Re: Video....whats the word .....and then distribution!!

["noel_pilot" <HA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the tips, I'm shifting the signals up to a six foot odd
projector screen so composite doesn't look great that big! So need to
keep my good signals, i.e. xbox good, plus since I switched my xbox to
NTSC and HiDef the texts fuzzy on anything but component!!

so....after the prompts i've looked at some amps and I've found a
yamaha that will take in composite, s video, and component and up
convert everything to component so i'd only have to run one video
cable amp to tv which be nice!

YAMAHA DSP-AX759SE coming in at =A3450 i've been quoted, ...still lots
of dosh but if I need to I'll do it! Just wanted to ask if anyone knew
of any cheaper options, have asked a couple of dealers and they've
said thats the only one that will do it and thats the price im looking
but obviously the collective knowledge here I deem to be far better!!

thanks

Noel

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Ian Lowe" <ianlowe@...> wrote:
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> Have to say, I'm more than happy with the quality of decent
composite video
> myself.
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> I use my XBox (XBMC naturally) and Tivo as AV sources (plus a media
server
> with Winamp as Audio only), and the Projector and two TVs as outputs.
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> I used to use a 4 way switch from Maplin to choose the source, and a
little
> 4way AV distro amp from Keene electronics to boost the output of
this for
> routing around the house.
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> I actually have SCART cable in the walls to most rooms. It was kinda
cool at
> the time, but it's a complete PITA to work with and I would not do
the same
> again. I'd prefer AV over CAT5 any time now.
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> The drawback of this system is that it's essentially single zone -
that
> suits us for 90% of the time, but I'm now planning to get a 4x4 Matrix
> switch to let me route any to any, and have a couple of
"zones".
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> I have a kitchen PC - really an old 15" TFT mounted on/in the
wall
with a PC
> in the cupboard behind it - I'm planning to upgrade this guy with a
decent
> VIVO card to let me feed the same composite signal to the Kitchen
that's
> being fed to the Projector in the living room.
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> I guess I'll have to sit down and do a "proper" design at
some
point, but
> this is working okay for us just now.
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> Ian.
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> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of
> noel_pilot
> Sent: 04 September 2006 15:58
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Video....whats the word .....and then distribution!!
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> Hmmm ok another in the series of im in my new house and I wanna do
> stuff posts!!
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> Thinking of shifting video around the house, and even just around my
> lounge.
> If I'm going to put all my boxes in the cupboard and cable to the tv
> and projector then it makes sense to harmonise it a bit and run the
> minimum of cables.
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> Plus if I spec it right it means I just 'HAVE' to go out and buy a new
> tv!!
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> So currently i have composite from the tivo into my amp, altho I know
> it can do better using RGB scart I think, composite from my xbox into
> my amp and when i use projector i connect it to the projector using
> component, I have my freeview which i don't think will work in my new
> house, my cctv will output composite i guess from my pc, and god knows
> what else.
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> so i'm looking for a box that will take a variety of input signals
> ideally and push them all out over one type of cable (if it can do a
> variety then all the better!!) now if i was able to spec component as
> the output then i would have to buy a new tv!! LOL only really
> looking at three or four outputs max,=20
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> so can anyone tell me what one of these is called, have seen talk of
> video distribution but didn't think that included the changing of
> cables etc,=20
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> any specific models wihtout spending the world or am i dreaming!?!
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> I seem to remember that some amplifiers can kind of do this? is that
> right,=20
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> thanks
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> Noel
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