DerStrom8
Super Moderator
Hey everyone. It's been a while since I've started a question asking about something, so I thought this might be an interesting question to pose here.
I recently moved into an apartment here in Boston. I bought myself a 32" LED HDTV (it was on clearance for an excellent price) and took it to the apartment, only to find there wasn't really a good place to set it up that was close to the cable jack. I don't have much furniture, so right now I have it on the dining room table which is pushed up against the wall. There's a spot in the corner that would be just perfect, but it's probably 30 feet or so from the jack, and the longest coaxial cable I have is 25 feet. I know you can get in-line connectors to connect cables end-to-end, but I'd rather not do this because the signal quality will be decreased.
Now here's my strange idea, which I'm not sure is even tangible, but I wanted to give it a shot.
I thought it would be interesting to set up a transmitter and receiver. The transmitter would have a direct cable input from the jack, and would be set in a discrete location next to it. The receiver would connect to the cable input of the TV. My hope was that I could use some sort of RF transmission to send the signal from the cable jack to the TV, but I wanted to see what issues might arise from transmitting cable signals over that distance.
I know it seems like a strange request, and it's just a thought that came to mind. I'll probably just end up buying a 50 foot coax cable, but if this would work, I think it would be preferable.
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!
Regards,
Matt
I recently moved into an apartment here in Boston. I bought myself a 32" LED HDTV (it was on clearance for an excellent price) and took it to the apartment, only to find there wasn't really a good place to set it up that was close to the cable jack. I don't have much furniture, so right now I have it on the dining room table which is pushed up against the wall. There's a spot in the corner that would be just perfect, but it's probably 30 feet or so from the jack, and the longest coaxial cable I have is 25 feet. I know you can get in-line connectors to connect cables end-to-end, but I'd rather not do this because the signal quality will be decreased.
Now here's my strange idea, which I'm not sure is even tangible, but I wanted to give it a shot.
I thought it would be interesting to set up a transmitter and receiver. The transmitter would have a direct cable input from the jack, and would be set in a discrete location next to it. The receiver would connect to the cable input of the TV. My hope was that I could use some sort of RF transmission to send the signal from the cable jack to the TV, but I wanted to see what issues might arise from transmitting cable signals over that distance.
I know it seems like a strange request, and it's just a thought that came to mind. I'll probably just end up buying a 50 foot coax cable, but if this would work, I think it would be preferable.
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!
Regards,
Matt