Need a solution to Transmit Audio/Video Wirelessly to a TV - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 22, 2013, 10:05:15 pm
content: Dur to a rule change,, we are now being screwed by the cable company. The FCC changed a rule that made the cable companies put on many lower channels tuneable by the TV tuner. I used this ability to watch news channels in several other rooms on TVs simply by running cable to these other rooms (and my garage). That is now impossible, as the cable company took advantage when this rule was removed and are forcing you to rent a box for each TV in each room. Cha-Ching!What I need is a way to transmit audio/video directly from the video output of one of the boxes and receive it on another TV. I will just turn on the cable box and set it to the channel I want to watch in the other room. Does anyone know of a consumer product that will do this?

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 22, 2013, 10:07:26 pm
content: What cable company is this? We don't have a single box between the cable and any TV in the house! (Time Warner in upstate New York)

author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 22, 2013, 10:14:24 pm
content: Quote from: c4757p on May 22, 2013, 10:07:26 pmCharter.Here's a news article that explains it -Quote

author: PeterG
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 23, 2013, 12:20:54 am
content: Sounds like you need one of these.http://www.ebay.com/sch/?_nkw=av%20sender&clk_rvr_mfe=searchI have used these with great success in the past.Regards

author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 23, 2013, 12:28:10 am
content: Quote from: PeterG on May 23, 2013, 12:20:54 amYea that's what I need. If you've used them then I'll take it they work OK.Thanks.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 23, 2013, 05:44:48 pm
content: So only one cable box needed, just get a remote blaster as well and you can control the box and change channels as well.Lucky you have "competition" in the telco sector.

author: codeboy2k
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 23, 2013, 10:03:44 pm
content: Quote from: xrunner on May 23, 2013, 12:28:10 amYears ago I tried a similar video sender, it was a 2.4Ghz model. The experience was really, really bad... It did not work at all for me, and that could have been environment related I guess, but I couldn't get it to work more than 1 room distance away.... beyond that it was fuzz and snow, just like 1976 againPerhaps a more powerful unit, or a different unit would have worked better, but I didn't experiment with all the different units on the market, and there wasn't very many at that time. Now there seems like more units available, and different frequencies too. I would prefer something lower than 2Ghz, say 900Mhz or 450Mhz but that would need a bigger antenna I guess. For consumer use, the small antennas of the 5GHz models are appealing in your living room.I just recommend you do your research first before you buy a particular brand, and see if you can find a review of it.good luck.

author: PeterG
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 23, 2013, 11:25:58 pm
content: The sender we used had a ir repeater built in. Very useful. But definitely research the models available before you spend the dollars.