[ebarwick]

Hello, I hope someone can advise me. (I am an amateur so please talk to me like a 2-year old.) I have a comcast HD cable box in my master BR and I want to run a cable from it to my master bath where I have an hdtv. My cable box has no HDMI output and only one component 5 RCA output so I bought a component video splitter and a 50 ft. component 5 cable. But when I hooked up the bathroom tv, the picture was jumpy and not great. Question: would I be better off using a component to hdmi converter and a 50 ft. hdmi cable or did I buy a low quality splitter and component cable? And what is the best equipment for this?

[waldojim]

Component signals degrade too quickly for cat 5. You need professional cables for those types of runs.
http://www.monoprice...&seq=1&format=2

There you go, not even $20.

EDIT: If you have the extra money ($35) go with these instead, as they use a higher quality cable (RG-6U instead of RG59) http://www.monoprice...&seq=1&format=2

This post has been edited by waldojim: 06 February 2013 - 12:45 AM

[mjd420nova]

Why not use the RF coax output, the cable box should have that at least. That would allow adequate signal at the second TV.

[ebarwick]

mjd420nova, on 06 February 2013 - 05:47 AM, said:

Why not use the RF coax output, the cable box should have that at least. That would allow adequate signal at the second TV.

I have plenty of coax lying around that I can try but does it support HD?

[ebarwick]

waldojim, on 06 February 2013 - 12:43 AM, said:

Component signals degrade too quickly for cat 5. You need professional cables for those types of runs.
http://www.monoprice...&seq=1&format=2

There you go, not even $20.

EDIT: If you have the extra money ($35) go with these instead, as they use a higher quality cable (RG-6U instead of RG59) http://www.monoprice...&seq=1&format=2

I am willing to spend the extra money if it gives me a better picture so I will pursue that. I also have to use a splitter (correct terminology?). Could that be the cause of my lousy picture? The one I used is:

http://www.amazon.co...ls_o02_s00_i00.

What do I look for in a quality splitter? If you can suggest a better one I'd appreciate that too.

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!

[waldojim]

ebarwick, on 06 February 2013 - 06:31 AM, said:

waldojim, on 06 February 2013 - 12:43 AM, said:

Component signals degrade too quickly for cat 5. You need professional cables for those types of runs.
http://www.monoprice...&seq=1&format=2

There you go, not even $20.

EDIT: If you have the extra money ($35) go with these instead, as they use a higher quality cable (RG-6U instead of RG59) http://www.monoprice...&seq=1&format=2

I am willing to spend the extra money if it gives me a better picture so I will pursue that. I also have to use a splitter (correct terminology?). Could that be the cause of my lousy picture? The one I used is:

http://www.amazon.co...ls_o02_s00_i00.

What do I look for in a quality splitter? If you can suggest a better one I'd appreciate that too.

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!

I have used those before, they work well enough. As they are amplified, they should not have any problems with signal loss.

[mjd420nova]

ebarwick, on 06 February 2013 - 06:23 AM, said:

mjd420nova, on 06 February 2013 - 05:47 AM, said:

Why not use the RF coax output, the cable box should have that at least. That would allow adequate signal at the second TV.

I have plenty of coax lying around that I can try but does it support HD?

The coax would support the translation to an RF signal output on the cable box (if it has one) It will support HD or whatever format the content is provided in. I took it that you were talking about composite video and that doesn't support HD.

[smax013]

waldojim, on 06 February 2013 - 10:46 AM, said:

ebarwick, on 06 February 2013 - 06:31 AM, said:

waldojim, on 06 February 2013 - 12:43 AM, said:

Component signals degrade too quickly for cat 5. You need professional cables for those types of runs.
http://www.monoprice...&seq=1&format=2

There you go, not even $20.

EDIT: If you have the extra money ($35) go with these instead, as they use a higher quality cable (RG-6U instead of RG59) http://www.monoprice...&seq=1&format=2

I am willing to spend the extra money if it gives me a better picture so I will pursue that. I also have to use a splitter (correct terminology?). Could that be the cause of my lousy picture? The one I used is:

http://www.amazon.co...ls_o02_s00_i00.

What do I look for in a quality splitter? If you can suggest a better one I'd appreciate that too.

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!

I have used those before, they work well enough. As they are amplified, they should not have any problems with signal loss.

I have one as well and it works fine (not running 50 ft, however).

[waldojim]

smax013, on 07 February 2013 - 08:32 AM, said:

I have one as well and it works fine (not running 50 ft, however).

Me either, my longest shot was about 20ft. Still, with RG6u, there should be very little loss, and all should be well.