could do in an afternoon and totally enjoy it. Why pay them for something that I would have fun with?
NB
Anyway...
I'm going to post another question in the audio forum regarding the house audio distribution.
My hardware:
I've got
- 2 x 46" sharp 82u LCD TVs capable of 1080p
- one front projection (in the future home theater;not purchased yet
- 1 - 15" LCD in the kitchen (composite, RG59/6, or S-video hookup)
- 1 flat tube TV (30").
- Office LCD computer monitor - 20", 5ms, 1000:1 contrast (max res 1900x1680)
So there are 5 viewing devices total.
For sources I've got the following:
- 2 high dev tivo like directv devices (outs:component, hdmi)
- 1 standard def directv with external tivo2 (which I want to keep for amazon unboxed downloads) (outs: composite, s-video, cable)
- media server - being built now and looking for the best video out card. I'm looking for something that will work with vista using component outs.
- DVD player (dual scan - 480p?)
I'd like to be able to select any of the devices from my HD sets for viewing. For the CRT and kitchen LCD I would be fine with just the standard directv and tivo2.
I need to get a scaler for the DVD player and the standard directv.
Can I then go from a scaler/component out to a component distribution system?
I think I need to run component since the distances are pretty far so that may be the best cable I can run...
Anyone have suggestions on hardware to accomplish this? I saw the DVDO iScan VP50 on a search and read the post about it. Any other suggestions out there?
I'd like the system to be as seemless as possible. While I'm technical; my wife isn't so it has to be easy. Also, since I am technical I'd like to be able to purchase the hardware and install it myself. A lot of the hardware manufacturers I've been looking at require me to go through a dealer and they want to charge me an arm and a leg to install something that I could do in an afternoon and totally enjoy it. Why pay them for something that I would have fun with?
NB
