Jeff W
Member
Hello,
I work for a large church and we would like to feed live audio/video and signage (up to 1080p) to multiple displays throughout our building using our existing ethernet network. We have a long distance to run (probably 1000 feet as a rough estimate). It would be preferable to send data through our switches, but it may be possible to patch around them if need be. We would like to avoid running new and expensive coaxial cable. I could see having up to 10 displays but this has not been decided so flexibility is a huge factor.
So far it seems my options are:
1) Baluns + patch around existing switches.
-Perhaps this would have some signal quality issues with this far of a distance and this many displays? I'm not sure how the signal can be split up and distributed to X amount of TVs.
2) Use Video over IP and purchase a single encoder and X amount of decoders (1 for each television).
-I have looked around at a couple companies that make these encoders and decoders. I thought Matrox Maevex looked like a nice option (but expensive!). Also Just Add Power looks good (a little bit less expensive).
Does anyone have any experience with a project like this or any of these brands? Cost as always is a big factor and I would like to get the best performance for the least amount of money possible. Thank you in advance for your help!!!
I work for a large church and we would like to feed live audio/video and signage (up to 1080p) to multiple displays throughout our building using our existing ethernet network. We have a long distance to run (probably 1000 feet as a rough estimate). It would be preferable to send data through our switches, but it may be possible to patch around them if need be. We would like to avoid running new and expensive coaxial cable. I could see having up to 10 displays but this has not been decided so flexibility is a huge factor.
So far it seems my options are:
1) Baluns + patch around existing switches.
-Perhaps this would have some signal quality issues with this far of a distance and this many displays? I'm not sure how the signal can be split up and distributed to X amount of TVs.
2) Use Video over IP and purchase a single encoder and X amount of decoders (1 for each television).
-I have looked around at a couple companies that make these encoders and decoders. I thought Matrox Maevex looked like a nice option (but expensive!). Also Just Add Power looks good (a little bit less expensive).
Does anyone have any experience with a project like this or any of these brands? Cost as always is a big factor and I would like to get the best performance for the least amount of money possible. Thank you in advance for your help!!!