[mythtv-users] HDMI-to-CAT5 Converter

[Michael T. Dean]

On 02/04/2008 03:52 PM, Brian Wood wrote:
> Michael T. Dean wrote:
>> Also, do these really carry the signal in IP or is it "unswitchable."  I 
>> got the impression it required a direct cabling approach between the two 
>> converters and that it couldn't really hook into the existing runs in 
>> "the high number of homes pre-wired with category cabling" (which almost 
>> definitely are run from a central hub/switch.
> Good point. The only thing these systems have in common with IP systems 
> is the cable. For the run lengths likely to be encountered in home 
> systems the cost of the adapters would vastly exceed any savings on 
> cable costs.

If so, it's really annoying that their press release makes such a big 
deal about existing category cabling.  I guess they want you to put your 
HDMI-enabled STB in the closet with the hub/switch, and don't want you 
to realize that running new RG-6/RG-59 to that closet may be harder than 
running a new cat 5/6 cable from your STB to the TV/projector/...

Mike