possible to split cable tv in seperate rooms without running cables?

[dieselstation]

Sister's roommate has cable tv in her room.
Sister wants cable tv in her room also.
she doesn't wanna run cables.

is there a product that sends the cable tv signal from the roommate's room to her room wirelessly? can she still control her own channels if such a thing exists? her tv is already cable ready so she doesn't need a cable box.

 

[blackdogdeek]

radio shack has this but i don't think you can choose your own channel.

 

[DaTT]

I have never heard of anything......but I doubt there is....but maybe.....who knows....I don't.......just run the damned wires!

 

[ondarkness]

Put the satelite right on top of the Tv?

 

[jaedaliu]

Sony has some wireless notepad TVs, but you'll probably want to run cables through the attic/walls instead of buying everyone a new TV

 

[paadness]

have u suscribed to russian channels?

 

[Crusty]

pics?

 

[Sphexi]

No. Cable TV is a modulated single, as in the channels each run on a different frequency on the wire, and need a tuner (demodulator) to read them properly. Your TV can do this, a VCR, cable box, all that. But you can't hook it into a wireless transmitter and send it to a different TV. You have to run wires to get an actual cable signal in another room, or hookup a seperate VCR or some sort of tuner in the room with the cable, and use the A/V sender (with remote extender) to control it from a different room. Cable is cheaper.

 

[imported_FishTaco]

Originally posted by: blackdogdeek
radio shack has this but i don't think you can choose your own channel.

This plus a VCR will work. Cable from the wall into the VCR, VCR coax out to roommate's TV, VCR composite out to radioshack signal sender. Your sister will be able to watch whatever channel is on the VCR, the signal sender also doubles as an ir remote extender. Your sister's roommate will be able to watch whatever channel on her TV. This would work only for analog cable, if you're talking digital cable where you need a box to tune channels, then with only one cable box, they'll both have to watch the same channel.

 

[ShadowBlade]

alright....this will be kinda tricky
get a cable splitter and split you incoming cable line into 2....
connect the cable line straight to whichever TV is nearest to it....
get 2 cable to A/V adapters...convert the other end of the calbe split to A/V
get a wirless A/V transmitter, connect one cable to A/V adapter to one end of the transmitter, connect the other to the other end
connect a cable line to the 2nd cable to A/V adapter

im 99% sure this will work....heres everything you will need
2x Passthrough A/V cables
2x cable to A/V adapter
1x wireless A/V transmitter
1x 2-way cable splitter
2x cable wires

or you could save lots of money and drill a small hole through the wall and put the cable wire thru it

 

[spacejamz]

i tried that wireless a/v transmitter from Best Buy (which was about $99) for two rooms that were about 20' feet apart...The picture was crappy as hell...

not sure how much interfence my wireless network or 2.4g cordless phones were causing though...

IMO running the wire is your best bet...

 

[Mo0o]

Just tell her to run the damn wires. Wireless picture quality will be complete trash.

 

[Sphexi]

Originally posted by: ShadowBlade
alright....this will be kinda tricky
get a cable splitter and split you incoming cable line into 2....
connect the cable line straight to whichever TV is nearest to it....
get 2 cable to A/V adapters...convert the other end of the calbe split to A/V
get a wirless A/V transmitter, connect one cable to A/V adapter to one end of the transmitter, connect the other to the other end
connect a cable line to the 2nd cable to A/V adapter

im 99% sure this will work....heres everything you will need
2x Passthrough A/V cables
2x cable to A/V adapter
1x wireless A/V transmitter
1x 2-way cable splitter
2x cable wires

or you could save lots of money and drill a small hole through the wall and put the cable wire thru it

No, it won't. A/V isn't a modulated signal, cable TV is. Totally different technology, the A/V sender won't properly transmit the cable TV signal.

 

[Qwest]

Originally posted by: MCrusty
pics?

of sister and roommate.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Sphexi

Originally posted by: ShadowBlade
alright....this will be kinda tricky
get a cable splitter and split you incoming cable line into 2....
connect the cable line straight to whichever TV is nearest to it....
get 2 cable to A/V adapters...convert the other end of the calbe split to A/V
get a wirless A/V transmitter, connect one cable to A/V adapter to one end of the transmitter, connect the other to the other end
connect a cable line to the 2nd cable to A/V adapter

im 99% sure this will work....heres everything you will need
2x Passthrough A/V cables
2x cable to A/V adapter
1x wireless A/V transmitter
1x 2-way cable splitter
2x cable wires

or you could save lots of money and drill a small hole through the wall and put the cable wire thru it

No, it won't. A/V isn't a modulated signal, cable TV is. Totally different technology, the A/V sender won't properly transmit the cable TV signal.

Sphexi is right. The av transmitter will be looking to transmit the unmodulated carrier signal (in the khz range IIRC) not the coax cable's modualted signal (components in the 10s of Mhz range, IIRC)