HDMI Sender?

[Silent1]

Is there a way to send an HDMI feed from a sky hd box across the house and into another tv?

I'd rather send one cable around the house than have to relocate the sky box as it would involve some fairly serious lnb cable rerouting due to where the minidish is mounted and the sheer size of the house.

I've already got coax from the room the current sky+ box is in and going to where I want the new HD to be displayed.
So could i use that for the sky eye and run a HDMI cable alongside it, what is the max length?
Wireless senders are out due to too many wireless bits of hardware, doing it over powerlines is out as well as I use that for powerline networking.

ETA. failing that, what would sky charge to come out and upgrade a box and at the same time move it to a different room?

Edited by Silent1 on Sunday 3rd October 05:15

[headcase]

There isnt a max length for HDMI, its all down to the quality of cable used and the quality of the device supplying the HDMI signal in the 1st place. There are other options like HDMI over cat5, Keene do HDMI over co-ax but its quite expensive.

[cjs]

I have run HDMI up to 15m without issues, have also had some success up to 20m. I would lay the cable out over the floor first to check it works, before installing permanently!

[Silent1]

Is there such a thing as outdoor HDMI leads or will the standard one do?
As ideally I want to run it outside along the coax and then back in using the same/trunking

[Driller]

Have a look here:

http://cpc.farnell.com/_/av18496/hdmi-over-cat5/dp...

I'm not sure but I think the price is for 1 and you'll obviously need two. Further down the page they have them with built in IR blaster too.

Just bung in a bit of CAT5e.

Best price I've found.

ETA Price is for both a transmitter and receiver (click on "further info")

Edited by Driller on Sunday 3rd October 17:57

[Silent1]

Driller said:

Have a look here:

http://cpc.farnell.com/_/av18496/hdmi-over-cat5/dp...

I'm not sure but I think the price is for 1 and you'll obviously need two. Further down the page they have them with built in IR blaster too.

Just bung in a bit of CAT5e.

Best price I've found.

ETA Price is for both a transmitter and receiver (click on "further info")

Edited by Driller on Sunday 3rd October 17:57

I presume that's just an adapter and you couldn't actually run that over a cat5 network? If so then it's not for me

[Driller]

Silent1 said:

Driller said:

Have a look here:

http://cpc.farnell.com/_/av18496/hdmi-over-cat5/dp...

I'm not sure but I think the price is for 1 and you'll obviously need two. Further down the page they have them with built in IR blaster too.

Just bung in a bit of CAT5e.

Best price I've found.

ETA Price is for both a transmitter and receiver (click on "further info")

Edited by Driller on Sunday 3rd October 17:57

I presume that's just an adapter and you couldn't actually run that over a cat5 network? If so then it's not for me

You asked if you could send an HDMI feed across the house to another TV. This will allow you to run your HDMI signal through a CAT5e cable to a tv at the other end at anything up to 60m (with a cat6 cable).

An equivalent length of HDMI cable (if it exists) would be prohibitively expensive.
You're welcome.

Edited by Driller on Sunday 3rd October 18:10

[Plotloss]

Driller said:

Silent1 said:

Driller said:

Have a look here:

http://cpc.farnell.com/_/av18496/hdmi-over-cat5/dp...

I'm not sure but I think the price is for 1 and you'll obviously need two. Further down the page they have them with built in IR blaster too.

Just bung in a bit of CAT5e.

Best price I've found.

ETA Price is for both a transmitter and receiver (click on "further info")

Edited by Driller on Sunday 3rd October 17:57

I presume that's just an adapter and you couldn't actually run that over a cat5 network? If so then it's not for me

You asked if you could send an HDMI feed across the house to another TV. This will allow you to run your HDMI signal through a CAT5e cable to a tv at the other end at anything up to 60m (with a cat6 cable).

You're welcome.

It's a point to point sender, rather than a packet switched solution, which is what Oli is seeking clarification on.

There are both types available.

[Plotloss]

Oh and by the way, they're chinese and crap.

[Silent1]

Plotloss said:

Driller said:

Silent1 said:

Driller said:

Have a look here:

http://cpc.farnell.com/_/av18496/hdmi-over-cat5/dp...

I'm not sure but I think the price is for 1 and you'll obviously need two. Further down the page they have them with built in IR blaster too.

Just bung in a bit of CAT5e.

Best price I've found.

ETA Price is for both a transmitter and receiver (click on "further info")

Edited by Driller on Sunday 3rd October 17:57

I presume that's just an adapter and you couldn't actually run that over a cat5 network? If so then it's not for me

You asked if you could send an HDMI feed across the house to another TV. This will allow you to run your HDMI signal through a CAT5e cable to a tv at the other end at anything up to 60m (with a cat6 cable).

You're welcome.

It's a point to point sender, rather than a packet switched solution, which is what Oli is seeking clarification on.

There are both types available.

Thanks Matt
What would you recommend as a solution not involving connecting it to my network. Cost isn't an issue but if it can be done for £100 and is 90% as good as £1000 as it's only for when the main TV is occupied

[Plotloss]

Remember it doesn't mean you can watch two different Sky channels at once.

The Octava Cat5 point to point jobs aren't bad. Require two Cat5e cables.

There are single cable solutions available but they're more expensive.

[Silent1]

Plotloss said:

Remember it doesn't mean you can watch two different Sky channels at once.

The Octava Cat5 point to point jobs aren't bad. Require two Cat5e cables.

There are single cable solutions available but they're more expensive.

Oh I know, basically I want to upgrade my sky box, I've already got 1 hd box but this is another one and it's just standard sky+ so what I want to do is send HD to the other tv, currently it's got coax doing this but obviously that can only handle standard definition

[Plotloss]

keep the coax, to send the magic eye signal, run two cat5e as well, robert's your aunty's live in lover

[Silent1]

Perfect
I take it these are te octava cat5/6 HDMI adapters you're talking about?

[Plotloss]

Silent1 said:

Perfect
I take it these are te octava cat5/6 HDMI adapters you're talking about?

Yes but that's a confusing item description.

Check it's both a transmitter and reciever. You need both parts.

That one does IR too, so you could ditch the coaxial.

[Silent1]

Plotloss said:

Silent1 said:

Perfect
I take it these are te octava cat5/6 HDMI adapters you're talking about?

Yes but that's a confusing item description.

Check it's both a transmitter and reciever. You need both parts.

That one does IR too, so you could ditch the coaxial.

Once I'm back at home I'll send them an email and find out.

Thanks mate

[zollburgers]

I'll be surprised if anyone else replies incase they get jumped on. Feel free to slag me off for commenting on this.

[Plotloss]

zollburgers said:

I'll be surprised if anyone else replies incase they get jumped on. Feel free to slag me off for commenting on this.

Eh?

Where is anyone being slagged off?

[Silent1]

zollburgers said:

I'll be surprised if anyone else replies incase they get jumped on. Feel free to slag me off for commenting on this.

Why?
Im genuinely seeking advice, do I give off the vibe that I don't like communicating with people on PH as I can assure you that's not the case.
I'm really rather bemused, does it look like the thread has an ulterior motive or something?

I just tried to start a thread asking for help with all the details i thought people would need, nothing more nothing less

Edited by Silent1 on Monday 4th October 01:01

[VEX]

Check with Joe or John at 'the media factory' near Edinbourgh who are the official Octavian importers