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<DIV>Hi guys, I had recently moved my backend into the garage and started to
use remote frontends, however, I don't like the response time with these
remote frontends, actions like skip takes more than a couple secs to complete.
<BR><BR>I want to know if it was possible to piggyback a signal (say channel 3
or 4) onto the cable coax (like those old gaming stations) and be able to tune
to it from the TVs in the other rooms. I don't want it to interfere with
the cable reception, just piggyback an extra channel. I guess if this
isn't feasible, I get something like x10's video broadcasting station, but I
have had very bad luck with broadcasting since I have nearby powerlines.
<BR><BR>Also for this setup to work, I need a remote control device that can
work through walls. <BR><BR>Anyways, give me some insights or product
names. Thx.<SPAN class=602054302-30102006> </SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><SPAN class=602054302-30102006>Sounds like you're describing an RF
modulator like the ones at: <A
href="http://www.smarthome.com/prodindex.asp?catid=298">http://www.smarthome.com/prodindex.asp?catid=298</A>.
These let you take an A/V signal and put it on an unused cable channel so the
rest of the TVs in the house can pick it up. With the right hardware some
let you send IR signals back to the modulator so that you can control
e.g. a DVD player if you only had one for the whole house.for the whole
house. This may have made sense when DVD players were $1000, but
these days it's cheaper to have a DVD player at every TV than the modulator
hardware will cost.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=602054302-30102006>HOWEVER I suspect that if you keep working
with your frontends you can improve the response time to something
usable. Investing in improved Myth or network hardware is probably a
better bet than investing in centralized analog distribution (especially if you
hope to upgrade to HD some day).</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=602054302-30102006>Good luck! -Mike G.</SPAN></DIV>
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