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Great, all I can add is always run Cat 6 instead of 5; it is a much better
and NOT much more expensive solution. To do my house, I bought a reel of
1,000 feet at Fry's electronics for $179.00 and plan to use the leftover one
day soon to redo our offices when we upgrade the VPN router to one with
gigabit ports. Several of the newer PCs have a gigabit lan port, but for $5
to $15 you can buy a PCI card to do so on any PC running XP MC or Pro, or
Vista Premium or better. Stay away from Home if you want to network the PC;
it's not worth the effort, believe me.
Jordan Meschkow
[email protected]
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From: HDTV Magazine On Behalf Of
Dan Vining
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 3:01 PM
To: HDTV Magazine
Subject: Re: Wireless HD server
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The HDMI CAT-5 Extreme from Gefen will (according to specs) provide 1080P up
to 150' while 1080i can run up to 200'. Uses two CAT 5 or 6 runs between
the two converters.
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From: HDTV Magazine On Behalf Of
Rodolfo La Maestra
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 11:29 PM
To: HDTV Magazine
Subject: Re: Wireless HD server
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Jordan,
Ahhh.
I am already imagining your message "overwrite" after the super-flash
download of an HD movie on the IPTV DVR; that will be the day.
Besides, Cat 5 by itself has being quoted by the "all with Cat 5" followers
like God, anything goes with Cat 5.
I have a friend that has 6 cats and one was named Cat 5, I am serious.
It is even sold to perform HDMI connectivity, although so far up to 1080i,
not 1080p at any frame rate, not yet but is coming.
Heck, the only thing they did not sell yet for Cat 5 is doing hamburgers on
the receiving room. Although you have to like them rare all the time.
Just kidding, I needed a break from my keyboard.
Best Regards,
Rodolfo La Maestra
-----Original Message-----
From: HDTV Magazine On Behalf Of
Jordan Meschkow
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 11:01 PM
To: HDTV Magazine
Subject: Re: Wireless HD server
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All I can say about how fast Cat 6 is, is that we changed out our router
from a 10/100 to a 10/100/1000 (gigabit) and an 8-port gigabit switch and
cabled the house with Cat 6 (I don't know which one) and now, downloads
(copying) from machine to machine, is like copying on one from one directory
to another. A whole folder of 2-4 MB photos copies in less than 10 seconds.
Sometimes the "copying" window is never seen, and when you do it, again, it
says "overwrite?"
While fiber may be fast, no PC network connection that I know of can use it,
and some of our newer PCs needed gigabit network cards ($5-15 each) and
disabling of the 10/100 ones whether on board or not. It was all worth it
so all of us get a 7Mbps cable connection (I do get 1.5 MB download rates
from some sites, 894 Kbps from others) and a faster file transfer or copy
speed.
Jordan Meschkow
[email protected]
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From: HDTV Magazine On Behalf Of
Joseph Azar
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 8:25 PM
To: HDTV Magazine
Subject: Re: Wireless HD server
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But you need to tell them the liabilities of higher category cable. I would
suggest running fiber with any category cable as not only is fiber the next
cabling system, there are hardware systems now that allow home use. All
without the physical and electrical liabilities of copper.
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Bowling
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 9:50 PM
To: HDTV Magazine
Subject: Re: Wireless HD server
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Both Cat 5 and Cat 5e (enhanced) are specified to 100 MHz. Cat 5e has
tighter specifications for Near End Cross Talk (NEXT) and Far End Cross Talk
(FEXT).
Cat 6 is specified to 250 MHz. Additional parameters include ELNEXT,
ELFEXT, PSELNEXT and PSELFEXT, Delay Skew and Propagation Delay.
Cat 6a was ratified last summer. This cable is specified out to 500 MHz.
As you advance in categories, you get better Signal to Noise (S/N) ratios.
I just re-cabled my house with the new SYSTIMAX SCS 10XD (10 Gigabit)
cabling system.
I was using Cat 6 with the Intelix V3AD HD Component Video Adapters and
Intelix HDMI adapters.
There is definitely improvement using Cat 6a over Cat 5e and Cat 6.
-----Original Message-----
From: HDTV Magazine On Behalf Of
Aaron W. Thompson
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 11:24 PM
To: HDTV Magazine
Subject: Re: Wireless HD server
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Does anyone use CAT5 any more? Isn't the minimun Cat5e now?
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Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 10:40 PM
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> How could he accomplish with Cat5? Thanks
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> On 2/14/07 9:48 PM, "Sue & Gordy Tyler" <
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>>
>> The techs will test the coax
>> Sometimes they can replace just the connectors and get it to work
>> RG6 is recommended, but RG59 may work if the runs are short.
>> They will run new coax if required.
>> The HD DVR does not have a COAX output
>> You can buy the Multi-Room DVR option, but only SD boxes can be used for
>> clients (stay tuned)
>> This works by using MoCA technology (IP over the COAX)
>>
>> I am assuming that you don't want to or can't run CAT5 to your TV
>> locations
>> since you are asking about wireless options. I wouldn't recommend
>> wireless
>> for this application.
>> You can use baluns with HDMI or component video outputs to send signals a
>> long distance over CAT5 wiring.
>>
>> Anyone with Verizon FiOS questions can talk to me on google talk:
>> gordon.j.tyler
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: HDTV Magazine On Behalf Of
>> Thomas B Kemp
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 1:33 PM
>> To: HDTV Magazine
>> Subject: Wireless HD server
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>> Hopefully within the next month or so I should be able to get Verizon
>> FiOS
>> TV. I have done a bit of research regarding what they have available
>> from a
>> hardware point of view. It appears that they do have a wireless video
>> server available but not for HD. I have four HD sets and do not want to
>> have four STBs as only my wife and I live in the house. Two HD STB's
>> would
>> be preferable with one of them being an HD-DVR which I believe Verizon
>> does
>> offer. Based on what I believe to be correct information, Verizon
>> doesn't
>> fish any walls. I am a bit concerned that when I wired the house with
>> coax
>> almost 35 years ago when it was built I used coax that MIGHT not be the
>> currently required coax to carry the Verizon FiOS video signal. I assume
>> that there are different types of coax with different impedance ratings.
>> Can anyone shed any light on this? Ideally what I would like to do is
>> put
>> an STB with RF remote capability in the attic where the individual room
>> cabling is homed from. I would then distribute the video to the existing
>> coax wiring that goes to three of the four TV locations. Is there a
>> viable
>> splitter that could be used to split/amplify (?) the HD digital signal
>> coming out of the STB? I would also add a second STB with HD-DVR
>> capability
>> at the fourth location. IF my existing coax isn't the correct type then
>> I
>> would like to pursue wireless HD. Can anyone recommend what I could
>> use to connect to the output of the STB and be able to broadcast HD to
>> receivers throughout the house? Could I have two wireless HD
>> transmitters/servers broadcasting on different frequencies to different
>> HD
>> receivers that would then be connected to the HD sets? Does such
>> equipment
>> even exist yet?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tom
>>
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