Re: Screen at a distance

[Ext User(Hugh)]

"novus" <blackbox@alphalink.com.au> wrote in message
news:4456a657$1_4@news.chariot.net.au...
>I have been given permission by a higher authority (the wife) to buy an
>plasma or LCD screen provided that it can hang on the wall and have no
>clutter underneath it. Clutter is wife-speal for STBs, DVD players,
>amplifiers etc.. The clutter is to be on the other side of the room - 8m
>away. One option is to use the computer with appropriate cards as the
>control centre and possibly wireless speakers. It is a rented property so
>we can't access the wall cavity. Any suggestions would be welcome.
>
> novus
>How about a AV sender?

[Ext User(Justin)]

Hugh wrote:

>> How about a AV sender?

On a plasma or LCD? Ouch! They're reasonable, but not that good.

[Ext User(Al Foyle)]

Justin said....

> Hugh wrote:
>
>>> How about a AV sender?
>
> On a plasma or LCD? Ouch! They're reasonable, but not that good.

And if you have a wireless network, such as our Netgear setup, then
you'll hear continuous clicks as if it's interference from an electric
fence or something.

We picked up an AV sender from Safeway recently. Yeah, cheap crap, I
know, but 2.4ghz is 2.4ghz, I would've thought. Our wireless router
fucks up the signal, unfortunately. Otherwise the picture quality is
perfect.

[Ext User(Justin)]

Al Foyle wrote:

> And if you have a wireless network, such as our Netgear setup, then
> you'll hear continuous clicks as if it's interference from an electric
> fence or something.
>
> We picked up an AV sender from Safeway recently. Yeah, cheap crap, I
> know, but 2.4ghz is 2.4ghz, I would've thought. Our wireless router
> fucks up the signal, unfortunately. Otherwise the picture quality is
> perfect.
>

Yeah, you can sometimes get the 2 to work together with a bit of manual
channel setting (the Jaycar 1 has 3 & you can configure 802.11b/g to
operate on a single channel), but DECT & WDECT phones aren't as
flexible. WDECT completely kills the whole 2.4GHz range.

Of course, the other issue is what to do if your neighbours decide that
wireless or DECT are for them?

Justin

[Ext User(Al Foyle)]

Justin wrote:

>> We picked up an AV sender from Safeway recently. Yeah, cheap crap, I
>> know, but 2.4ghz is 2.4ghz, I would've thought. Our wireless router
>> fucks up the signal, unfortunately. Otherwise the picture quality is
>> perfect.
>>
>
> Yeah, you can sometimes get the 2 to work together with a bit of manual
> channel setting (the Jaycar 1 has 3 & you can configure 802.11b/g to

The Netgear, running at 108 mbps is fixed on channel 6, from memory. I
can change it if we drop back to 54 mbps. Meanwhile, the video sender
thingy has 3 or 4 channels, alterable by dipswitch settings. I tried
them all. Made no difference.

> operate on a single channel), but DECT & WDECT phones aren't as
> flexible. WDECT completely kills the whole 2.4GHz range.

We considered this when we purchased a Panasonic cordless phone system.
We opted for the more expensive 5.8ghz "Gigarange" model. It causes no
problems at all.

> Of course, the other issue is what to do if your neighbours decide that
> wireless or DECT are for them?

Well, someone nearby is on an unsecured 54 mhz network. It doesn't
appear to have affected any of our services. The only PC in the place to
detect it is one with a Zyair antenna extender.