[Cialug] OT: In home video distribution

[Tim Wilson]

Oops, missed the part about your DVR being HD.  You won't get HD using my
method.  My TiVo is not HD, so it works great.

On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Tim Wilson <tim_linux at wilson-home.com>wrote:

> 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.
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 9:43 AM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 1 Dec 2009, Tim Perdue wrote:
>>
>> > I wondered if any of the other geeks have found a good solution to
>> > in-home HD Video Distribution.
>> >
>> > Having an electrician out to run component jacks everywhere is a
>> > possibility, but it would be slicker to do something over ethernet.
>> >
>> It might be worth doing some sniffing around your provider - Charter, for
>> example, is going to 'Switched Digital Video' for all HD channels here in
>> St. Louis, which will negate the cable card we're now using for HD.
>>
>> Won't be long before accessing any outside program source will require an
>> STB. Uverse, for example, already provides distribution-over-ethernet.
>>
>>        Lee
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