Going HD but not near the TV feed

[RRS_Staffs]

Hi

I am about to buy an HD enabled TV to use with Sky
We currently have our Sky+ in a differnt room

Now I am lucky enough to have a spare room in the house which would make a superb den - the missus even agrees !!

The problem is the Sky feed is nowhere near
Its also at the other side of the house from the dish and I really really dont want the hassle of re-routing the lines
Part of the reason for this is that we are in a listed house and also in a conservation area
Getting the dish itself was a monumental hassle
There are also several other dull reasons as to why the feed couldnt just be swapped over by asking a contractor to do me a favour for 20 quid

Is there a way round this?

My knowledge of telly stuff and gadgets is 20y behind the times at best
I see many TVs are now wifi enabled and clever things like slingboxes do whatever clever stuff they do

Cheers!

[RichB]

Could you run an HDMI cable from the SkyHD box to the other room?

[RRS_Staffs]

Good thinking!

Theres really dodgy access through a couple of hatches in the cellar crawl space
I really wouldnt fancy it

[hairyben]

It'd be cheaper, better and more reliable to join onto the dish feeds and run coax's to re-site the decoder box at the new location rather than a HDMI. Long HDMI's are aggro and expensive, and you'll need a remote extender.

[RichB]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think you can do this i) HD doesn't use co-ax and ii) you can't just join into the dish.

[bigandclever]

If you have Sky+ at the moment, and you're getting a HDTV, will you be going to Sky+HD? I would imagine it makes a difference in what is most suitable for connection.

[RichB]

Ah I was assuming that, good question.