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How to get TV connection in a room without any cable wiring?

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Jun 1, 2011
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Ajax

How to get TV connection in a room without any cable wiring?

Hi Guys,

I want to add a TV in my guest room, but unfortunately I have no cable hooked up there.
I never thought of adding that upgrade when I bought my new house 4 years ago :mad:

The guest room is on the second floor,and I don't see any way of getting cable in there without drilling my outside wall or taking off an existing dry wall.
I do have a cable connection in my office on the second floor; the guest room is acrross the hall, and to run the wires from there will be ugly and messy

I found some solution on Amazon.com with Video Sender/Receiver, but are they any good??? Would I be able to control the channels in independently on both TV

http://www.amazon.com/Nyrius-NY-GS3200- ... 344&sr=1-3

Any suggestions are much appreciated
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Any near by air return ducts?

I don't mind drilling through exterior walls. I've done it several times before. Though they were 20 and 30 year old homes. A 4 year old home, you may feel is too "mint" to start putting holes into.
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Mr Nobody wrote: Any near by air return ducts?

I don't mind drilling through exterior walls. I've done it several times before. Though they were 20 and 30 year old homes. A 4 year old home, you may feel is too "mint" to start putting holes into.

True.... It doesn't feel right to start punching hole in a 4 year old home
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The the 2nd floor the top floor? attic? - run a cable from the office up an inside wall, go across to the other room, back down another inside wall or closet.
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if your upstairs is carpeted you can split the signal in the office and run and hide the cable along the baseboard and underneath the hallway carpet. That's what I did.
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Do you really need cable in the guest room, or would any media entertain? Reason I ask, is I would suggest wireless bluray like the samsung bd-5700. You can then share movies, tv shows, music via your pc, or surf the net or use netflix. I have one on all 3 floors. Great device.
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Are you sure there is no cable there? Most builders are wise enough to put a cable and phone jack in every bed room.
dmyvr wrote: The the 2nd floor the top floor? attic? - run a cable from the office up an inside wall, go across to the other room, back down another inside wall or closet.

This is the best solution. Go to the master, in the walk in closet, you should find access to the attic. Drop a cable into the guest room from there using a split from the office.
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if your main box is in the basement run a line thru your cold air return if you have one in your room would be the easiest.
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RabidRich wrote: Do you really need cable in the guest room, or would any media entertain? Reason I ask, is I would suggest wireless bluray like the samsung bd-5700. You can then share movies, tv shows, music via your pc, or surf the net or use netflix. I have one on all 3 floors. Great device.

yes, I do need cable. I should be more specific, the guest room will be now occupied on a permanenr basis ;)
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gur3000 wrote: If you want to avoid running lines and go completely wireless, you can use this...http://www.monoprice.com/products/produ ... 1&format=2

I got this running from my basement to my bedroom and it works great. The IR extender does not work very well though. I ended up getting this for that:
http://www.monoprice.com/products/produ ... 1&format=2

Expensive but no wires right

This looks interesting, but a bit expensive. This might be my only option right now
How is the picture quality on this?
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My "cable" TV comes in through Ethernet, to a decoder box. So just using a wireless bridge shouldn't be a big problem (although I admit, I've never tried it).
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Mr Nobody wrote: Any near by air return ducts?

I believe using ducts for any type of cable is not allowed under our Building Codes. It has to do with fire resistance of the cable insulation, noxious fumes, etc. While it's unlikely that anybody would pick you up on it, insurance might not like it if you ever had to make a claim - any excuse to invalidate a claim :evil:

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