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#1
 2009-01-06, 16:20
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Alternatives to having an RF (TV) port in your room
I'm got a TV Tuner card for my computer but I don't have a TV socket in my room. I was thinking about getting a big long cable and running it half way across the house but fuck that there has to be a better way to get the TV signals to my computer.
Can you get some kinda wireless system and wirelessly transmit the TV signals from near your TV socket and connect the reciever to my tuner card with a coaxial cable? I never heard about this but fuckin hell TV's transmitted over radio frequences in those coaxial cables so why the hell wouldn't I be able to transmit them wirelessly?
Another possible solution would be to get one of those adapters that you plug into normal electrical sockets. I've never seen them for TV but I've seen ethernet ports that you plug directly into electrical sockets.
Any suggestions?
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#2
 2009-01-06, 16:22
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Re: Alternatives to having an RF (TV) port in your room
If you do find another solution I'm pretty sure it'd cost more than a coaxial cable.
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#3
 2009-01-06, 16:28
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Re: Alternatives to having an RF (TV) port in your room
Yea I know but it'll be less of a hassle than a big coaxial cable going half way across my house. I can even put a TV in my room eventually so I don't just use it for the tuner card.
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#4
 2009-01-06, 17:00
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Re: Alternatives to having an RF (TV) port in your room
http://www.amazon.com/Terk-Technologies-Leapfrog-LF-30S-Distribution/dp/B00009UHXR/ref=sr_1_1/185-6166483-9251725?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1231261151&sr=1-1
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#5
 2009-01-06, 17:15
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Regular
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Staten Island New York (Ugh)
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Re: Alternatives to having an RF (TV) port in your room
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2367761
You can only transmit one channel at a time but you can use a remote (it moves IR signals as well as video) to change the channel on the cablebox or VCR.
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#6
 2009-01-06, 19:47
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Re: Alternatives to having an RF (TV) port in your room
Thanks. Shit I thought the device itself would be able to change channels. I was planning on connecting a coaxial RF splitter to the TV socket and attaching my device to a separate coaxial wire to the TV so people could still watch TV and it wouldn't matter if I changed the channels.
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