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RE: sorry if naive - which is best - coax or kat5 ?


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  • Subject: RE: sorry if naive - which is best - coax or kat5 ?
  • From: "Mark Harrison" <Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 17:35:03 +0100
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Graham wrote:

> I would
>suggest that the natural market for the KAT5s (and certainly the reason
I
>bought some) is to allow video sources to be viewed in areas that are
not
>usually associated with a lot of viewing and therefore are not likely
to
>have loads of A/V kit. Obvious examples for me are a bedroom or kitchen
TV,
>or perhaps distributing TV out from a PC in the office (as Mark does).
In
>both these examples, either the source or the remote location has only
got
>stereo so a straight forward KAT5 pair and one CAT5 cable will suffice.
>

Umar replied:

> Thanks for that - useful to keep ones feet on the ground. Just cos its

> possible, doesnt mean it the best way !!!!!!

Umar,

The other market is people like me, who listen in surround in the main
room, but want a version playable of the same thing in other rooms of
the house at the same time (so I can wander around, or even take a bath)
without losing the continuity of the movie/broadcast. This includes
another room where I have a "major" telly/hi-fi installation.

In these circumstances, I use a stereo feed only. Only the main system
has surround ;-)

I use KAT5, point-to-point, for this, and it works very well. What I'm
after is the switch version, primarily for 1-many distribution without
having to modify my wiring or the KAT5 unit to use the bus version.

Mark Harrison
Head of Systems, eKingfisher


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