[chbot] OT....what should it cost?

[Mark Atherton]

Couple of more thoughts:

What is the planned life for the installation ? Will analogue be dead 
soon, if so when ? - look how fast CRTs have been displaced... what 
about SKY gear etc.

Are there any other ways of managing the process where upgrading or 
replacing a small number of pieces of equipment will drop the overall 
system installation cost and improve longevity?

-Mark

At 07:40 PM 1/26/2011, you wrote:

>Hey all, some interesting points raised by various people which i'll
>address here.
>
>First, Let me clarify what I'm trying to achieve.
>
>I currently have a mysky box in the living room and tv's in two of the
>bedrooms.
>I'm using video senders to share that with the bedroom and get the IR
>signal back.
>It works after a fashion but suffers due to interference from various
>devices (wifi, cordless mouse, microwave etc).
>Problems range from annoying pops and clicks to full video dropout, plus
>the IR back is unreliable.
>
>So my main goal is to have mysky available in every room optimised for
>the following
>      Picture quality
>      IR controller reliability
>      cost
>      future proof-ness.
>
>The mysky box is down one end of the house, but there is a central
>closet that would be a better place for it.
>The mysky box is the non-HD one and doesn't have an HDMI output. Only 2
>of the 3 tv's have hdmi inputs.
>
>I saw this at jaycar and it seemed just the thing.
>http://www.jaycar.co.nz/productView.asp?ID=AC1648
>
>So, assuming the sky box is moved to the central point, the cable back
>to the living room is 20m (that's up the wall, over the roof space and
>down again)
>The bedrooms are back to back and can be reached from underneath (most
>of the house is on piles) The run is 10m under the floor an up into the
>closet.
>
>Ok, so its 5x coax per run, but its only 200m. Jaycar has that $1.5/m
>http://www.jaycar.co.nz/productView.asp?ID=WB2009
>
>so back to question time.....
>Is that setup likely to work in terms of picture quality?
>
>I think the materials for that setup shouldn't be more than $400. The
>quote I've had is $2200
>
>I'm open to alternatives provided they will give the necessary reliability.
>I'm suspicious of boxes that claim to do it all over a cat5e (eg.
>http://www.jaycar.co.nz/productView.asp?ID=QC3684 ).
>I don't reckon they'll give acceptable quality but let me know if anyone
>has had good experiences with those.
>
>Thanks all for your time.
>C
>
>On 25/01/2011 10:27 p.m., Mark Atherton wrote:
> > for component video (RGBHV) you may need up to 5 runs of coax.
> >
> > Then it needs pulling and terminating each end.
> >
> > is the 20m the overall run  (up, across down + tails) or point to
> > point distance ?
> >
> > Also a 100m reel of 75 ohm coax is going to be much cheaper than 
> by-the-metre
> >
> > What wall plates to you want (SCART, BNC, RCA) ?
> >
> > You can also get single sheathed component coax which is quite
> > expensive which may be what is being quoted.
> >
> > what about future updates - HDMI etc, is analog short sighted ?
> >
> > What about the audio channels 2, 6, 8,
> >
> > -Mark
> >
> >
> >
> > At 06:11 PM 1/25/2011, you wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Team,
> >>
> >> I'm trying to get a quote for wiring my house for multi room AV.
> >> I get a distinct feeling that what I'm getting is a "go away" price.
> >>
> >> The longest run is about 20m and I want to do component video over that
> >> distance.
> >>
> >> What should a suitable coax cable cost per meter?
> >>
> >> If anyone is experienced in this area I'd really like a chance to chat
> >> off the board about it.
> >> Thanks
> >> Carl.
> >
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