How to transmit / distribute HDMI?

mark66 · 2 Jul 2015 at 14:10

Hi,

My mother in law has just moved into a new house and her Sky box is on the opposite side of the living room to where she wants the TV. What options does she have, aside from pulling up the newly fitted carpets, to somehow get the signal to the TV? We would also prefer not to route ugly cables around edges of the room.

The previous owner had some sort of Infra-red device which transmitted the signal, but he seemed to think that were no longer available and I am wonder how well it would have worked anyway.

I thought HDMI Powerline plugs existed, which could transmit the signal through the ring mains but I can't seem to find any. Are there ways to convert HDMI to ethernet and then use this method?

Thoughts appreciated!

Grimley · 2 Jul 2015 at 15:01

mark66 said:
Hi,

Are there ways to convert HDMI to ethernet and then use this method?

Thoughts appreciated!

Yep. Do a search for cat5/6 HDMI extender. No idea if you can do this over mains as well though. The cheap ones, along with a couple of mains ethernet adaptors shouldn't break the bank.

lude1962 · 2 Jul 2015 at 15:01

lookup video sender
check connections on sky box and tv to see if compatible

hdmi over Ethernet doesn't use ip so cant use powerline adapters, just uses cat5 as a connecting medium

Confused · 2 Jul 2015 at 15:26

mark66 said:
I thought HDMI Powerline plugs existed, which could transmit the signal through the ring mains but I can't seem to find any. Are there ways to convert HDMI to ethernet and then use this method?

No. The HDMI->Ethernet adapters simply convert the signal into one capable of using the physical wires within ethernet cables.

Powerline adapters take IP traffic and allow transmission over the mains wiring.

Completely different, and a complete waste of money.

With a small amount of time and effort, you can re-route the satellite cables around the edge of the room, whilst keeping it almost invisible, with the use of some low-profile trunking such as the "D-Line" range, which is readily available from the likes of Screwfix

A much cheaper, neater, and more reliable method than anything you're thinking of.

GinG · 2 Jul 2015 at 16:13

In all honesty, I appreciate the carpets are newly laid...it really would be cheaper to pull them up, stuff cable under the skirting and pay a carper fitter £10 cash to put the carpets back good as new.