Re: Running a cinema display in another room

[Glenn Nicholas]

Thanks to all who responded.  Very useful.
Glenn.

On 05/01/2006, at 7:54 AM, Neil Houghton wrote:


on 04/01/06 11:48, subscribe at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


yes this can be done to nearly *any* length with products from gefen
technology

http://www.gefen.com/

i once did a recording studio puting 2 x 23" cinema displays 50 ft  
from

the CPU

but

it can get expensive the more you repeat the signal..

cheers

Nat

Interesting site and while browsing from here to one of their  
suppliers I

came across:

Which provided a concise and informative overview of DVI/HDCP/HDMI -
although I vaguely knew what the initials stood for it certainly  
left me
more enlightened about the details. They also seem to have a number  
of other

"Tips" which others may find useful:


Cheers


Neil
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Albany, Western Australia
Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
Fax: +61 8 9841 6137
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Re: Running a cinema display in another room

[Neil Houghton]

on 04/01/06 11:48, subscribe at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> yes this can be done to nearly *any* length with products from gefen
> technology
> 
> http://www.gefen.com/
> 
> i once did a recording studio puting 2 x 23" cinema displays 50 ft from
> the CPU
> 
> but
> 
> it can get expensive the more you repeat the signal..
> 
> cheers
> 
> Nat
> 
Interesting site and while browsing from here to one of their suppliers I
came across:

Which provided a concise and informative overview of DVI/HDCP/HDMI -
although I vaguely knew what the initials stood for it certainly left me
more enlightened about the details. They also seem to have a number of other
"Tips" which others may find useful:


Cheers


Neil 
-- 
Neil R. Houghton
Albany, Western Australia
Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
Fax: +61 8 9841 6137
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Running a cinema display in another room

[subscribe]

yes this can be done to nearly *any* length with products from gefen 
technology


http://www.gefen.com/

i once did a recording studio puting 2 x 23" cinema displays 50 ft from 
the CPU


but

it can get expensive the more you repeat the signal..

cheers

Nat

On 28/12/2005, at 9:06 PM, Spin wrote:

Hi, does anyone know if it is possible to run a 24" or 30" cinema 
display (as a second monitor) in another room?  If so, what cabling is 
required, and does anyone have ideas on the best way to go about it 
(home theatre installation?  self-install?).  I understand you need a 
Power Mac G5 or a Powerbook 15" to run the 30" cinema screen, but can 
a Mac Mini or an iMac G5 drive a 24" as a second screen?


Thanks,

Glenn.

Running an iMac G5 with OS X 10.4

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Re: Running a cinema display in another room

[Mark Secker]

Hi, does anyone know if it is possible to run a 24" or 30" cinema 
display (as a second monitor) in another room?  If so, what cabling 
is required, and does anyone have ideas on the best way to go about 
it (home theatre installation?  self-install?).



hmm hw long can you run DVI-D cable?
acourding to the home theater wizards the  theoretical maximum with 
theoretical best possible copper cables is about 10  to 15 meters

BUT
the  recommended maximum with standard cables is 5 meters. (which is 
still far further than VGA)


being digital theoretically  a repeater could  be used to extend the range.

 I understand you need a Power Mac G5 or a Powerbook 15" to run the 
30" cinema screen, but can a Mac Mini or an iMac G5 drive a 24" as a 
second screen?



min mac - yes
has DVI-I  from apple tech specs:
DVI video output for digital resolutions up to 1920 x 1200 pixels; 
supports 20-inch Apple Cinema display and 23-inch Apple Cinema HD 
display; supports coherent digital displays up to 154MHz; supports 
non-coherent digital displays up to 135MHz
VGA video output (using included adapter) to support analog 
resolutions up to 1920 x 1080 pixels
S-video and composite video output to connect directly to a TV or 
projector (requires Apple DVI to Video Adapter, sold separately)


iMac no
VGA out only -  so add $400+ for  good analog to DVI-D digital converter.
VGA output port for video mirroring on external display or projector 
Requires adapter, sold separately.
Officially only supports  miroring (but can me bios hacked to do 
extended display.



important to note is that the Apple screens don't include the DVI 
decoder chip ... I was unaware of this as I don't have a  DVD player 
or  HDTV  with DVI output but someone I know who does says that 
neither his 20" or 23" apple monitor will not work plugged in to 
these boxes - the Samsung 23" unit that he  got specifically for 
watching TV & DVD's in "the den"  however does (price was only a few 
dollars more than the Apple unit (though I still half suspect this 
was all made up to get it past his other half)


personally I think your probably best to just get a MiniMac with usb 
tv tuner unit and the 23" screen and set them up and run them from 
where ever you want to watch them rather than running long cables and 
repeaters around the house.




Thanks,

Glenn.

Running an iMac G5 with OS X 10.4

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