My current venue came with a system to send a video monitor feed out to the auditorium lobby. It also has a send to our SL amp rack where our patchbay is located. I can then send the signal to the pit, where I want to set up a monitor. Here's the catch. They didn't include a receiver to turn the signal back from cat-5 to hdmi.
They say that THIS is what I need, and then I can hook it up a tv and be good to go. But that is over $600.00, and that is what they used back in 2012 when we opened.
Now when I'm on Amazon I see THIS product, which I should be able to just plug the hdmi feed into instead and run it via my network.
Am I missing something, or should this work?
Additionally, I need to get a decent sized TV for this, I figure the money I save on the device will more than cover a workable tv, but I haven't bought one in a while so any suggestions on where to get the best bang for my buck on tvs, or what I should be looking for?
Note: I am at a high school, so I'm looking to do this cheaply, but I want to make sure I do it right.
If pictures of my set up would help, let me know.
They say that THIS is what I need, and then I can hook it up a tv and be good to go. But that is over $600.00, and that is what they used back in 2012 when we opened.
Now when I'm on Amazon I see THIS product, which I should be able to just plug the hdmi feed into instead and run it via my network.
Am I missing something, or should this work?
Additionally, I need to get a decent sized TV for this, I figure the money I save on the device will more than cover a workable tv, but I haven't bought one in a while so any suggestions on where to get the best bang for my buck on tvs, or what I should be looking for?
Note: I am at a high school, so I'm looking to do this cheaply, but I want to make sure I do it right.
If pictures of my set up would help, let me know.