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General => General discussion => Topic started by: R32UK on 11 February 2012, 12:25
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Is there anyway I can send a HD picture from my sky box to my tv upstairs?
I know you are all thinking pay for multi room you tight b*stard... but I really dont want another box in my room as it will not look right with the rest of my setup and I dont really have room for it. Not to mention I dont need multiroom as I can watch TV downstairs and upstairs at the same time.
I do however have a few powerlink network thingys around my house so could easily plug into a socket... just wondering if its possible thats all :undecided:
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Is there something called a slingbox that does this?
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not via wifi i dont think only way that would work is via pc not sky..... You can use something like this my friend has 1 and im pretty sure he said it works with SKY HD and you can take the remote upstairs and change chanels http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rimax-5-8GHz-Wireless-Sender-Receiver/dp/B001DZVJGA/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1328966644&sr=8-1-fkmr0
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a quick google brings up this thread...
http://forums.thedigitalfix.com/forums/showthread.php?t=575539 (http://forums.thedigitalfix.com/forums/showthread.php?t=575539)
which gives these results...
http://www.hdcable.co.uk/
http://www.hdcable.co.uk/hdmi/hdmi-distribution/hdmi-splitter
but also lists this...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002ECYEYA/thedvdforums-21 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002ECYEYA/thedvdforums-21)
which looks interesting
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Good shout on the hdmi splitter Guy this is the way to go but can get complicated.. Nice to see the prices have came down.. wasnt do long ago they were 3 times the price
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a quick google brings up this thread...
http://forums.thedigitalfix.com/forums/showthread.php?t=575539 (http://forums.thedigitalfix.com/forums/showthread.php?t=575539)
which gives these results...
http://www.hdcable.co.uk/
http://www.hdcable.co.uk/hdmi/hdmi-distribution/hdmi-splitter
but also lists this...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002ECYEYA/thedvdforums-21 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002ECYEYA/thedvdforums-21)
which looks interesting
Thanks guy.. I just wonder if I could then plug this into my powerlink. If so then thats exactly the kind of thing I would be looking for!
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Most likely HD Video over Cat5 wouldn't work through a homeplug/powerlink because it needs to be a direct point to point Cat5 cable.
If you want to run HDMI over Cat5, you want one of these:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Extender-SINGLE-Cat5e-network-cable/dp/B003YSW66Q/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1329142575&sr=8-2 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Extender-SINGLE-Cat5e-network-cable/dp/B003YSW66Q/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1329142575&sr=8-2)
Or here's a dirt cheap one:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Max-Value-1080P-Extender-CAT5E/dp/B0068FSE68/ref=pd_cp_ce_3 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Max-Value-1080P-Extender-CAT5E/dp/B0068FSE68/ref=pd_cp_ce_3)
And unless you have 2 HDMI outputs on your Sky box, you'll need an HDMI splitter.
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Most likely HD Video over Cat5 wouldn't work through a homeplug/powerlink because it needs to be a direct point to point Cat5 cable.
Yes.. this is just what I thought. :undecided:
For the price of that spliter though I may just give it a try... :smiley: