Re: Fibre, was PBXs

["P G" <psghome@xxxxxxx>]

But of course, some of the kit you've just moved actually looks pretty good
(and who wants a minimalist room?). So you place a couple of cameras in
node
zero, pointing at the kit and send the pics back across the fibre
(uncompressed of course - may need several fibres!) to a plasma tv
displaying all the images in one neat package!


>From: "Ian Lowe" <ian@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>Subject: [ukha_d] Fibre, was PBXs
>Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 12:05:42 -0000
>
>Got it!!
>
>The application, right here, right now, that *demands* fibre!
>
>if there's another way to do this, you know who to tell, :D.
>
>You move your showshifter/Mp3/ents PC to node Zero, but you want the
"real
>world" interface of firstly having your DVD cases looking nice in
a rack,
>and secondly placing the disk in the drive beside the TV.
>
>you can get LAN>IDE drivers, and a nice little enclosure, but the
bandwidth
>is a bit ropey for DVD playback.. Instead, you can get a SCSI DVD-ROM
>Drive,
>an F-CAL bridge, and run it over fibre to you SCSI-F-CAL card on the
PC..
>
>Or have I just notched up a grand worth of kit to do the same job as
buying
>a £100 domestic DVD player?
>
>hmmm. ;)
>
>Ian.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: P G [mailto:psghome@xxxxxxx]
>Sent: 30 December 2001 23:06
>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [ukha_d] PBXs
>
>
>I believe full-bandwidth, uncompressed HD video runs at about 1.5
gigabits
>per second! I still remember building a ZX80 with a huge 1/2 Kb memory
(I
>think - but I was ony 10 at the time!).
>
>You can never have enough bandwidth!
>
>
> >From: "James Hoye" <james.hoye@xxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> >To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> >Subject: Re: [ukha_d] PBXs
> >Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 22:43:39 -0000
> >
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> > > Shouldn't we forward thinking chappies [ and chappettes :-)
] be
>saying
> > > "screw cat5, I use fibre" to ensure a little bit
more life in our
> > > systems than cat5 can offer?
> > >
> > >
> > > Calum [ not looking at 'im who's just laid over 7km's of
cat5 >:) ]
> >
> >With CAT5e you can go to gigabit - raw broadcast video doesn't get
near
> >that.
> >
> >James H
> >
>
>
>
>
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