Can I use Cat5e, to carry LIVE TV from one to another?

[rivbyte]

Can I use Cat5e, to carry LIVE TV from one to another, using self-bought ARRIS SBG6580 Internet Router, to second display?

TO THE ADMIN, I guess this would be the most reasonable forum to post this question. If not, please inform me to which Forum I should be posting. Thank You!

ALL I WANT TO DO, IS FIND A WAY, (WITHOUT RENTING ANY MORE TIME-WARNER EQUIPMENT, TO SAVE MONEY) IS TO RECEIVE LIVE TV, from primary Time-Warner connected Smart TV, to the second Display, in another room.

I have cable through time-Warner. I have two TV'S. The main SMART LED Samsung,(in living room) is connected along with the TV, Cable box, and BluRay, ALL connected into my Yamaha Surround Sound. of course, I can watch Netflix and other apps on this smart tv, as well as LIVE TV.

I have a second not-so-smart, 2008 Samsung TV, I use in my back bedroom, using ONLY the APPLE TV device, and it's Apps.

A few months ago, Monoprice told me to get a HDMI splitter 1x2 to go from a short HDMI OUT from RECEIVER, to HDMI IN, on the splitter, OUT Cat5e 40' to my second Satellite splitter, which will convert Cat5e to HDMI-IN, to the TV, to get LIVE TV, from the Main TV to the Second TV. Sounded like I would need multiple sized cables and the cost of the splitter. I gave up. Seems to be more trouble than it's worth.

Time-Warner came over, and told me all I would need, is to to run 60' Cat5e, connected from the ARRIS Internet SBG6580, router, all the way into the Apple TV device, to get LIVE TV.....I TRIED THIS, AND NO YOU CAN'T!!!!
THERE IS NO WAY TO ADD LIVE TV STATIONS TO THIS APPLE TV DEVICE! AS I WAS TOLD??? Now I have 200' Feet of useless CAT5E CABLE.

WHY did I buy this amount??? I have a 60' long mobile home, raised 3' off the ground. Time-Warner told me to use one cable, from internet router to one TV, under the house, and one to the other TV, to what? increase the signal? I really don't see any difference with using this cable or not, when watching streaming movies.

I may be having to receive Chemo and radiation for a rare Cancer Carcinoid tumor, which I will be in bed, and all I want is live TV, because of apples policy, there is no way for me, to ADD any of these LIVE STATIONS onto my apple TV device, is there?

Time-Warner's work-a-round, is for me to either RENT a second Cable box, $100.00 a year, OR, RENT their DIGITAL ADAPTER, for about $40.00 per year, to get basic 1-99 Channels.

So now after ordering (2X100') 200' of cat5e cable for $45.00, incl. shipping and tax, I now will have to eat the shipping, and return this useless cable, for something that a few Time-Warner people, and Monoprice peeps assured me, this would no don't work, which it does not, unless there are settings that I have to change. will work.

I have this:
1) Yamaha Receiver RX-V675
2) Main TV - Samsung 46" UH5203 (Connected to Receiver)
3) Second Master Bdrm - Samsung LN46A 7501F

4) Time-Warner's Router ARRIS TG1672
5) I bought from target, ARRIS/MOTOROLA Surfboard Modem & Wi-Fi Router SBG6580
6) NETGEAR Wi-Fi Extender (to help get stronger signal from router to second TV, 60' away)
7) 100' feet X 2 = 200' of USELESS CAT5e Cable!!!!!

Any Suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

 

[Fardringle]

Yes, you probably CAN do it, but the equipment required to make it work properly is going to cost more than a secondary cable box for the bedroom.

 

[poofyhairguy]

THERE IS NO WAY TO ADD LIVE TV STATIONS TO THIS APPLE TV DEVICE! AS I WAS TOLD???

There is, you just need a device to compress the signal in a way the AppleTV likes.

Good news is what you want is completely possible. Bad news is the way to do it is to buy a Slingbox:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/sling-media-slingbox-m1-black/7229066.p

Fully second or third-generation AppleTV compatible. Good news is after a year its cheaper than the option they gave you.

 

[Aikouka]

Monoprice's advice should work, but I don't know if it's exactly what you want. They advised you to purchase HDMI extenders, which transmit HDMI's digital data over Ethernet. This works well for long runs, because HDMI doesn't transmit very well over long distances without repeaters. However, it has one big downside... HDMI 1.4a = 10Gbps and Cat5e = 1Gbps. I'm pretty sure that's why Monoprice had you purchase two cables -- the HDMI extenders have to use two Ethernet connections to handle the data.

Anyway, I said in my opening sentence that I don't think it's really what you want, and that's because Monoprice's advice will get you a mirror of whatever's on the living room's cable box. That's fine if it's just you, but if anyone else wants to watch TV, they can't without messing you up.

I use something that would work, but the upfront cost would probably be a bit higher. I use Ethernet-based CableCard tuners, which means that any computer of mine can watch TV over Ethernet (preferred) or Wi-Fi. I think you can tune in with end boxes too, but I don't know which.

 

[spacejamz]

Where are you going to spend most of your time? In the living room or bedroom? if it is the bedroom, can you just move your cable box there?

Did you want to be able to watch two different programs at the same time or were you okay with watching the same show on both TV's when they were used at the same time?