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Posted by geo on December 19, 2005, 4:20 pm
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1. You don't NEED an extender, but I think that works the best. I don't know
why you want other options outside of the 360 as an extender. It does the
best job. There are ones by linksys and HP. They don't do HD and are nearly
as expensive as the 360, and obviously don't play games.
2. If you are going to do the extender, all you need to run is CAT5e. You
should be able to run 50ft no problem. If you use the 360, all of the remote
stuff goes through it to access the MCE PC. Otherwise you need an IR blaster
system to send the signals to the computer.
3. If you want to record HDTV you need a tuner card and access to an OTA
antennae. I don't think recording through sat/cable box is supported yet.
It doesn't matter if you have a monitor attached. The signal would be sent
out through your TV out of your tuner card, or over ethernet if using an
extender.
Extenders really are awesome. I can watch an HDTV show through the 360 that
I "downloaded" while someone else is streaming music to another room in the
house through my old xbox, while a third person is sitting at the computer,
surfing the internet.
"mbernstein" wrote:
> I have an HP media center m1270n. Currently have ethernet connection to a
> 802.11g router which communicates wirelessly with a laptop.
>
> I am remodeling my house and have added a family room where I anticipate I
> will be placing an HDTV. I want to take advantage of the media center
> capablilities, specifically with a plan to watch recorded video and photos
> and play music on the TV in this room (and possibly the master bedroom).
>
> My questions:
> 1) Do I need a media center extender to do this or can I wire directly from
> the computer directly to the TV? If so, what options exist outside of the
> Xbox 360 to use as a media center extender?
>
> 2) What cables do I need to run? My walls are open right now due to the
> remodel, so it wouldn't be hard to run wires. I am assuming that the quality
> of video would be better through a wired network rather than wireless. Is
> this correct? Does it matter if the wires need to run 50 feet; ie, will I be
> losing quality due to the distance? I imagine I need video and audio cables.
> Is an ethernet cable needed? Any special cables needed to use a remote on
> the TV to access videos stored on the computer?
>
> 3) Any special adjustments needed on the computer? If I want to record HDTV
> broadcast on the media center, what hardware do I need? Can I do that even
> if my computer is plugged into an LCD monitor? Do I need a separate HDTV
> antenna for my computer? HDTV tuner card?
>
> Please help. Thanks in advance.
>
> Mike
>
>
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