[ale] semiOT: TV to wireless box.

[Watson, Keith]

I would suggest using a SiliconDust HD Homerun

http://www.silicondust.com/products/hdhomerun/atsc/

It contains two tuners and streams the content over the net. This is what I use as a source for my MythTV recorder.

Put the HD Homerun out by the antenna and keep your DVR in the house.

I would suggest connecting to the HD Homerun using fiber and two Ethernet to fiber converters so that any lightning strikes stay out of your network.

http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=365&name=Network-Transceivers

keith

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Keith R. Watson                        Georgia Institute of Technology
IT Support professional Lead           College of Computing
keith.watson at cc.gatech.edu             801 Atlantic Drive NW
(404) 385-7401                         Atlanta, GA 30332-0280


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Boris
> Borisov
> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 14:34
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] semiOT: TV to wireless box.
> 
> Actually there is products already available on the market. Not for
> outdoor use but similar idea.
> 
> http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/data_broadway.html
> 
> On 5/8/12, Greg Clifton <gccfof5 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Why not just an antenna in the tree with perhaps a solar powered signal
> > booster. That seems simpler and more reliable to me. But really, Keith
> > Watson at GA Tech who is on the MUCH list is probably your go to guy for
> > this project. Good luck, I live in a bit of a hole myself and would love
> to
> > hear what you wind up with and how well it works.
> >
> > R,
> > Greg Clifton
> >
> > On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 6:09 PM, Boris Borisov <bugyatl at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Just an idea in my head. Our house is surrounded by small hills so
> >> almost to TV reception here (except FOX5). So I'm thinking of Linux
> >> box with enough CPU power, HDTV tuner, good wireless antenna and to
> >> put all this on the tree up on the hill :) Battery powered + solar
> >> panel for charging. So the box should have web interface for channel
> >> selection and have to stream video/audio to my laptop hooked to my TV
> >> (UDP or HTTP). What do you guys think. I know there is many
> >> alternatives but sound like interesting project.
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