Re: Wireless video sending advice

[Doogie Brodie <ukhad@xxxxxxx>]

Neil Spellings wrote:

> Anyone using a wireless video sender? Any recommendations as to
makes/models
> etc?

I'd recommend staying away from them, especially as you say you use
Wi-Fi. I currently have a transmitter in the living room feeding
receivers in bedroom and kitchen; I got them a few years ago when
Homebase where clearing stuff out cheap.

If you walk in the path between the transmitter and receiver, you get
interference, if you switch on a microwave to close, you get
interference, if you use Wi-Fi (in my experience of using it anyway,
including messing around with channels on all things), you get
interference, if you use Bluetooth you get interference.

I also have problems with the IR return to the Tivo, requiring
double-presses (I know this is a problem with various wirless devices)

> The end goal is to be able to watch cable TV on my multimedia PC
upstairs.

Personally, my plan is to replace them with Kat5 units when the IR
return models are available. IMHO, if you can run a cable, you'd be
better off doing so.

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