I have a "poor man's" video distribution setup. My house is wired for both cable service and DirecTV. Since I'm not using cable service, I use it as my video distribution. Instead of plugging the cable into the "in" on my downstairs TiVo, I plug it into the "out". Then I bought an RF remote, and I can watch and control the TiVo from any room in the house. Just for good measure, I have a signal amplifier between the TiVo and the cable splitter. If your house is already wired for cable service and you're not using it, that might be a decent option. The quality isn't great, but it isn't bad either.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 9:43 AM, L. V. Lammert <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lvl@omnitec.net">lvl@omnitec.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Tue, 1 Dec 2009, Tim Perdue wrote:<br>
<br>
> I wondered if any of the other geeks have found a good solution to<br>
> in-home HD Video Distribution.<br>
><br>
</div><div class="im">> Having an electrician out to run component jacks everywhere is a<br>
> possibility, but it would be slicker to do something over ethernet.<br>
><br>
</div>It might be worth doing some sniffing around your provider - Charter, for<br>
example, is going to 'Switched Digital Video' for all HD channels here in<br>
St. Louis, which will negate the cable card we're now using for HD.<br>
<br>
Won't be long before accessing any outside program source will require an<br>
STB. Uverse, for example, already provides distribution-over-ethernet.<br>
<br>
Lee<br>
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