HDMI via Cat 5/6?

[justin220]

Afternoon,

I am looking to connect a TV to a 'TV Point' in our new house, preferably with an HDMI connection. The problem I have is, when the house was wired we asked for cat 5 to each TV point, but not HDMI. Hindsight and all that...

So I've currently got 4 TV points around the house, each with a coaxial, a Cat 5e, and a Cat 6 cable.

Is there such a thing available that I can run HDMI signal through the cat5/6 cables, and have the hdmi connections at either end?

Thanks

[anonymous-user]

Yes is the simple answer.

Just Google 'running HDMI over Cat5/6'.

[nyt]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=se...

[justin220]

Thanks chaps. I did look on Google, thanks for that.

Just never sure how reliable some of this tech is

[talkssense]

Go for a decent brand, and as long as you have thrum decent cat5/6 and it's terminated properly the tech is bullet proof. Certainly more reliable and upgradeable than long HDMI runs.

Most AV pros would recxomend it above runbib HDMI to each room

[anonymous-user]

justin220 said:

Thanks chaps. I did look on Google, thanks for that.

Just never sure how reliable some of this tech is

I used this in my last place when I built about 4 years ago. Back then you needed 2 cat 5 cables to run HDMI at HD levels so things may be better know and only need one Cat 5 cable. It worked beautifully though - effectively running HDMI over very long runs to my AV rack.

[justin220]

Excellent thanks. I'll order them up

[VEX]

Is it just a single location you want to feed, or more?

Is it just a single source you want to send out or more?

If it is multiple locations but a single source, then have a look at the Freeveiw HD Modulator that take a HDMI input and creates a Freeview HD channel from it, which can then be shared around the house and any Freeview HD receiver in a TV or an external recevier can display it.

V.

[justin220]

Thanks Vex.

Just a single room for now, with only one output to it (from an AVR)

[KamSandhu44]

What are the sources? 4k? 1080p?

[Russ_H]

KamSandhu44 said:

What are the sources? 4k? 1080p?

Good question


I'm currently planning my cellar cinema room build and will have some long HDMI runs.
Running loads of Cat 6 would be easy but it must be able to do 4k

The ones linked seem to top out at 1080p

[Andehh]

As has been said, buy quality for this. Don't just go for the cheapest.


I bought the below as a replacement for an Esynic one which I sent back as faulty, only for the replacement to also fail to transfer the signal. The below worked first time.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B013T5IQH6/ref...


edit: Just for anyone else searching & finding this thread, I also ran HDMi cables throughout the house as a 'Plan A' and even at 20m had no issues with it at 3 TVs. This included terminate at wall plates, short HDMI cables from wall plate to TV and IR-HDMI injectors for the remote controls.

I then ran 2-3 CAT6 to each point as a PLAN B + for wired internet.

Edited by Andehh on Wednesday 6th September 08:49

[KamSandhu44]

Russ_H said:

Good question


I'm currently planning my cellar cinema room build and will have some long HDMI runs.
Running loads of Cat 6 would be easy but it must be able to do 4k

The ones linked seem to top out at 1080p

So currently HDBaseT does not support full fat 4K, it tops out at 10G. So with Sky Q thats 2160p at 8 bit. With UHD BR you wont get 10bit HDR (If thats what you need).

The newer HDBaseT kit is out later this year that will support full fat 4K with a form of compression.

The linked extenders won't run 4K.

Look at

https://www.amazon.co.uk/HDBaseT-Extender-Single-b...

or if you have budget

http://hdanywhere.co.uk/xtnd-4k-40m-hdbaset-extend...

How long is the HDMI run? Anything over 8m and 4K becomes a lottery. Better off looking at fibre. I ran a 10m HDMI cable and could only get 2160p 8 bit out of it.

Edited by KamSandhu44 on Wednesday 6th September 09:03

Edited by KamSandhu44 on Wednesday 6th September 09:05

[justin220]

Just 1080p for me for now.

It'll be a rarely used room so also trying to stick to a budget (already gone over )

[TheRainMaker]

Here you go

Transmitter

http://www.extron.com/product/product.aspx?id=dtph...

Receiver

http://www.extron.com/product/product.aspx?id=dtph...

[KamSandhu44]

TheRainMaker said:

Here you go

Transmitter

http://www.extron.com/product/product.aspx?id=dtph...

Receiver

http://www.extron.com/product/product.aspx?id=dtph...

Just to note, these won't do full fat 4K, limited to 10G, you need 18G for full 4K. Again, depends on your source.

[TheRainMaker]

He just said 1080

[TheRainMaker]

If you want full-fat ones

Transmitter

http://www.extron.com/product/product.aspx?id=dtp2...

Receiver

http://www.extron.com/product/product.aspx?id=dtp2...

[VEX]

The first of many I am sure.

But being Extron and the first, I am sure they are not cheap, although I have looked and cant find a price at the moment.

[Belle427]

Andehh said:

As has been said, buy quality for this. Don't just go for the cheapest.


I bought the below as a replacement for an Esynic one which I sent back as faulty, only for the replacement to also fail to transfer the signal. The below worked first time.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B013T5IQH6/ref...


edit: Just for anyone else searching & finding this thread, I also ran HDMi cables throughout the house as a 'Plan A' and even at 20m had no issues with it at 3 TVs. This included terminate at wall plates, short HDMI cables from wall plate to TV and IR-HDMI injectors for the remote controls.

I then ran 2-3 CAT6 to each point as a PLAN B + for wired internet.

Edited by Andehh on Wednesday 6th September 08:49

I bought the Neet units and although they worked I got picture drop outs which must have been caused by local interference.
I ran a single cat 6 and was careful with its route when installing.