Cable Choice Question

[New]

Hello,
I am moving my components (DTV, DVD, TiVo ect) from under the TV to another
room. Need suggestion on cabling. For now I am just going to use speakers in
plasma, so is it better to run cables from each componet by Svideo and
direct cabling, or get a surroud receiver for now, plug all into it and run
one run to plasma?

Thanks JR

[Lucas Tam]

"New" <gaspower@aol.com> wrote in
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> Hello,
> I am moving my components (DTV, DVD, TiVo ect) from under the TV to
> another room. Need suggestion on cabling. For now I am just going to
> use speakers in plasma, so is it better to run cables from each
> componet by Svideo and direct cabling, or get a surroud receiver for
> now, plug all into it and run one run to plasma?


It would be easier to route everything through your receiver - you'll
only have one run to your Plasma TV.

Perhaps take a look at Cat5 + baluns? This method will allow you to
upgrade to Component or DVI when you get High definition video. In
anycase, Cat5 is a good choice for long run S-video.

Another choice is to run several RG-6 cables which can be used for
component video or composite video. I'm not sure if there is a way to
send svideo over RG-6 though.






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[Pagan]

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> "New" <gaspower@aol.com> wrote in
> news:rlQId.14676$5R.2098@newssvr21.news.prodigy.co m:
>
> > Hello,
> > I am moving my components (DTV, DVD, TiVo ect) from under the TV to
> > another room. Need suggestion on cabling. For now I am just going to
> > use speakers in plasma, so is it better to run cables from each
> > componet by Svideo and direct cabling, or get a surroud receiver for
> > now, plug all into it and run one run to plasma?
>
>
> It would be easier to route everything through your receiver - you'll
> only have one run to your Plasma TV.
>
> Perhaps take a look at Cat5 + baluns? This method will allow you to
> upgrade to Component or DVI when you get High definition video. In
> anycase, Cat5 is a good choice for long run S-video.
>
> Another choice is to run several RG-6 cables which can be used for
> component video or composite video. I'm not sure if there is a way to
> send svideo over RG-6 though.

You can. The connectors are about $9 each. It takes two RG6 cables to run
S-video, as opposed to one CAT 5. Might be more cost effective to run CAT
5, but I don't recall how much those baluns cost. I'm also not sure whether
you can run DVI through RG6.

Pagan

[Lucas Tam]

"Pagan" <DirtySanchez@chonch.com> wrote in
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> You can. The connectors are about $9 each. It takes two RG6 cables
> to run S-video, as opposed to one CAT 5. Might be more cost effective
> to run CAT 5, but I don't recall how much those baluns cost. I'm also
> not sure whether you can run DVI through RG6.

Cat5 baluns are expensive - but they give you flexibility. Cat5 to
Component baluns are ~30.00 a pair (you'll need 3 pairs).

Svideo baluns are about the same price, but you'll only need one balun.

As for DVI/HD video, Cat5 baluns run about 250 - 350.00 a pair.

You can also get Baluns for just about anything, from BNC to Audio, to
combination S-video + audio.

RG-6 is probably easier, but Cat5 will defiately give you more flexiblity
(at an added cost).

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[Pagan]

"Lucas Tam" <REMOVEnntp@rogers.com> wrote in message
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> "Pagan" <DirtySanchez@chonch.com> wrote in
> news:10v86te25ga6ra3@corp.supernews.com:
>
> > You can. The connectors are about $9 each. It takes two RG6 cables
> > to run S-video, as opposed to one CAT 5. Might be more cost effective
> > to run CAT 5, but I don't recall how much those baluns cost. I'm also
> > not sure whether you can run DVI through RG6.
>
> Cat5 baluns are expensive - but they give you flexibility. Cat5 to
> Component baluns are ~30.00 a pair (you'll need 3 pairs).
>
> Svideo baluns are about the same price, but you'll only need one balun.
>
> As for DVI/HD video, Cat5 baluns run about 250 - 350.00 a pair.
>
> You can also get Baluns for just about anything, from BNC to Audio, to
> combination S-video + audio.
>
> RG-6 is probably easier, but Cat5 will defiately give you more flexiblity
> (at an added cost).

Thank you.

Fortunately, I can always run CAT 5, though now I'm using RG6 for everything
but my computer network.

Another question, how are these generally terminated? Are the baluns kept
in the wall and connected to wall plates? Or are they on plugs, with the
cable running to a plug to a wall plate? Also, will these signals pass
through a central patch panel, so they can be sent to any place in the
house?

Pagan

[Lucas Tam]

"Pagan" <DirtySanchez@chonch.com> wrote in
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> Another question, how are these generally terminated? Are the baluns
> kept in the wall and connected to wall plates? Or are they on plugs,
> with the cable running to a plug to a wall plate? Also, will these
> signals pass through a central patch panel, so they can be sent to any
> place in the house?
>

You terminate the jacks as if it were a data network. The baluns are
connected with a patch cable so as follows:

Jack -> Patch Cable -> Balun -> Back of Projector

Typically it is best to have direct runs, you can e-mail muxlab to see if
the baluns will work through a patch panel (my USB balun works fine on my
patch panel). However, these baluns will not work through a hub/switch.

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> "Pagan" <DirtySanchez@chonch.com> wrote in
> news:10va541ekbe7hf8@corp.supernews.com:
>
> > Another question, how are these generally terminated? Are the baluns
> > kept in the wall and connected to wall plates? Or are they on plugs,
> > with the cable running to a plug to a wall plate? Also, will these
> > signals pass through a central patch panel, so they can be sent to any
> > place in the house?
> >
>
> You terminate the jacks as if it were a data network. The baluns are
> connected with a patch cable so as follows:
>
> Jack -> Patch Cable -> Balun -> Back of Projector
>
> Typically it is best to have direct runs, you can e-mail muxlab to see if
> the baluns will work through a patch panel (my USB balun works fine on my
> patch panel). However, these baluns will not work through a hub/switch.

Thanks again!

Pagan

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