RE: video distribution

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I do the same - use Kat5 (well, about 18 of them!). But I also have an
extron Video Matrix Switcher in Node0 - all the sources are fed into
this, switched remotely by whatever means you want (it's RS232
controlled) and the outputs are fed to each room via Kat5. The switcher
is only composite but that is more than adequate for all the TV's except
the 50" plasma in the AV Room - this is fed via RGB trough an RGB Kat5
pair, converted to YUV and fed into the plasma. I decided to keep my
main amp (Onkyo) and DVD in the AV room as I didn't want to run
(expensive) YUV (component) cables trough the house as well (and keep
going up to node0 every time I wanted to change DVD). I also tend to
rent DVD's rather than buy and don't like watching a film twice (so no
DVD multi changer or server wanted).

Paul


-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Harrison (Yahoo!) [mailto:mph@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 29 March 2004 10:38
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] video distribution

KAT5.

The KAT5 video distribution product works well (I've used S-Video and
composite, not RGB/Component, so can't comment on them).

In addition, the "composite video" channel on a KAT5 box works
well for
distributing 5.1 sound as a digital stream, since composite video and
SP/DIF
are both the same form factors AND impedance.

Typically, the problem is control. Personally, I use a xAP-hardware box
to
control my hifi, but it's no longer manufactured (not enough demand) :-(

M.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Pankaj Dhokia" <pankaj@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 10:24 AM
Subject: [ukha_d] video distribution


> A recent post about somebody having a Tivo in their attic and
distributing
> the video to a remote TV got me thinking about the different ways of
doing
> it.
>
> My AV 'rack' (next to the TV) has Tivo, amp, Sky, digi sat box, VCR,
DVD.
If
> I wanted to move all of it to a remote (and hidden) location, how
could I
do
> it, bearing in mind that I want 5.1 from DVD via the amp and also
audio
out
> from the Sky box (for radio).
>
> How do you guys go about video distribution?
>
>
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