[ale] OT: transmitting cable tv wirelessly

aaron aaron at pd.org
Mon Dec 16 09:46:37 EST 2002


On Monday 16 December 2002 09:46, John Wells wrote:
> Very cool.  x10 has their "Entertainment Anywhere" package available
> for $69.99, but you get a $20 gift certificate so you can end up
> getting it for $49.99.  This includes audio/video transmission and a
> remote.  Good deal.
>
> The transmitter only sends RF (radio frequency) video.  Am I correct in
> assuming that you don't get the picture quality you would get from a
> s-video or composite video connection with RF video?
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> John

My understanding is that the RF signals are more susceptible to picking 
up noise from various EM sources in the environment, but if the coaxial 
connections are solid there is not a lot of loss in the RF encode / 
decode cycle itself.

peace
aaron
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