[mythtvnz] High quality cables

[Steve Holdoway]

I'd just keep the lengths as short as possible. Given the local climate,
I expect the backend will survive just fine in the roofspace.

You will need one of these to get the best out of your system...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/02/09/perfect_your_mp3_listening_pleasure_with_this_bonkers_ethernet_cable/


On Fri, 2015-02-13 at 13:55 +1300, Don Robertson wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Firstly, I found a post in my drafts folder about Kodi - I've given it a go 
> running from a usb stick and it is very cool. Thanks for suggesting it whoever 
> it was all that time ago. I am sticking with Myth for my front end - I like 
> Kodi's Youtube browser but - surprising for a Linux user -  find it does not 
> give me enough control over recording schedules.
> 
> Second, I am not a great believer in spending lots of money on high quality 
> cables - and I don't think wifi and emf signals are gong to kill me. Just ruin 
> my spelling.
> 
> But. I am moving my Mythbackend machine and my Silicon Dust HD Tuner to 
> another room. I was using an approx 10m cable to connect the Tuner to the 
> arial wall socket. I am now trying to run the same cable through the roof 
> space to the SD Tuner box. But when I do this, I am getting low signal 
> strengths and cannot lock onto some channels.
> 
> I have tried running it as far from electrical cables as I can - without much 
> (if any) improvement.
> 
> If I run a network cable to the AD Tuner and use the short antenna cable that 
> came with the Silicon Dust tuner, it is fine.
> 
> I also notice the Silicon Dust cable is fat, the antenna cables in the roof 
> space and the 10m cable are not as fat as this, but fatter than some other 
> antenna patch cables I have lying around. 
> 
> So - would the electrical cabling affect the antenna cable? Is the stuff used to 
> wire up the house of different quality to the stuff used to make the patch 
> cables? And is there any terminology I need to use when trying to find good 
> quality antenna cable? The stuff I have seen does not look all that fat - but 
> as I am always telling my wife, size isn't everything.
> 
> I am just wanting to make sure all this stuff works before I go putting in wall 
> sockets and feeding network cable to the front end and so forth. 
> 
> So any help appreciated. At the moment I have cable all over the floor, and 
> I'll have to do something about it fairly soon.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Don
> 
> _______________________________________________
> mythtvnz mailing list
> mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz
> http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/mythtvnz
> Archives http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/mythtvnz/

-- 
Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP
http://www.greengecko.co.nz
Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/steveholdoway
Skype: sholdowa