Home Video Distribution

Hello all,

A friend is after setting up a home video distribution system.

Two sources, a multimedia PC tucked away upstairs along with a Sky+..
Three outputs; two plasma TV's & surround systems and a normal Hi-fi.

Quality of the system is the most important, so sending everything about
the place wirelessly or with RF would be a no-no :-)

There's plenty audio distribution systems on the web, but I'm struggling
to find one that'll do video. Anyone have any recommendations?

In article , Simon Dobson
wrote:

Hello all,

A friend is after setting up a home video distribution system.

Two sources, a multimedia PC tucked away upstairs along with a Sky+..
Three outputs; two plasma TV's & surround systems and a normal Hi-fi.

Quality of the system is the most important, so sending everything about
the place wirelessly or with RF would be a no-no :-)

There's plenty audio distribution systems on the web, but I'm struggling
to find one that'll do video. Anyone have any recommendations?

Have a look at
http://www.keene.co.uk/electronics/p...hp?mycat=10_95

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Roger Wilmut wrote:

In article , Simon Dobson
wrote:

Hello all,

A friend is after setting up a home video distribution system.

Two sources, a multimedia PC tucked away upstairs along with a Sky+..
Three outputs; two plasma TV's & surround systems and a normal Hi-fi.

Quality of the system is the most important, so sending everything
about the place wirelessly or with RF would be a no-no :-)

There's plenty audio distribution systems on the web, but I'm
struggling to find one that'll do video. Anyone have any
recommendations?

Have a look at
http://www.keene.co.uk/electronics/p...hp?mycat=10_95


Looks as if it can only handle one source at a time, though - or am I
missing something? Presumably the OP wants to distribute *both* sources at
the same time, and select which one to watch on ecah individual TV?
--
Cheers,
Roger
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In article , Roger Mills
wrote:

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Roger Wilmut wrote:

In article , Simon Dobson
wrote:

Hello all,

A friend is after setting up a home video distribution system.

Two sources, a multimedia PC tucked away upstairs along with a Sky+..
Three outputs; two plasma TV's & surround systems and a normal Hi-fi.

Quality of the system is the most important, so sending everything
about the place wirelessly or with RF would be a no-no :-)

There's plenty audio distribution systems on the web, but I'm
struggling to find one that'll do video. Anyone have any
recommendations?

Have a look at
http://www.keene.co.uk/electronics/p...hp?mycat=10_95


Looks as if it can only handle one source at a time, though - or am I
missing something? Presumably the OP wants to distribute *both* sources at
the same time, and select which one to watch on ecah individual TV?

The only way of doing that over video wiring is to have a
remote-controllable switcher and an infra-red extender to control it -
he would need one for each room and preventing the extenders from
interfering with each other would be a problem.

On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:16:57 +0000, Simon Dobson
mused:

Hello all,

A friend is after setting up a home video distribution system.

Two sources, a multimedia PC tucked away upstairs along with a Sky+..
Three outputs; two plasma TV's & surround systems and a normal Hi-fi.

Quality of the system is the most important, so sending everything about
the place wirelessly or with RF would be a no-no :-)

There's plenty audio distribution systems on the web, but I'm struggling
to find one that'll do video. Anyone have any recommendations?

There is a system about that'll do something very similar to that.
I've only got paper based literature on it, somewhere in the office.
IIRC the manufacturer only supplied to pre-approved installers, i.e.
not a DIY system.

Was your friend wanting this to be a slef install project?
--
Regards,
Stuart.

Lurch wrote:
On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:16:57 +0000, Simon Dobson
mused:

Hello all,

A friend is after setting up a home video distribution system.

Two sources, a multimedia PC tucked away upstairs along with a Sky+..
Three outputs; two plasma TV's & surround systems and a normal Hi-fi.

Quality of the system is the most important, so sending everything about
the place wirelessly or with RF would be a no-no :-)

There's plenty audio distribution systems on the web, but I'm struggling
to find one that'll do video. Anyone have any recommendations?

There is a system about that'll do something very similar to that.
I've only got paper based literature on it, somewhere in the office.
IIRC the manufacturer only supplied to pre-approved installers, i.e.
not a DIY system.

Was your friend wanting this to be a slef install project?

Hi Lurch,

Thanks for the reply. At the moment, he's open to either self-install or
getting a company in to do what he wants. If you've any links, companies
or other pointers I'd appreciate them.

Many thanks to Roger and Roger too.

S.

On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 02:46:12 +0000, Simon Dobson
mused:

Lurch wrote:
On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:16:57 +0000, Simon Dobson
mused:

Hello all,

A friend is after setting up a home video distribution system.

Two sources, a multimedia PC tucked away upstairs along with a Sky+..
Three outputs; two plasma TV's & surround systems and a normal Hi-fi.

Quality of the system is the most important, so sending everything about
the place wirelessly or with RF would be a no-no :-)

There's plenty audio distribution systems on the web, but I'm struggling
to find one that'll do video. Anyone have any recommendations?

There is a system about that'll do something very similar to that.
I've only got paper based literature on it, somewhere in the office.
IIRC the manufacturer only supplied to pre-approved installers, i.e.
not a DIY system.

Was your friend wanting this to be a slef install project?

Hi Lurch,

Thanks for the reply. At the moment, he's open to either self-install or
getting a company in to do what he wants. If you've any links, companies
or other pointers I'd appreciate them.

Information on the web is a bit scarce, it does have some very
flexible configuration options wrt sources and where you can send
them.

http://www.schneider.co.uk/internet/pws/literature.nsf/luAllByID/NBRY-6F4H4S/$file/Squared_D_LexCom_Home_Entertainment_networking_sys tem_brochure_SQD5628.pdf

If you have a location for him there are a couple of people available
for install that I know of.

--
Regards,
Stuart.