Re: Whole house wiring - revisted HDTV

[Mike C <michaeljc70@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jul 5, 7:22 pm, Michelle P
<thecatsandiSPAMMEIFYOUD...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Mike C wrote:
> > I wired my whole house to a media closet about 5 yrs ago using RG6 and
> > CAT5. Now I am looking to use HDMI outputs from a PC and DVD to
> > distibute to LCD and Plasma tvs.  Is there a reasonably cost effective
> > way to do this?  I have seen CAT5 to HDMI converter for $500, but that
> > is way to expensive in my opinion.  I have 2 RG6 and 1 CAT5 to work
> > with.
>
> > What are people using these days for whole house video?
>
> Different Idea...
> Set up a media server with Apple TVs or sling boxes on the  network.
>
> Michelle

That may be the way to go. Can you use multiple SlingBoxes from one PC
at the same time? I would need to be able to stream 2 different
programs to 2 different tvs.

I am waiting for Media Extenders for Vista to come out. I know for XP
they did support multiple on one network. That would allow access to
video on the PC as well as live TV (with enough tuners for each TV fed
to).