HDMI to freeview hd
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I thought I'd read on here about converting a hdmi signal to freeview hd but can't find the post.
There seems to be a device that does this for around £200 and would be an easier way to distribute hd around the house (caveat presumably being each to needs a freeview hd tuner). Doing this I'd move the sky box to the loft where the tv distribution amp is and cut down massively the clutter behind the main tv (lose the 2 sat cables, the rf loop back, and a cat6 cable) and the hdmi to to cable, the sky box and a mains cable. Seems ideal.
Anybody have experience of these boxes? Reviews seem good but I'm always suspicious with new tech and only 5 reviews. The make is edision and they're on line and on eBay.
There seems to be a device that does this for around £200 and would be an easier way to distribute hd around the house (caveat presumably being each to needs a freeview hd tuner). Doing this I'd move the sky box to the loft where the tv distribution amp is and cut down massively the clutter behind the main tv (lose the 2 sat cables, the rf loop back, and a cat6 cable) and the hdmi to to cable, the sky box and a mains cable. Seems ideal.
Anybody have experience of these boxes? Reviews seem good but I'm always suspicious with new tech and only 5 reviews. The make is edision and they're on line and on eBay.
I have been using several different ones on installs for over a year now. From commercial 4 channel ones through to domestic single channels.
I haven't seen them down at £200 yet but they have been heading down from the heights of £800 weekly. So it won't be far off, RRP I am seeing is around the £400 for HD and £250 for HDMI to SD Freeview.
Hth
V.
I haven't seen them down at £200 yet but they have been heading down from the heights of £800 weekly. So it won't be far off, RRP I am seeing is around the £400 for HD and £250 for HDMI to SD Freeview.
Hth
V.
I saw things like it years ago but the price stopped me looking further
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/eimanual/EIM23900.h...
This is the type of thing and it's def HD
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/eimanual/EIM23900.h...
This is the type of thing and it's def HD
I'm going to answer my own question here.. The box works a treat to the point where I've moved my sky box to the loft, feed the hdmi through the freeview hd modulator, onto the roof aerial lead, feed this to the house distribution amplifier and around the house. Magic eye at each tv, all but one tv was compatible (and a cheap freeview box solved that) and have HD sky everywhere. As a retro fit this is fantastic, the only two slight issues I've noticed is that the picture is delayed by maybe half a second which makes the sky interface seem a bit laggy but I've got used to that, and the orange shirt of the England cricket team was pretty wild but i imagine that's the colour they chose.
Interestingly you don't need freeview HD TVs, a number of the TVs happily show a HD 1080 picture using this but don't receive normal freeview HD channels.
Only one RF cable and a mains cable to a TV for sky HD is so neat!!
Interestingly you don't need freeview HD TVs, a number of the TVs happily show a HD 1080 picture using this but don't receive normal freeview HD channels.
Only one RF cable and a mains cable to a TV for sky HD is so neat!!
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