[ale] OT: transmitting cable tv wirelessly

[Keith R. Watson]

At 03:18 PM 12/15/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Found it!
>http://www.sharperimage.com/us/en/catalog/productview.jhtml?pid=40609900&pcatid=1&catid=106
>
>
>
>On Sunday 15 December 2002 15:04, John Wells wrote:
> > Just an rfi, what's prohibitive specifically when attempting to broadcast
> > cable television signals wirelessly?
> >
> > For example, the builder of our house chose the most unusual and
> > inconvenient locations for cable jacks.  Why can't I purchase a unit that
> > could plug into the cable jack and transmit to a receiver I attach to my
> > television?  I've looked around and found nothing available for this, so
> > I'm assuming there's something that makes it infeasible, as it would be a
> > very useful tool to have.
> >
> > Can anyone shed some light here?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > John
> >


Sharper Image tends to be on the pricey side. Have you looked at the X10 
site? They have a similar product and I would suspect it is a lot les 
expensive.

http://www.x10.com/products/transmitters.htm


If you have an aversion to X10.com because of their popup ads then try.

http://www.smarthome.com/avvidtrns.html

http://www.hometech.com/video/index.html



keith
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Keith R. Watson                        GTRI/ITD
Systems Support Specialist III         Georgia Tech Research Institute
keith.watson at gtri.gatech.edu           Atlanta, GA  30332-0816
404-894-0836

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