I'm researching which is the best av sender to buy so I can watch cable on multiple t.v.'s in my house.. can anyone help with advice?

[ozgal]

Hi,
I'm a newbie and I've been researching what's available in Melbourne,
Australia in the way of av senders.

Eon3 Australia looks good and has sender/receiver and remote control
extender for $99.00 (link below).

http://www.eon3.com/content/products/product-detail.asp?intProductID=415

I also checked out Jaycar and their model No. AR1830 looks exactly the same
as the one by Eon3 (above). Jaycar's price is $139.00.

There are some others available but often you cannot purchase extra
receivers so you can have multiple T.V.'s in the house showing cable from
one transmitter.

Information on the AV Sender above points out that these units work best in
houses with plaster walls, not as good with brick walls. I have brick walls
and am wondering if anyone else has used an av sender. My house is about
15-20 metres long and I want to send the signal from my foxtel set top box
in front bedroom to T.V. in kitchen at opposite end of house.

Hope someone can help as in principle this looks like a worthwhile appliance
and at $99.00 (from Eon3) is pretty good value.

Thanks so much.

Julie

[Steve and Rach]

Hi,

I have the dse gigaair 2020 sender which seems to be reasonably good (though
not as cheap as the one you mention below), and have found that yep, brick
walls so get in the road bigtime, though with some positioning you can get a
signal which is a compromise between picture, sound and IR connectivity. If
you have a house that long I would seriously consider seeing how long you
can run cables to reduce the travel path for the over the air signal.

Brick walls really are a pain.

Sorry I couldnt be more help..

Cheers

Steve


"ozgal" <ozgal33sits@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3fd181b9$1_2@news.melbourne.pipenetworks.com. ..
> Hi,
> I'm a newbie and I've been researching what's available in Melbourne,
> Australia in the way of av senders.
>
> Eon3 Australia looks good and has sender/receiver and remote control
> extender for $99.00 (link below).
>
> http://www.eon3.com/content/products/product-detail.asp?intProductID=415
>
> I also checked out Jaycar and their model No. AR1830 looks exactly the
same
> as the one by Eon3 (above). Jaycar's price is $139.00.
>
> There are some others available but often you cannot purchase extra
> receivers so you can have multiple T.V.'s in the house showing cable from
> one transmitter.
>
> Information on the AV Sender above points out that these units work best
in
> houses with plaster walls, not as good with brick walls. I have brick
walls
> and am wondering if anyone else has used an av sender. My house is about
> 15-20 metres long and I want to send the signal from my foxtel set top box
> in front bedroom to T.V. in kitchen at opposite end of house.
>
> Hope someone can help as in principle this looks like a worthwhile
appliance
> and at $99.00 (from Eon3) is pretty good value.
>
> Thanks so much.
>
> Julie
>
>

[ozgal]

Hi Steve,

Thanks for your help. I thought my house was small! Only a 2 bedder. I
spoke to an Eon3 dealer (located in Malvern) and he said they have had a lot
of luck with their GV70 wireless video sender (it's pricier at $199.00).
They also say the cheaper one I mentioned in my previous post at $99.00
should be able to do the job but they have not road-tested it very much at
this point in time and have only added it to their product range.

I'm hoping I can buy the $99.00 one, try it and if it does not work, swap
for the dearer model if need be.

I'm hoping the brick walls don't interfere too much. From what I've been
reading on the web it seems people have had a variety of luck - even with
brick walls - so I suppose only way to tell is to give it a go.

Thanks for your help - much appreciated.

Julie


"Steve and Rach" <steve_and_rach@spamvelocitynet.com.au> wrote in message
news:3fd25ad5@news.comindico.com.au...
> Hi,
>
> I have the dse gigaair 2020 sender which seems to be reasonably good
(though
> not as cheap as the one you mention below), and have found that yep, brick
> walls so get in the road bigtime, though with some positioning you can get
a
> signal which is a compromise between picture, sound and IR connectivity.
If
> you have a house that long I would seriously consider seeing how long you
> can run cables to reduce the travel path for the over the air signal.
>
> Brick walls really are a pain.
>
> Sorry I couldnt be more help..
>
> Cheers
>
> Steve
>
>
> "ozgal" <ozgal33sits@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:3fd181b9$1_2@news.melbourne.pipenetworks.com. ..
> > Hi,
> > I'm a newbie and I've been researching what's available in Melbourne,
> > Australia in the way of av senders.
> >
> > Eon3 Australia looks good and has sender/receiver and remote control
> > extender for $99.00 (link below).
> >
> > http://www.eon3.com/content/products/product-detail.asp?intProductID=415
> >
> > I also checked out Jaycar and their model No. AR1830 looks exactly the
> same
> > as the one by Eon3 (above). Jaycar's price is $139.00.
> >
> > There are some others available but often you cannot purchase extra
> > receivers so you can have multiple T.V.'s in the house showing cable
from
> > one transmitter.
> >
> > Information on the AV Sender above points out that these units work best
> in
> > houses with plaster walls, not as good with brick walls. I have brick
> walls
> > and am wondering if anyone else has used an av sender. My house is
about
> > 15-20 metres long and I want to send the signal from my foxtel set top
box
> > in front bedroom to T.V. in kitchen at opposite end of house.
> >
> > Hope someone can help as in principle this looks like a worthwhile
> appliance
> > and at $99.00 (from Eon3) is pretty good value.
> >
> > Thanks so much.
> >
> > Julie
> >
> >
>
>

[GB]

"ozgal" <ozgal33sits@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:3fd30528_1@news.melbourne.pipenetworks.com:
> I'm hoping the brick walls don't interfere too much. From what I've
> been reading on the web it seems people have had a variety of luck -
> even with brick walls - so I suppose only way to tell is to give it a
> go.

Had one of these in the office once (That big black-glass building
on Circular Quay, above McDonalds). Wouldn't work through walls,
so I took a CAT-5 network cable, and cut it in half. Stripped all
the wires, twisted them together. Unscrewed the antennae from the
remote boxes, wrapped the wires around the base (to make a
connection) and screwed the antennae back on.

Then we patched the things through the building network cabling
from room 'A' to room 'B'. Worked like a charm.

There's probably something in the Austel cabling rulebook that
says they're allowed to shoot me on sight for doing that, but
hey, I left my Austel license in my other jacket! And it worked!


I presume the same thing would work quite well with any dodgy
old bit of speaker cable, or that bit of twisted pair your friend
who works for Telstra brought home from the office, or whatever.

HTH,

G