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Re: PC on TV - TV on PC



Thanks Paul,

I have looked at Keith's extenders, and others such has KVM switches
etc, however, I was looking for more of a DIY project and wondfered if
anyone out there had tried anything themselves.

Regards
Pete

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Paul Gale" <groups2@...> wrote:
>
> There are many VGA to Cat5 extenders out there but most are limited
resolution, if you run a relatively high res, you'll need to look at
that carefully. The other thing to double check is the keyboard/mouse
reception in real world use. I have a couple of keyboards designed for
presentation use that supposedly have extra powerful transmitters but
these still have a problem if objects are in the way or if there's
other interference from other wireless devices. Easy to test though
before you spend any money on the other kit.
>
> You may start to run out of Cat5 cables depending on how many
features you want to extend i.e. VGA, USB, Video, Audio etc. Some of
the DVI extenders I've seen use two Cat5 cables for the signal.
>
> Extending the video and audio signals from the Sky box is really
easy. Again there are composite/S-Video/Component to Cat5 extenders
out there that work really well. These normally can also be used for
audio (analogue or digital - digital via coax output or SPDIF via an
optical to coax converter and then via the extender).
>
> I have a load of Keith Doxey's Kat5 units here that do all of that.
>
> Paul.
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> > Of Pete Harrison
> > Sent: 10 July 2008 10:36
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ukha_d] PC on TV - TV on PC
> >
> > I did post a question about this many months ago, then went off
to
> > work away from home so didn't give it a second thought - I
apologise
> > if anyone answered and I didn't respond.
> >
> > Anyway, I want to be able to run my PC from another room and
extend
> > the picture and sound across Cat5. I have a RF keyboard and mouse
> > which work through the walls, and I have 4 Cat5 cables between
the 2
> > rooms.
> >
> > I then want to be ablt to watch Sky on the PC in the other room.
> >
> > My PC runs Vista Ultimate x64 which includes Media Centre, has 2x
> > Nvidia GE Force 7900 GS video cards and a Creative SB X-F1 sound
card.
> >
> > I'm looking for a DIY solution as much as possible.
> >
> > Many thanks
> > Pete
> >
> >
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