RE: Confused with Video distribution

["Paul Gale" <groups2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Most importantly, what's your budget? There are many ways of doing
this.

What I've done is use a matrix A/V switcher (Extron MAV128) as the hub and
feed all the sources into this. The switcher is only composite with stereo
but that's plenty good enough for most standard TV's and smaller LCD's. The
longer distance feeds and outputs to the different rooms run via Cat5e
structured cabling and I use a pair of Keith Doxey's Kat5 units to
distribute the video and stereo signals through the Cat5. I also have a
variety of other kit including a component switcher with digital audio
capability. Signals are still fed by Kat5 units again as they can cope with
pretty much any signal as long as you have enough connections.

http://www.kat5.tv/

Cost isn't cheap though as I've spend a good few grand on all the kit so
far. As I said though, there are lots of other solutions but you will get
what you pay for.


Paul.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Paul Bendall
> Sent: 13 September 2007 12:00
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Confused with Video distribution
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> I have tried to work this out for myself reading previous threads
> but just get myself more and more confused.
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> AIM:
> Move the DVD, Video and Sky+ box into the garage and out of the
> living room. Allow IR control between the rooms (will use Cortex
> modules for Receiving and Sending). Feed the video signal back to
> the living room to a wallplate and have a signal cable feed the TV.
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> In addition the main bedroom should also be fed with DVD, Video and
> analogue TV stations. Plus be able to view the same Sky+ station as
> is on the main TV.
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> So firstly what wall-plate and cabling should I wire between rooms
> and garage, coaxial, S-Video, SCART? How do I present from wall-
> plate to TV, co-axial, S-Video, SCART?
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> Can I switch video signals so for example DVD is going to bedroom
> whilst Sky+ is going to lounge. Or Sky+ is going to both bedroom and
> lounge?
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> I would like to scale in the future to kitchen, bedrooms 2 / 3 / 4.
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> Don't want to loose picture quality by using UHF.
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> Paul
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