Comments on: A/V over Cat 5 http://www.sewellsupport.com/archives/av-over-cat-5 High-tech with a human touch Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:31:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Kevin http://www.sewellsupport.com/archives/av-over-cat-5#comment-9707 Kevin Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:53:27 +0000 http://www.sewellsupport.com/?p=157#comment-9707 I may be way under what you're trying to do, so bear with me but, would Media Lounge by D-Link accomplish anything close to what you're trying to do? I'd like to do similar local broadcasting of audio and video throughout my house and some outdoor speakers too. I believe Media Lounge is 802.11g Bluetooth so not sure how that would be for audio and video quality. The D-Link Model DSM-320 seems to be most popular. Would this require a BT receiver at each device? Please let me know what you think, or what is a good setup that is fairly simple, effective, flexible and not too expensive. Kevin I may be way under what you’re trying to do, so bear with me but, would Media Lounge by D-Link accomplish anything close to what you’re trying to do? I’d like to do similar local broadcasting of audio and video throughout my house and some outdoor speakers too. I believe Media Lounge is 802.11g Bluetooth so not sure how that would be for audio and video quality. The D-Link Model DSM-320 seems to be most popular. Would this require a BT receiver at each device? Please let me know what you think, or what is a good setup that is fairly simple, effective, flexible and not too expensive.

Kevin

]]> By: mark http://www.sewellsupport.com/archives/av-over-cat-5#comment-2370 mark Mon, 04 Dec 2006 16:12:08 +0000 http://www.sewellsupport.com/?p=157#comment-2370 Sorry for the late reply. There are a few additional considerations, such as what connections are on the TV, and the application/quality. $200 might be a little low, CAT5 extenders are generally fairly expensive, especially for video. The simplest solution would be a VGA + audio extender, <a href="http://sewelldirect.com/VGA-plus-audio-to-RJ45-Balun.asp">SW-4399 </a>and <a href="http://sewelldirect.com/RJ45-to-VGA-Audio-Balun.asp">SW-4403</a>. That is assuming that you have a VGA input on the TV. While maintaining the highest video quality, it would run about $270. Another simple option woud be the <a href="http://sewelldirect.com/wireless-pc-to-tv.asp">Wireless PC to TV</a>. It would send both video and audio, but would not use the CAT5 wiring. The quality would not be as high as the VGA extender, but it is about half the cost. ($139.95) Other options in between would probably require a combination of <a href="http://sewelldirect.com/Video/PCtoTV">PC to TV converters </a>and <a href="http://sewelldirect.com/Baluns/Mixed">video/audio baluns</a>, again depending on the available connections and the desired end quality. Sorry for the late reply. There are a few additional considerations, such as what connections are on the TV, and the application/quality. $200 might be a little low, CAT5 extenders are generally fairly expensive, especially for video.

The simplest solution would be a VGA + audio extender, SW-4399 and SW-4403. That is assuming that you have a VGA input on the TV. While maintaining the highest video quality, it would run about $270.

Another simple option woud be the Wireless PC to TV. It would send both video and audio, but would not use the CAT5 wiring. The quality would not be as high as the VGA extender, but it is about half the cost. ($139.95)

Other options in between would probably require a combination of PC to TV converters and video/audio baluns, again depending on the available connections and the desired end quality.

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