Re: Baluns (WAS: RE: touchscreen device recommendations please...)

["Chris Purves" <CHRIS_PURVES@xxxxxxx>]

One thing to note is quality. If you are watching this on plasmas /
lcd you had better get the Kat5. The ones on ebay are just video normally.

A good palce to look though is cctv shops. The have passive that do
audio and video if you are happy with the quality.

SystemQ have them for around =A330 a pair but they are trade only.

Chris


--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Andy Laurence" <andy@...> wrote:
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> Chris Purves <mailto:CHRIS_PURVES@...> wrote:
> > You can get them everywhere :)
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> > http://www.cyberselect.co.uk/category/18
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> > have some but not the cheapest source. My cat5 video baluns were
=A34
> > each.=20
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> I've seen them on Ebay for that price, but none of them say they do
audio.  Is that because they don't?  How do you tell from the specs
what they will do?
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> > Some cheap some expensive.
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> > You can put pretty much anything over cat5.
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> > Passive baluns are the cheapest, active cost more. The Kat5
> > system is a nice active system with extra bells and whistles.
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> I'd been leaning towards KAT5, just because I can get RGB units, 5.1
audio, and also do IR distribution.
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> > On the speaker cable front - do it if you can - you will not
> > be dissapointed. Cable is cheap and you don't have to you it
> > in the end.
> > Sonos proves that but in general wired is easier than
> > wireless although that sonos controller is very cute :)
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> I'll steer clear of Sonos, as it only does audio, and I'm after
video distribution too.  I've got a few key bits (matrix switcher,
lots of CAT5, sources, and TVs), just got to work out how to stitch it
all together!
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> Cheers,
> Andy
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