Re: Re: Confused with Video distribution

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

interesting thread ... it would be rally good to be able to
distribute video throughout the house ... HD & lesser images ... HD
&
lesser movies, security CCTV images, front-door video images,
Met.Office radar-maps, etc, etc ... 'though, have to say, the way to
do this is still far from clear !!

Chris


On 16 Sep 2007, at 13:04, Paul Gale wrote:

> Well my main AV room plasma is fed with component YUV rather than
> HDMI as it's an older plasma that doesn't have HDMI. I did run an
> HDMI cable to the LCD in the master bedroom but haven't really used
> it much yet (waiting for the loft conversion wiring to go in). The
> cable was around 15m IIRC - not sure the specs allow much more
> although you can get repeaters etc I believe. This is obviously OK
> while Sky HD allow analogue HD - but maybe in the future this could
> be a problem.
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> Paul.
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf
>> Of Paul Bendall
>> Sent: 16 September 2007 12:38
>> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Confused with Video distribution
>>
>> Paul,
>>
>> All very good points. For now S-Video is more than adequate and so
>> too is a 4:4 Matrix. I can run co-axial from the patch panel to
the
>> wall plates.
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>> However, I am also thinking about cable runs and considering if I
>> should have HDMI capable cable as this would seem to add some
future-
>> proofing for HD content in the future. I have found quite a lot of
>> info about running S-Video over coaxial for longish distances.
>> However, less for HDMI over the same sort of distances. What you
>> recommend cabling wise for HD carrying?
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Paul Gale" <groups2@...>
wrote:
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>>> You just need to think VERY long and hard before parting with
any
>> cash - what signals exactly do you want to distribute - are you
>> likely to upgrade a TV in one of the locations to HD in the future
>> etc? Whilst composite and S video are great for most places, I
>> already have HD capable displays in three locations. Good video is
a
>> bit of a thing for me anyway as I run a video production company.
>> Saying that, for every day viewing, it's hard to tell much of a
>> difference between a really good quality composite signal and
>> something better on most smaller TV's, so the cheaper composite
>> switchers may be a good choice if cash is an issue.
>>>
>>> If you can afford it - many of the bigger component switchers
can
>> also route composite and s video signals too - so they're a
>> good "cover all eventualities" choice :)
>>>
>>> I'd think carefully about the smaller 4 input/output switchers
-
>> are they really going to be big enough once you get into it? Are
you
>> likely to add another location? I also switch a few CCTV camera
>> feeds too - quite useful as you can view these feeds anywhere
>> without any other technology (although I also have a Geovision
CCTV
>> server). You may also want to think about other likely video feeds
-
>> text overlay from an HA controller like HomeVision, CCTV server
>> outputs etc.
>>>
>>> Paul.
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