[clug-talk] TV question (sort of off topic)

[Gustin Johnson]

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Dick Angus wrote:
> I've got the following setup for TV in my home. I hope you can see the
> flowchart. The smaller TV and PVR are upstairs and the other is
> downstairs about 20 feet direct line away. I don't want to drill holes
> in floors and walls so I'm looking for a wireless solution. I'd like to
> be able to see shows off the PVR and even off the WD HD device on the TV
> downstairs. I'd also like it to be independent of what is being watched
> or recorded upstairs.
> 
> 
> I've searched Google and found devices from under $50 to over $1,000. I
> think I am correct that all the wireless media devices are to connect a
> PC (like a M$ or HP media center) to a TV and not what I want to do. I
> find the other devices to be really confusing as I'm not a hardware guy.
> 
> 
> Have any of you guys played with this stuff and do you have any advice
> to share?
> 
I have simplified considerably.  I don't use the myth box anymore.  I
have an old Linksys WRT54G with OpenWRT bridging my media room with the
rest of the network.  I stream content from the Linux box in the
basement (over Samba).  In the media room I have a WD TV (one of the new
ones with built in Ethernet) connected to the Stereo and TV over HDMI.
Works like a charm.

The only change I plan to make is to build another router and use a 5Ghz
radio as the 2.4 Ghz spectrum is getting crowded around here.  Even
still I can currently stream x264 720p content over the wireless bridge.
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