Re: TFT monitor as TV

["Andrew Kilgore" <amkilgore@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Andy,

> I tried the wireless video senders, but these required I turn off the
> wireless network, which is a PITA for myself and SWMBO.

I'm pretty sure that you should be able to get these to co-exist reasonably
happily.
I know of others that have tried it and have not problems with
interference.
What type of video senders are you using...?
Do they let you select a channel number (usually 1-4)...?
If you have done this, have you tried pushing the channel of your WiFi
stuff to the other end of the frequency spectrum (you'd have to check the
specs of the senders to find out what frequency each of it's channels
uses).

HTH,
Andy.
----- Original Message -----
From: Andy Laurence
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2004 9:50 AM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] TFT monitor as TV


Kevin Hawkins wrote:
>    > -----Original Message-----
>    > From: Andy Laurence [mailto:andy@xxxxxxx]
>    > Sent: 04 June 2004 19:00
>    > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>    > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] TFT monitor as TV
>    >
>    > drownedrat wrote:
>    > > Wondered if anyone had tried any of the TV-VGA tuner
>    > boxes to use a
>    > > monitor as a TV? got a 15" TFT that would save a lot
of
>    > room in the
>    > > bedroom if I could use it.
>    >
>    > No, but I'm about to implement old laptops as TVs ikn the
>    > smaller rooms.
>    > The plan is to use the Nebula Freeview card
>    > (http://www.nebula-electronics.com)
multicasting to
>    > clients around the house.  OK, and I may do a how-to for
>    > the group too (depending on how successful it is).
>
>
> Andy - do check the 'old laptops' have enough horsepower to
> receive/decode the multicast stream satisfactorily

That is my only worry - horsepower.  I'm using PII laptops for this (or at
least I will be).  I only plan to multicast one channel at a time due to
bandwidth limitations.  I have to use wireless to the lounge, hence my
choice of solution.  The only solution I could think of to get TV to/from
the front room without running CAT5 was to use wifi and dedicated PCs.  I
tried the wireless video senders, but these required I turn off the
wireless
network, which is a PITA for myself and SWMBO.

> - and I'm sure you
> probably know this but only the stations on the specific mutiplex
> that the DigiTV is tuned to can be received on the multicast - but it
> does work, Maybe you are just sending one channel though ? I believe
> later software will even allow multiple Nebula cards each serving
> their own station or mux.  I strongly recommend 100MBs Ethernet (or
> more) and good quality network switches, maybe you've already got a
> trial system running ?? I think the Nebula Digi TV card is great, a
> tad expensive and a little CPU intensive but very polished and a
> great picture !

It looks very good, but there are a few features that I prefer in Xlobby
(always the way, eh?), such as the weather reports.  Ideally, I'd have a
server multicasting the data controlled by xAP or xPL, and send the
relevent
commands from Xlobby.  That assumes that I can find a client that works
with
the multicast software, or multicast software that works with the card!

Cheers,
Andy
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