On 8/2/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Dan Armbrust</b> <<a href="mailto:daniel.armbrust.list@gmail.com">daniel.armbrust.list@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>> 2. since you are running analog, the cables are EXPENSIVE<br>> for long ones and more expensive for high enough gauge<br>> ones to control the interference/degradation.
<br>><br>><br><br><a href="http://www.cablesforless.com/">http://www.cablesforless.com/</a><br>helps a lot with the price of cables.</blockquote><div><br>I have bought from them as well, with good service experiences.
<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I've had good luck with them in the past - their middle quality cables<br>are usually far better than the high quality cables that you find at
<br>Best Buy - for about 1/2 the cost. Even small orders come out cheaper<br>when you factor in shipping.</blockquote><div><br>I will never buy cables from a retail store again :-)<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Unless of course, you believe all of the Monster / THX Certified / Time<br>correct windings BS that stores like to spout - well - then, a fool and<br>his money...</blockquote><div><br>Agreed. <br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Oh - and I agree - having a pc in every room with a TV would be a royal<br>pain. I would run cables - and invest in some RF remote hardware -<br>something like this:<br><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16880100402">
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16880100402</a><br><br>for each room.<br><br>If you run short on motherboard ports / processing power - etc - I would<br>put multiple pcs in the server room. You can easily share disk /
<br>monitor / keyboard / that way - and the noise stays in one place.</blockquote><div><br>I was starting to think along those lines as well, after sending my last reply. I'm going to rackmount everything in the closet anyway, so a simple kvm setup wouldn't be too difficult to add. Throw 8-10 small PCs in there, each dedicated to one room in the house, and run the analog outputs from them instead of all coming from the server.
<br></div></div><br>-- <br>Dave Sherman<br>MCSA, MCSE, CCNA<br>Linux: Because rebooting is for adding new hardware.