Getting TV signal to my kitchen

[Cupramax]

Id like to get a TV working in my kitchen but getting a signal there is easier said than done as I have no data cabling at home and theres stud walls in the way. Have Sky and the dish has a 4 node LNB all of which are currently used and it's on the opposite side of the house to the kitchen so running another cable is a no go. I realise I'll need an HDMI splitter but what is the best way to get a signal to another room. It will need to go through stud walls so I'm dubious how good wireless senders are. Has anyone used the mains Ethernet adapters and use HDMI to Ethernet to achieve this?

[JimbobVFR]

The HDMI Ethernet extenders use Network cabling but don't actually use network protocols so wont work using the Ethernet powerline extenders.

Regarding your wall problem, it might be easier to go underneath if you have suspended floors. This is what I did from my lounge to kitchen/diner, a bit of fishing involved in my case to get the cable through but much neater, plus you could use a normal HDMI cable if the distance isn't too far.

[megaphone]

Does it need to be HD? If not just run it with a co-ax cable from the back of the Sky box, come out of RF2 and you could then have a magic eye in the kitchen for channel changing etc. Will also be able to watch an alternative Freeview channel if you have a TV aerial.

[Cupramax]

Thanks but already using the RF output for the dining room...

[megaphone]

Cupramax said:

Thanks but already using the RF output for the dining room...

You can use RF1 then, it won't work with a magic eye though. Or use an splitter with a DC bypass on RF2. A co-ax is a lot easier to run than HDMI.

[Justin Cyder]

Cupramax said:

Has anyone used the mains Ethernet adapters and use HDMI to Ethernet to achieve this?

Yes I am at the moment to achieve exactly this. My set up is a windows seven media centre box in the living room of a Victorian terrace with it's foot thick walls. I have cheapy powerline network sockets set up to run to a Linksys extender in my kitchen & from there to a tv via HDMI.

Works fine over standard definition although I find the biggest drawback is I don't actually want to watch tv in the kitchen much. Quite handy though for music when the man card is parked & I'm cooking or cleaning.