Remote PC
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I am getting a load of work done on the house and I've had an idea (at this point people get nervous, don't know why). It would be nice if the PC wasn't in the living room (noise and esthetics) so I would like the mouse, keyboard, both monitors (each DVI) and maybe USB/audio that can be 15 metres away. Does anyone know of a suitable product that doesn't cost the earth? Thanks. Elaine :rose:
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I would definitely use long cables to get the PC connected to the TV. Concerning the remote control, I'm happily using a Logitech diNovo Mini which is using a bluetooth connection. Otherwise, you may consider using LinuxMCE which seem to be a nice thing on a TV.
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As I say below, I just would like the option of not having the PC in the living room.
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It might be worth considering Cat6 these days; it really depends on whether you are likely to wantthe extra bandwidth later on.
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For the distance (15 metres worst case) Cat5e is great for 1Gb/sec. The next big jump is Cat6a for 10Gb/sec so I plan to leave enough space in the channels to draw a larger cable though. I'm not sure what advantage Cat6 would give me.
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I am getting a load of work done on the house and I've had an idea (at this point people get nervous, don't know why). It would be nice if the PC wasn't in the living room (noise and esthetics) so I would like the mouse, keyboard, both monitors (each DVI) and maybe USB/audio that can be 15 metres away. Does anyone know of a suitable product that doesn't cost the earth? Thanks. Elaine :rose:
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Had a similar problem. Got VGA cables. Connected laptop and LCD, far apart (50 ft). Ditto for sound. Et voila, works like a charm. Got wireless keyboard and mouse(About $100.00) and here I am (quite literally) writing to my LCD. Switch to TV-HDTV-DVD/HVS player from remote. Ted
modified on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 2:51 PM
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Had a similar problem. Got VGA cables. Connected laptop and LCD, far apart (50 ft). Ditto for sound. Et voila, works like a charm. Got wireless keyboard and mouse(About $100.00) and here I am (quite literally) writing to my LCD. Switch to TV-HDTV-DVD/HVS player from remote. Ted
modified on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 2:51 PM
At that range (well outside of spec), you're gambling alot if you go with cheapo cables. To an extent so is the driving hardware. My D600 laptop couldn't get a good image to a projector on the other end of a 80' of VGA cable (50 to wall ~30' more in the wall/ceiling) from battery power unassisted. Running on wall power mostly fixed it, but there was still a noticeable (only in comparison) difference between direct connection, and with a powered splitterbox/signal booster in the middle. (The box was intended to let you have a mirror on a monitor while using the docking station in the back of the room, fixing the giant cable to let us work from the front was a bonus.)
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As I say below, I just would like the option of not having the PC in the living room.
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You can get top end quality HDMI (any just about any other kind) cables at monoprice.com. Also you can USB to remote the keyboard, mouse AND monitors (companies make USB monitor drivers you can use instead of adding a graphics card inside) and with long enough cables and hubs make the distance you're talking about. Jay
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As I say below, I just would like the option of not having the PC in the living room.
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I have six PC's in my crawlspace (don't ask) all just on the other side of a wall that is common to my living room. I have a kvm switch in the crawlspace (pretty cheap), and I have a nice clean 3" hole drilled through the wall for the cables I need. I have a usb 2.0 dvd burner sitting on my desk connected to one of the systems and then shared to the other ones. I noticed when doing this that it's handy to disconnect the internal dvd/cd/floppy drives from those computers, (since you likely will not be using them) I even rigged up a way to have power buttons for each system in a small bank of buttons on the underside of my desk in the living room, but realized that I didn't use them very often so I removed them. Some of the computers have a bios setting that enable me to wake them when I hit the spacebar on the computer (if you really wanted to shut them off) I've been using this setup very easily for the past 1.5/2 years or so and have found that it cleans up and quiets down my living room. The crawlspace is also a little cooler which presumably is 'good' for the computers. Incidentally I don't have any speed issues whatsoever with remote desktop, and use it regularly and transparently on the network at work. (The settings to reduce the weight of the traffic on the network are easy to find by clicking the 'Options >>' button. Hope this helps
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Hard to replicate two 19" monitors on a laptop. :) /ravi
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I am getting a load of work done on the house and I've had an idea (at this point people get nervous, don't know why). It would be nice if the PC wasn't in the living room (noise and esthetics) so I would like the mouse, keyboard, both monitors (each DVI) and maybe USB/audio that can be 15 metres away. Does anyone know of a suitable product that doesn't cost the earth? Thanks. Elaine :rose:
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You can get top end quality HDMI (any just about any other kind) cables at monoprice.com. Also you can USB to remote the keyboard, mouse AND monitors (companies make USB monitor drivers you can use instead of adding a graphics card inside) and with long enough cables and hubs make the distance you're talking about. Jay
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(companies make USB monitor drivers you can use instead of adding a graphics card inside)
AFAIK these adapters all still suck when trying to game or watch video because of low bandwidth.
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The catch (if you like maximized apps) is that your OS will see a single ultrawide screen, not 2 or 3 separate monitors.
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I am getting a load of work done on the house and I've had an idea (at this point people get nervous, don't know why). It would be nice if the PC wasn't in the living room (noise and esthetics) so I would like the mouse, keyboard, both monitors (each DVI) and maybe USB/audio that can be 15 metres away. Does anyone know of a suitable product that doesn't cost the earth? Thanks. Elaine :rose:
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