How do you use a TV over large distance from the PC?

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Hi OcUK,

This may be an attempt at the impossible but here's what I'm attempting to figuring out.

My PC is at the opposite side of the house to the TV, So to use a HDMI cable between them I'm looking at 30-40 meters. So far I've only found some very expensive claiming cables that'll work at that range or to be buying 15m cables then a booster box and repeat until I reach the TV, would you know a better solution? (I'm using a MSI GTX 970 so I only presume that using the HDMI would be treated as a 3rd monitor which is perfectly suitable)

If by some miracle you guys are able to help and I can use the TV as a 3rd monitor, the next problem would be. Would a wireless keyboard and mouse manage to reach the distance or is having walls in the way pretty much a no no?

Thank you in advance to anyone who's able to help.
 
joeyjojo said:
HDMI cables and boosters are one option, but not the one I'd choose first. I'd start by trying some of those ethernet/hdmi adaptors. Not used them but they seem legit.

http://lifehacker.com/5918457/hdmi-...ds-hdmi-connections-up-to-98-feet-saves-money

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Didn't think of that, Thanks!

Would be a lot cheaper to buy that and especially send it over a 1gb network cable. You wouldn't happen to know if it's perfectly fine with the audio it's sending across as well?

Edit: although looking at them on that weird coastal auction place, they cost the same as 40m hdmi cable with built in extensions :(
 
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pepp77 said:
What do you want to see on the TV from the PC?
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I'd want it to be another monitor, so be able to do anything I could, the same as sitting on the desk.

Currently I use the PS3 and software to send it over the network to watch some films or series but it's very picky on support, and when it comes to wanting to play a game with a controller I'd much more enjoy being able to do that on the TV and not my pc, I dont know of any other possible way to do that without doing the long hdmi and wireless mouse/keyboard.
 
Would be a bit of a faff but could you not just move the computer every time you wanted to have it on the TV?

Buy the same cables you need in the other room and leave them plugged in so you just literally move the box each time?
 
Biz.Kid09 said:
Would be a bit of a faff but could you not just move the computer every time you wanted to have it on the TV?

Buy the same cables you need in the other room and leave them plugged in so you just literally move the box each time?
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That would be back breaking, this case is heavier than my sofa (not true but feels like it)

Best thing I've managed to come up with is having those 2x Cat6 30m 1000 cables and hdmi adapter things, the 360 controller thankfully reaches.

Only issue now would be what wireless keyboard/mouse would manage reaching through the walls.

Life would be a lot easier if I could just drill through the brick wall to the front room but alas no drill for that.
 
I've used HDMI over CAT5e converters at work. They seem to be fine, but I wouldn't use them for streaming games or the like. (We've got it running a basic digital signage system with a BBC news feed for our reception area)
 
get a long hdmi, hdmi over ethernet, or wireless hdmi.
Get a long USB cable and stick a hub on the end of it, and then have the xbox and keyboard/mouse wireless devices plugged in (so thats its closer than 50m and no walls etc).

Other options, for films, you can run Plex as a server on PC and app on the Playstation.
Gaming, only other option I can think of is to get the cheapest box you can, intel NUC etc, and stream via steam. Costs a couple hundred though, so while a bit more than all the cables etc, it would probably be a nicer experience, and means you can use both at the same time :D
 
The hdmi over ethernet yes fine, I see that working. But USB leads, thats a 5m max isn't it? I don't see how to get the keyboard and mouse working at this distance. Though I will have a think. KVM of some description, maybe.

Right yes, a kvm would do this. Run over ethernet, hdmi and usb one. But they are not cheap looking at some options. Looking at around £200 (taking a very quick google search)
 
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darknite said:
The hdmi over ethernet yes fine, I see that working. But USB leads, thats a 5m max isn't it? I don't see how to get the keyboard and mouse working at this distance. Though I will have a think. KVM of some description, maybe.

Right yes, a kvm would do this. Run over ethernet, hdmi and usb one. But they are not cheap looking at some options. Looking at around £200 (taking a very quick google search)
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You can get USB repeaters. I have several 10m and a 15m cable, and can put a hub on the end, and plug in a load of stuff, and it all works fine. They are cheap for USB 2 ones, 3 are more expensive, and a bit more finicky with usb 3 devices running at usb 3 speeds.
 
Fair enough :-) I googled usb max length as didn't know the standard off the top of my head. Thinking of it we use usb to ethernet converters here to link interactive whiteboards on the other side of the room.
 
I'll go try the cheap method first and see how that goes, as long as the hdmi adapter and 30m cat6 cables can happily show the screen/play audio the only thing to then consider is a decent wireless kb/m.
 
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