hdmi and component over cat5 or 6

[teckman02]

i want to know if anyone knows of some video senders that can run video over cat5.... i have found a few but the ones that i have found they you should not run from a switch or router, only over a single cable .....does anyone know of any that can be run over a switch or router

[Lee Stewart]

i want to know if anyone knows of some video senders that can run video over cat5.... i have found a few but the ones that i have found they you should not run from a switch or router, only over a single cable .....does anyone know of any that can be run over a switch or router

Here you go:

http://www.hdtvsupply.com/hdtocaad.html

[AV_Integrated]

Lee... I'm not sure you got what he was asking.

No, there aren't extenders which I am aware of which allow you to send HDMI over ETHERNET. Ethernet, through a switch/router is not the same as video baluns, or Cat-5 converters for video.

Digital video, uncompressed on HDMI, is not the same format (at all) as what is carried over cat-5, and the conversion to a format which would be network compatible would be extremely expensive, and likely would be at a bandwidth which would far exceed your network capabilities.

That is, 1080p video can be measured over 2Gbs for the video, which doesn't include the packet requirements for Ethernet and doesn't include all the timing issues related to Ethernet.

For conversion of analog video, including component HD, over Ethernet you can try something like a SlingBox.

This really sounds like what you are after, and it won't deliver pixel perfect results, but will deliver video over a Ethernet network.

http://www.slingbox.com/go/slingbox-prohd-connections

[teckman02]

i may just go the extender route i guess that i will have to run an extra cat6 cable .... it would have been nice to be able to take the extender unit to another room in the house and whtch what is on the tv or something anywhere i have cat5 cable ran to every room for computer systems

[AV_Integrated]

While it would have been nice - it is not the way that digital video works. Digital != Ethernet so you can't realistically expect to find something easily, or cheap.

But, the HDMI over Cat-5/6 extenders do work and you can find some over at Monoprice that are pretty nice for the money - also some great pre-fab cat-6 cables.

I keep thinking of getting a Slingbox just to try it out. They do look pretty nifty for access anywhere streaming capabilities.

[Nded]

The technology to distribute HDMI over an Ethernet LAN network through a network switch is now available. It is called HDMI over IP. Here is a demonstration video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0LNaUdWnCA

This technology was reported on Engadget at http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/j...over-ip-solut/

You can purchase them online from places like www.hdtvsupply.com or www.markertek.com.

[Coolpplse]

I looked further into the website since I was interested in that idea and found that JPEG2000 compression was applied to the video signal in order to fit it in a 100mbps/1Gbps ethernet network...