[mythtv-users] s-video over cat 5

Matthew Schumacher schu at schu.net
Tue May 6 18:30:37 EDT 2003


Sure, but your video will look like crap.....

Mark Musone wrote:
> You can also just get a 75 or 100 foot s-video cable..
> At www.cablestogo.com, it's just $43 and $56 respectively..
> Which is probably cheaper than two balun's and the hassle to go with
> it..
> 
> -Mark
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net] On Behalf Of Shawn Edwards
> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 4:39 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] s-video over cat 5
> 
> Check out www.smarthome.com.  They have doodads (I think they're called 
> balens or something like that) that will allow for this.  Not cheap, I'm
> 
> afraid.  Never used them, but they had better work for the price they're
> 
> asking :)
> 
> -Shawn
> 
> David Colon wrote:
> 
> 
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>>Hi,
>>	I'm new to the list and haven't put anything together yet.  I'm
>>probably going to get a Hauppauge Wintv card and an Nvidia video card
> 
> with
> 
>>s-video out.  I've got a question about tv-out quality.  Is it possible
> 
> to
> 
>>run the video and audio over cat 5?  I'm looking at a distance of about
> 
> 75
> 
>>feet.  I'd prefer to do s-video over cat 5 and I once saw an adapter to
> 
> do
> 
>>it.  What kind of results can I expect with a setup like this?  The
> 
> reason
> 
>>why I ask is that I'd like to have the computer in my office and the tv
> 
> in
> 
>>another room on the same floor.  Plus, I hate the sound of the fans
>>running.  Eventually I want to add multiple tv cards to the setup to
>>control tvs in other rooms.
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>David Colon
>>dcolon at project-w.com
>>http://www.project-w.com
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