very long monitor cables

Ish · 3 May 2006 at 23:21

Is there any hardware that will allow me to do this or any other way of doing it bearing in mind budget is an issue?

I have 1 pc running a powerpoint presentation in a continuous loop. I have 4 or 5 tft monitors I want to display this presentation on BUT the problem is the tft's are varying lengths away from the machine from 10 metres to 200 metres.

How can i send the video signal to all the monitors?
Will the signal travel over a 200m cable and can i even get a monitor cable that long or do i need something to amplify the signal etc??

cheers

HEADRAT · 4 May 2006 at 04:55

You would be better off distributing the VGA singal via CAT5.

HEADRAT

Ish · 4 May 2006 at 08:17

Can you give me an idea of what kind of equipment i would need to do this over cat5. any links would be much appreciated

stu4691 · 4 May 2006 at 08:32

I don't think Overclockers do them, but what you need are video extenders. You might need to go to a more specialized company.

HEADRAT · 4 May 2006 at 08:33

Ish said:
Can you give me an idea of what kind of equipment i would need to do this over cat5. any links would be much appreciated

Its going to be very hard for me to post links as most of them would be classed as competitors.

HEADRAT

Mark M · 4 May 2006 at 09:19

Ive also made a post on exactly the same thing

What is the name of the device that I would need for vga to cat5.

Thanks :cool:

HEADRAT · 4 May 2006 at 09:20

Just use google there is plenty.

HEADRAT

stu4691 · 4 May 2006 at 10:01

A VGA balun or KVM (keyboard mouse monitor) extender should do it

Ish · 4 May 2006 at 12:36

thanks all...google here i come!

jim5000 · 9 May 2006 at 19:29

Couldn't you use some wireless video senders? Not 100% sure they will transmit 200m, but might be an idea?