Hdmi via cat5e

[b1nary]

Hey anybody ever use these or anything like this http://www.aavara.com/en/products/hdmi.php?id=13.

Im wondering how much bandwidth does it consume on your network overall if your streaming video the whole time?

Or is there anything similar anyone can advise I use.The setup is 3 Tv's that need video cloned from one pc?

 

[RoganDawes]

It doesn't run via your existing Ethernet infrastructure, it simply uses a media convertor to allow HDMI signals to be conveyed over a Cat5e cable. You would need to run a dedicated cable from source to sink, add the adapters on either end, and you're done.

Edit: Hmmm, I take that back, clearly it does use your existing LAN. No idea how much bandwidth it would use. I'd expect it to be high, though.

 

[bruce_the_loon]

HDMI.org rates 1080p at 4.46Gbps, so it might cause issues going through a 100Mbps switch.

 

[ToxicBunny]

You want to go to 3 TVs from 1 source?

You will need the following : http://www.hdcabling.co.za/powered-hdmi-splitter-1x4-4-outputs-with-3d-support-hdcp-v12-p-370.html

and then depending on distance from the source to the destination, you can either run straight HDMI, or you would need 3 of these : http://www.hdcabling.co.za/hdmi-bal...50-meter-720p1080i-hdcp-12-hdmi-v13-p-53.html

 

[Pada]

I'd also love to know how the quality is of that HDMI over IP device, because then it'll be limited to 1Gbps, where as the typical devices are HDMI over Cat5e/6, which could use higher analog bandwidth than 1Gbps.

 

[HavocXphere]

I'd also love to know how the quality is of that HDMI over IP device, because then it'll be limited to 1Gbps, where as the typical devices are HDMI over Cat5e/6, which could use higher analog bandwidth than 1Gbps.

Without some kind of encoding on both ends its going to blow since HDMI is uncompressed. If you do encode it then it had better have some serious power available to encode it on the fly into something reasonably usable. It just strikes me as an all-round horrible idea tbh.

@OP Rather split/boost the existing signal and use HDMI all the way. If its protected content then it'll be a major mission regardless of what you do. Since your feeding it from a PC it should be fine though on that front.

 

[ToxicBunny]

I use the 2 items listed above (in my previous post), and the quality is 100%...


And its used to distribute HDCP signal from DSTV.

 

[GerardCasimali]

I hate the HDMI ethernet extenders, simply because it's not always a plug and play device. The big boys should import the KVM HDMI Extender http://www.networktechinc.com/images/st-c6usbhu-300.jpg which is a much better option that they use in america but quite expensive.

 

[chrisc]

When installing these extenders, I have always used Cat6 cable. I did one job using Cat5e and found when the extractor fan was switched on, sparkles appeared on the screen. Cat6 fixed that, and the price difference is marginal

 

[Ice2Cool]

Hey anybody ever use these or anything like this http://www.aavara.com/en/products/hdmi.php?id=13.

Im wondering how much bandwidth does it consume on your network overall if your streaming video the whole time?

Or is there anything similar anyone can advise I use.The setup is 3 Tv's that need video cloned from one pc?

Ellies and SpaceTV sell a HDMI splitter which works over Cat5. Its not the best system out there, but its cheap and it works (at least for some period of time)

 

[Esquire]

Hey anybody ever use these or anything like this http://www.aavara.com/en/products/hdmi.php?id=13.

Im wondering how much bandwidth does it consume on your network overall if your streaming video the whole time?

Or is there anything similar anyone can advise I use.The setup is 3 Tv's that need video cloned from one pc?

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